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Article | 6/02/2013 Movie industry not entitled to Usenet piracy profits, UK high court rules
The movie industry has no rights to the profits made by the owner of Usenet-indexing website Newzbin2 by infringing on copyrights, the England and Wal...
Article | 30/01/2013 File-sharing site Mega fields 150 copyright infringement warnings
The file-sharing service Mega has fielded 150 copyright warnings since its recent launch as founder Kim Dotcom grows a risky new business while under ...
Article | 19/11/2012 US lawmaker asks Reddit for ideas on website seizures
A U.S. lawmaker has asked users of Reddit for their ideas about legislation to address the controversial recent practice by two U.S. agencies of seizi...
Article | 29/10/2012 Lawyer: Buyers have the right to resell copyright-protected works
U.S. residents who buy products protected by copyright shouldn't have to worry about where those products were manufactured before reselling them, a l...
Article | 26/10/2012 US Supreme Court to look at NSA spying, resale of products
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in two cases with potentially broad implications to technology users, one reviewing whether consumer...
Article | 15/12/2011 Former congressional staffers lobby for copyright bills
Eight former staff members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee are now lobbying on behalf of companies or groups supporting contr...
Article | 9/12/2011 Lawmakers release draft alternative to Stop Online Piracy Act
Two U.S. lawmakers have released an alternative proposal to two controversial bills intended to crack down on online copyright infringement, and they'...
Article | 17/11/2011 Stop Online Piracy sponsors defend the copyright bill
Sponsors of the controversial U.S. Stop Online Piracy Act defended the legislation Wednesday, saying the proposal is needed to shut down websites traf...
Article | 16/11/2011 Lawmakers seek alternative to Stop Online Piracy Act
U.S. lawmakers opposed to a controversial copyright enforcement bill scheduled for a hearing Wednesday are working on alternative legislation that wou...
Article | 12/11/2011 House hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act scheduled
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will conduct a hearing on the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy A...
Article | 5/11/2011 Debate on new copyright enforcement bill heats up
Supporters of a controversial copyright protection bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives are firing back after several digital...
Article | 27/10/2011 New bill would target websites enabling copyright infringement
A new bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow law enforcement officials to shut down websites that enable or facilitate copyr...
Article | 8/07/2011 Broadband providers to send subscribers file-sharing alerts
Five large U.S. broadband providers will warn subscribers of illegal file sharing detected on their accounts under a new agreement with members of the...
Article | 27/05/2011 Senate panel approves controversial copyright bill
A U.S. Senate committee has unanimously approved a controversial bill that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders requiring s...
Article | 9/02/2011 MPAA sues Hotfile file sharing service
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed a lawsuit against the Hotfile file hosting service, charging that it encourages the illegal...

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