It is unconstitutional to use copyright system in order to threaten people to pay up says judge

One of the hottest businesses for lawyers these days is to threaten people with court actions because of supposedly infringing on copyrighted material but accepting settlement payments based on those accusations. Typically these are referred to as ... continue

RIAA pays $16M to get $390,000 – no wonder the record companies are going tits up

When I first read this over at the Recording Industry vs The People blog this morning I couldn't stop laughing, which made it extremely hard to get my required daily dosage of coffee into me and not ... continue

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I only found out about AllRise because they posted a comment on FriendFeed about my story of the woman suing a zoo over dolphins splashing too much water had been added to their list ... continue

P2P filesharing seen as “fair use”

There are a lot of different arguments used by people brought to court by the RIAA and other entertainment trade groups in order to come out victorious. In the majority of cases they lose ... continue