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October 6th, 2007

RIAA Fines Single Mom $220,000

Not only will the RIAA take your house away, they’ll financially ruin single mothers from ethnic minorities. Despite Judge Michael J. Davis preventing the RIAA from turning his courtroom into their soapbox, the terrorists in suits still had their way.
A Minnesota woman must pay $220,000 to six of the top music labels after a federal […]

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October 4th, 2007

Judge Bars RIAA Testimony

The RIAA has long spewed bullshit numbers claiming that piracy is destroying the world economy and making your kids beg on the street. Judge Michael J. Davis, however, won’t have any of their bullshit in his courtroom. Yesterday, he barred RIAA president Cary Sherman from testifying in Capitol Records’ piracy case against Jammie Thomas. […]

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September 21st, 2007

P2P Sites Mock Lousy MediaDefender Nastygrams

Remember how DMCA stool pigeon MediaDefender got nine months of internal emails leaked, revealing their deceptive practices? Now they’re trying to scare P2P site owners into getting rid of the evidence. Their lawyers are sending out badly-written nastygrams.
Apparently, their copyright lawyer has no idea how to write a proper DMCA takedown notice. “Despite us being […]

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August 29th, 2007

Defend Fair Use!

Businesses that know how to create value in the freedom of the emerging Earth need not fear that freedom. It’s about time those smart businesses fought back against fearful corporate copyright trolls.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association, which counts among its members the likes of Google and Yahoo, has filed a complaint with the FTC […]

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August 16th, 2007

Former AllOfMP3 Boss Acquitted

A note to the RIAA: undercutting is not copyright infringement. Don’t go copyright trolling just because you can’t offer better prices. A Russian court has acquitted Denis Kvasov, former head of defunct online music store AllOfMP3, in a copyright infringement suit filed by EMI, Universal, and Time Warner.
“The prosecution did not succeed in presenting persuasive […]

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July 26th, 2007

Universities Thwart Anti-P2P Amendment

You’d think a bill to renew the Higher Education Act would actually focus on education, right? Apparently, US Senator Harry Reid thinks it should focus on serving the recording industry. Last week, Reid introduced an amendment requiring universities to do the following favors for the RIAA:
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June 26th, 2007

Disabled Single Mom Countersues RIAA

Remember that disabled single mother the RIAA terrorized for allegedly downloading gangsta rap? The good news is that the RIAA didn’t take her house away. The even better news is that she’s fighting back.
Former RIAA target Tanya Andersen has sued several major record labels, the parent company of RIAA investigative arm MediaSentry, and the RIAA’s […]

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June 21st, 2007

Google Goes to Washington

Former White House lobbyist Jamie Brown is now a Googler.
Giant corporations sending highly-paid lobbyists to Washington are usually up to no good. Fortunately, Google’s motto is Don’t be evil.
“We’re seeking to do public policy advocacy in a Googley way,” said Andrew McLaughlin, Google’s director of public policy and government affairs. “We want our users to […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

June 10th, 2007

TorrentSpy Has No Data to Give Courts

A US judge yesterday ordered popular torrent search engine TorrentSpy to break its own privacy policy by turning over users’ personal information for the MPAA to dig through. In response, TorrentSpy claims it has no personal information to give.
While we use Google Analytics for website statistics, TorrentSpy servers have never tracked your IP Address, the […]

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June 9th, 2007

US Judge Seeks to Invalidate Privacy Policies

Few things are more dangerous than n00bs in robes. To facilitate a fishing expedition for the MPAA, federal judge Jacqueline Chooljian of the Central District of California wants popular torrent search engine TorrentSpy to break its own privacy policy.
TorrentSpy, a popular BitTorrent search engine, was ordered on May 29 by a federal judge in the […]

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