Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Obama FCC Caves on Net Neutrality -- Today's Betrayal Assured

According to this report from CommonDreams.org, the FCC has not stood firm on President Obama's pledge to preserve net neutrality, but has succumbed to lobbyist pressure.



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Friday, December 17, 2010

EFF: Judge Blocks Copyright Trolls in Porn-Downloading Lawsuits

Press release from Electronic Frontier Foundation:


Judge Blocks Copyright Trolls in Porn-Downloading Lawsuits

Orders Film Companies to Stop Abusing the Law When Suing Accused File-Sharers


San Francisco - In a big victory in the fight against copyright trolls, a judge in West Virginia has blocked an attempt to unmask accused file sharers in seven predatory lawsuits involving the alleged illegal downloading of pornography. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), working with Charles J. Kaiser of Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser & Altmeyer, PLLC, filed an amicus brief in the case, arguing that the film companies were abusing the law in an attempt to pressure settlements.
Complete article


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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Jammie Thomas-Rasset files motion to reduce judgment

In Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset, defendant has filed a motion to reduce the judgment from $62,500 per song file to zero, due to the absence of any evidence in the record that plaintiffs sustained any actual damage.

Defendant's motion to reduce judgment

In other developments in the case, (a) Prof. Charles Nesson's motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief was denied, and (b) the RIAA filed a motion asking the Court to add an injunction to the judgment.



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Thursday, December 02, 2010

MediaSentry: still operating illegally in Oz ~ @p2pnet

Our friend Jon Newton at p2pnet.net advises that Media Sentry is still operating, doing its dirty tricks, in Australia.


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