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Federal appeals court reinstates damage award in file-sharing lawsuit
September 12, 2012 by Matthew Pomy
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a $220,000 jury verdict in a music file-sharing case against Jamie Thomas-Rasset for downloading 24 copyrighted songs. Sony BMG, Arista Records, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings, Capitol Records and Warner Bros. Records brought.... [more]
Cambodia to deport founder of Pirate Bay file-sharing site
September 4, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Cambodian officials said Tuesday that they will deport the Swedish founder of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB). The announcement came after visiting Swedish officials presented the Cambodian authorities with the conviction and prison sentence against Gottfrid Svartholm Warg. The.... [more]
EU parliament rejects international anti-piracy agreement
July 5, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reject the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in a vote of 39 in favor and 478 opposed, with 165 abstentions. The ACTA is designed to curb intellectual property theft, such as production of counterfeit goods and medicine.... [more]
Pirate Bay founders appeal copyright conviction to human rights court
June 21, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Two of the founders of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) have filed appeals in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), challenging their convictions for copyright violations in a Swedish court. Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the co-founders of TPB, filed the appeal in the.... [more]
Netherlands court orders Internet providers to block file sharing website
May 10, 2012 by Max Slater
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands to block the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay or else pay a fine of USD $12,750 per day. Rechtbank-Gravenhage, a Dutch district court, issued its ruling on Thursday in favor of Stichting Brien, an anti-.... [more]
UK court rules ISPs must block file sharing website
April 30, 2012 by Michael Haggerson
The UK High Court ruled on Monday that British Internet service providers (ISPs) must block the file sharing website The Pirate Bay. All of the ISPs, except one which requested additional time to consider the ruling, have one week to comply with the ruling. The lobbying group requesting the block....... [more]
UK court rules for Sony in Pirate Bay copyright infringement case
February 20, 2012 by Sarah Posner
A judge for the UK High Court ruled Monday for the British unit of Sony Corporation and eight other record labels on their copyright infringement claim against the Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay. Judge Richard Arnold ruled that the operators of The Pirate Bay planned to infringe the.... [more]
Sweden high court refuses to hear appeal in Pirate Bay case
February 1, 2012 by Jennie Ryan
The Swedish Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will not hear an appeal of the copyright convictions of Fredrik Neji, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstroem for their involvement in running The Pirate Bay, a file-sharing website. After reviewing the case, the court found there were no special.... [more]
Federal judge rules music file-sharing site liable for infringement
August 23, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday ruled that a music file-sharing site could be held liable for contributory copyright infringement. EMI, along with a number of record companies and music publishers, sued MP3tunes, a music site offering "cloud".... [more]
UK court allows blocking of file-sharing site
July 28, 2011 by Julia Zebley
The United Kingdom's High Court of Justice ruled on Thursday for the Motion Picture Association (MPAA), requiring internet provider British Telecom (BT) to block access to a file-sharing website, Newzbin2. Newzbin2 is an aggregator of content, but does not develop any illegal content itself,.... [more]
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