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Legal Eye: File-sharers under fire
Comment Despite attention, Pirate Bay continues to protest its innocence and points out that its service allows users to search for torrents and does not itself distribute copyright-infringed material. Meanwhile Italy's deputy... [03 Sep 2008]
ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News Taylor said the agreement will also pave the way for future digital music service models "where creativity and copyright are respected". The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) - which represents thousands of UK record... [24 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News One of the authors of the amendments, the British Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour, told the BBC on Tuesday that the amendments "have nothing to do with copyright enforcement". The 'telecoms package', which on Monday... [09 Jul 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News IFPI executive vice president, Frances Moore, said: "If the aim of the report is to protect creative content, including in the online environment, we should be looking at all options available in the fight against... [14 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment Why should the ISPs have to fund what is inadequate copyright protection by the media companies? Good intentions to protect copyright - but the wrong method. It would be far better for... [28 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Culture secretary Andy Burnham clearly thinks the spread of online piracy dangerously undermines the entertainment industries and dilutes the value of copyright law. Politicians are threatening ISPs with... [22 Feb 2008]
Music piracy fight - ISPs must do more
News The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is proposing that ISPs should be obliged to disconnect users who are found to be infringing music copyright. The music industry is calling... [25 Jan 2008]
Copyright Conundrum - Liability of ISPs for Online Copyright Infringement
White Paper As digital rights holders become increasingly proactive in asserting their rights against infringers, Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") are more frequently becoming embroiled in online copyright... [24 Oct 2007]
Briefing Paper: Internet Service Provider Safe Harbors and Expedited Subpoena Process in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Recent Bilateral Free Trade Agreements
White Paper Trade Representative is seeking to incorporate provisions in bilateral free trade agreements regulating the liability of Internet Service Providers ("ISPs") for copyright infringement that are modeled on... [19 Oct 2007]
P2P indexing site shutters access to US users
News TorrentSpy has argued that the company has many legitimate uses and is protected under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which provides safe harbour for ISPs and does not hold them responsible for... [28 Aug 2007]
ISPs: 'Don't blame us for illegal activity'
News Speaking yesterday in the wake of a controversial ruling in a Belgian court and following comments made by the Conservative leader David Cameron, a spokesperson for Ispa maintained ISPs should not be "set up to play... [12 Jul 2007]
ISPs asked to cut off music pirates
News The music industry is calling for ISPs to cut off serious copyright offenders as part of its offensive on digital music piracy. The report said ISPs have the power to limit access to... [18 Jan 2007]
Leader: The music industry's stupidest idea... tax the net
Leader Musicians are losing money to copyright," the music industry whines. So according to one industry group, the whole world is supposed to stop what they're doing, shed a tear or two and give those sensitive songwriters... [14 Jul 2006]
ISPs renounce music tariffs
News It says while some consumers are being sued for infringing copyright, ISPs, mobile operators and hardware device manufacturers "profit extensively". It said: "[We do] not support abuses of... [14 Jul 2006]
ISPs ordered to hand over file-sharer details
News Penalties for illegal communication to the public of copyright works, including software, are punishable by up to two years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. The High Court has ordered 10 ISPs to... [31 Jan 2006]
