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The MPAA Says They Shouldn't Need Proof To Sue You
A legal brief submitted by an attorney representing The Motion Picture Association of America states that intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect up to $150,000 per violation without having to actually prove copyright infringement, Wired reports. The MPAA attorney, who seems to feel very inconvenienced by the whole "due process" thing writes, "It is often very difficult, and in some cases, impossible, to provide such direct proof when confronting modern forms of copyright infringement, whether over P2P networks or otherwise; understandably, copyright infringers typically do not keep records of infringement." Details, inside... More »

9:44 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Jay Slatkin
23,664 views, 95 comments

Latest by J172: @aikoto: The judge can not order you to decrypt your system, this falls under the 5th amendment. If the decryption more »
dmca takedown notices
The Methods That Target DMCA Violators Are Flawed
When we read stories like Tanya Andersen's and consider the countless others who have been wrongfully targeted by trade groups like the RIAA, it becomes evident that the system by which DMCA takedown notices are issued is very far from perfect. For the uninitiated, DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notices are official statements which assert that an artist's or company's intellectual rights have been violated (i.e. copyright infringement) and often threaten legal action against an individual. In a study conducted by the University of Washington, researchers proved that this system is seriously flawed, according to the New York Times. In one experiment, the team received takedown notices from the MPAA which accused 3 laserjet printers of downloading the latest Indiana Jones movie and Iron Man. More, inside... More »

9:55 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Jay Slatkin
5,621 views, 59 comments

Latest by InThrees: @mikelotus: "Rationalization" implies I'm trying to justify a habit or practice of mine, and that's not the case here. There more »
BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay was raided by Swedish Police, and now the site claims they found evidence that the chief of police who called the raid was in the employ of Warner Brothers. [The Pirate Bay]

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corporate influence
House Passes Bill That Would Require Colleges To Practice Network Filtering
Last week the House voted 354-58 to approve a college funding bill that requires colleges to "make plans to offer some form of legal alternative to P2P file-swapping" and to implement some form of network filtering. Luckily for sane people everywhere, the White House has already made veto-noises at the bill for other reasons—but still, the MPAA came that much closer to forcing its admittedly false worldview on universities. More »

6:09 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Chris Walters
2,630 views, 26 comments

Latest by Robert Synnott: Ah, wonderful. Americans, remember that when you go to the urologist in 2020, the computers at college won't have let more »
privacy
Verizon To Hollywood: We're Not The Piracy Police
AT&T and Comcast may be willing to help Hollywood control piracy on their networks, but Verizon wants none of it, says the New York Times. More »

1:41 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Meg Marco
5,745 views, 46 comments
taking it seriously
MPAA Takes Unfairly Blaming College Students For Illegal Downloading Very Seriously
WHO: The MPAA
WHAT: The MPAA commissioned a study that blamed 44% of movie downloading on college students. The real figure is more like 15%.
WHERE:MPAA admits mistake on downloading study [Yahoo!] (Thanks, Robert!)
THE QUOTE: "We take this error very seriously and have taken strong and immediate action to both investigate the root cause of this problem as well as substantiate the accuracy of the latest report," the group said in a statement.
BONUS QUOTE:"Illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing is a society-wide problem. Some of it occurs at college s and universities but it is a small portion of the total," [Terry Hartle ,vice president of the American Council on Education] said, adding colleges will continue to take the problem seriously, but more regulation isn't necessary.

8:46 AM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Meg Marco
2,187 views, 41 comments

Latest by Mr. Gunn: scoosdad: LOLNO, FAIL for me. I meant to reply to JustAGuy2's post right above yours. more »

disposable income
Everybody Panic: DVD Sales Down For The First Time Ever
DVD sales slipped for the first time since the format was introduced in 1997, says USAToday. More »
failure
Walmart Shutters Video Download Store
It's official: Walmart is no longer in the video download business. More »
worst company in america
Congress Wants To Up Copyright Infringement Penalties
The usual gang of RIAA-funded suspects have introduced a bill that would boost US intellectual property laws and the penalties that go along with them, and allow the U.S. government to seize computers, says Ars Technica. More »

1:59 PM on Fri Dec 7 2007
By Meg Marco
1,379 views, 20 comments
The MPAA's "University Toolkit," a controversial suite of programs designed to help colleges monitor their networks for copyright infringement has been taken down for copyright infringement. Life is mysterious and magical, isn't it? [BoingBoing]

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