Archives for the 'illegal file sharing' Category
A solution to P2P filesharing remains elusive
Published on 15 Feb 2010 at 11:07 am.
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Filed under Misc, illegal file sharing, HADOPI.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
Illegal peer to peer filesharing continues to test the boundaries of the law. Now the European Court of Justice is to consider it, because the SABAM v Tiscali (Scarlet) case is being referred to it.
When in 2007 a Belgian court ordered Scarlet, an ISP, to filter traffic on its network to identify […]
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Remedies for illicit peer-to-peer file sharing: a conflict of fundamental rights
Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 5:05 pm.
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Filed under Misc, Digital Britain, illegal file sharing.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
Nobody, least of all the government, expects that dealing with illegal peer to peer file sharing will be easy.
Digital Britain sensibly recognises that convenient access to legal content is as much part of the solution as putting new obligations on ISPs. It is looking to industry for the former and is designing […]
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The Pirate Bay
Published on 6 May 2009 at 2:04 pm.
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Filed under Misc, illegal file sharing, Copyright Infringement.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
It was unfortunate for the team of individuals who brought the Pirate Bay website to the world that they were in Sweden. As they have discovered to their cost, copyright infringement in Sweden is not only a tort but also a criminal offence.
On 17 April 2009 they were found guilty of aiding […]
Digital Rights Agency – A Workable Solution or Just a Hope?
Published on 1 May 2009 at 3:59 pm.
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Filed under Misc, illegal file sharing, Digital rights.
Blog author: Nicolas Murfett
The problem of illegal file sharing has been around since the dawn of the internet. Traditionally the problem was limited to the select few with the technological resources to be able to do it. Then in 1999 Shawn Fanning created Napster. Since then there has been a dramatic rise in the perceived […]
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