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P2P policy to require RIAA proof - News

  • Duke will now require agencies like the Recording Industry Association of America to provide evidence of copyright infringement before forwarding pre-litigation notices to students, the Office of Student Affairs said Tuesday.
  • "What we're saying is that in order for us to pass on a settlement letter to a student, we're going to start requiring evidence that someone actually downloaded from that student," Moneta said. "If the RIAA can't prove that actual illegal behavior occurred, then we're not going to comply."
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Techdirt: Wal-Mart Now Going After Search Engines For Linking To Sites With Black Friday Ads

  • Wal-Mart's high-priced law firm has sent a takedown notice to the site SearchAllDeals.com, which is a search engine/aggregator of various deals sites. The site doesn't host any content itself, but that didn't stop Wal-Mart from sending a false DMCA takedown claim to the site (and, of course, a false DMCA takedown is illegal).

File Sharing Law Changed?

  • The original proposal said that copyright holders should be legally allowed to demand access to IP numbers of copyright infringement suspects and, of course, ask for damage fees from them by filing lawsuits.
  • The law originates in a directive given by the EU-commission but gets a bit overzealous as it extends pass the EU demands.

Guns N' Roses Uploader to Plead Guilty | Threat Level from Wired.com

  • The Los Angeles man arrested on accusations that he uploaded nine pre-released Guns N' Roses songs from the upcoming Chinese Democracy album has agreed to plead guilty to one federal count of copyright infringement as part of a deal, authorities said Monday.



    "Yes. There is a plea deal," (.pdf) Los Angeles federal prosecutor Craig Missakian said in a telephone interview.



  • Still, authorities reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor last month — a move that exposes him to a maximum one-year prison term, down from the previous five years. Because of an acceptance of responsibility and the defendant's lack of a criminal record, the 27-year-old Cogill is likely to receive substantially less time, if any.

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TorrentValley Raided and Shut Down | TorrentFreak

  • TorrentValley, one of the larger BitTorrent sites with millions of visitors each month, has been shut down by Bulgarian authorities. The site’s servers were seized by a Cyber Crime Unit, which acted based upon evidence provided by the Bulgarian music industry.
  • This case is not unique in this regard. IFPI, an anti-piracy lobby group for the music industry has helped gathering evidence against OiNK as well, claiming it was a criminal operation where hundreds and thousands of dollars were made.
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Anti-Piracy Group Hints at Disclosure "On Demand" | TorrentFreak

  • John Lovelock, boss at the Federation Against Software Theft goes on to imply that what his outfit would really like is file-sharers’ names and addresses on demand, with no need for a court order. This would be “gold plating” he said.
  • FAST’s approach is not popular, with a lawyer claiming that FAST actually undermines work to protect copyrights. Many companies that have sought legal advice after being contacted by FAST have been advised by their lawyers not to speak with them.

Record Labels to Sue Vuze, Limewire and SourceForge | TorrentFreak

  • Vuze, Limewire and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform SourceForge.
  • SPPF had already sued the various companies and organizations last year, but until now it has been unclear whether the US based companies behind the applications could be prosecuted under French law. A French court has now ruled that this is indeed possible, which means that they can proceed to court.
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Calgary man becomes first person convicted under anti-piracy laws

  • A Calgary man who was caught recording the then new release "Sweeney Todd" in a local theatre last year has become the first person convicted in Canada under new movie pirating legislation.
  • Richard Craig Lissaman, 21, pleaded guilty on Friday to the unauthorized recording and was sentenced to $1,495 in fines and placed on probation for a year by provincial court Judge Catherine Skene.
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MCSC, Baidu to Settle Copyright Infringement Out of Court | Marbridge Consulting - China Internet News

  • Marbridge was informed that the conciliation directive issued by the judge does not simply mean an “out of court settlement” process between just the MCSC and Baidu, but rather one which will still be presided over by the judge, with the prospect that it could still end up with a court ruling. The same lawyer added that a conciliation presided over by the court differs from a settlement "out of court" in that conciliation is part of the judicial procedure and an alternative, though milder, way to resolve disputes in China.

Apple brings HDCP to a new aluminum MacBook near you

  • While HDCP is typically used in devices like Blu-ray players, HDTVs, HDMI-enabled notebooks, and even the Apple TV in order to keep DRMed content encrypted between points A and B, it appears that Apple's new aluminum MacBook (and presumably the MacBook Pro) are using it to protect iTunes Store media as well.
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