News "Downloading" February 2011 News Archive

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Movie Studios Lose Appeal Against Australian ISP iiNet

Posted by: Sean F

A huge victory for ISPs all around the world as an Australian court finds, for the second time, that ISPs are not liable for copyright infringement committed by its subscribers ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

Googles Wades Into Fellow Search Engine isoHunt's Trial ... On The MPAA's Side

Posted by: Sean F

Google has attacked isoHunt in court in a bid to protects their own position in the Viacom appeals trial ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

isoHunt Sued Again, This Time By The Record Companies

Posted by: Sean F

isoHunt is in legal trouble again after being sued by the major music labels, who are demanding the closure of the website as well as $4m in damages ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

UK Judge Looks At Key Copyright Lawsuit Issues, IP Address And Authorization

Posted by: Sean F

An UK judge is asking all the right questions in a copyright case which could have serious implications for those engaged in mass copyright lawsuits ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

Spanish Citizens, Artists Protest Against New Copyright Laws

Posted by: Sean F

New proposed copyright laws in Spain has been met with serious public opposition, and also surprising opposition from leading industry figures ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

The Crysis Crisis: Crysis 2 Leaked Way Before Official Release

Posted by: Sean F

It's bad news for EA and Crytek, as a development build of their upcoming Crysis 2 game has just made its way to BitTorrent networks all over the world ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

MPAA Sues Hotfile, Claims Hotfile Encourages Users To Pirate

Posted by: Sean F

Five studios represented by the MPAA is suing file hosting website Hotfile for copyright infringement, claiming the company actually "compensates" users for their infringement ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

UK: New Subscription Channel May Cause Surge In Piracy

Posted by: Sean F

By removing free viewing options on TV, will this lead to more piracy? ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

Filesharers Manifesto Aims to Stop Movie, TV Piracy

Posted by: Sean F

A website has been set up with a list of things that today's digital consumer finds lacking, things that if addressed, could lead to lower movie piracy rates ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

Japanese Government Think-Thank: Piracy Helps Sales!

Posted by: Sean F

A new study by a Japanese think-tank sought to link piracy to lost DVD sales for Anime, but actually found the reverse, in that piracy sometimes helps to increase sales ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

23.8% Internet Traffic Related To Piracy, But MPAA Misses The Real Message

Posted by: Sean F

The MPAA screams from the top of the roof that Internet piracy rates are sky high, but the very studios they represent may be partially responsible for the problem ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

US: Nearly 100,000 Sued Via Mass Copyright Lawsuits In Last 12 Month

Posted by: Sean F

Nearly 100,000 people have been sued from just 80 mass copyright lawsuits in the US, in the last 12 month ... Read more ...

Feb

2011

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