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US cuts funding to universities
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| MAFIAA starts education protection racket
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| SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES in the 'Land of the Free' will lose funding unless
| they become copyright cops for the film and music industry.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/04/cuts-funding-universities
Same in the UK: BPI/Brown/ISP conspiracy/extortion.
Illegal downloading is here to stay
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| Music companies need to stop resisting and accept that illegal downloading is
| a fact of 21st-century life, according to a new study by music rights
| holders. Researchers analysed the downloading of Radiohead's In Rainbows –
| which was made freely available through an official website - and found that
| a majority of fans still pirated the music.
|
| [...]
|
| "The expectation among rights holders is that in order to create a success
| story, you must reduce the rate of piracy," Garland said. "We've found that
| is not the case."
|
| The authors of the study argue that music rights holders need to find "new
| ways" and "new places" to generate income from their music, rather than
| chasing illegal downloads – for example, licensing agreements with YouTube or
| legal peer-to-peer websites. In other words, they ought to do the musical
| equivalent of giving away free ice-cream and selling advertising on the
| cones.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/aug/04/illegal.downloading.is.here.to.stay
http://tinyurl.com/63enpj
Recent:
Judges warned about RIAA antics
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| AMERICA'S TOP JUDGES have been briefed on the antics of the Recording
| Industry Association of America.
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| New York attorney Ray Beckerman has written a paper for the American Bar
| Association's Judge's Journal's bumper summer issue.
|
| Beckerman, who defends people sued by the MAFIAA, told judges about the finer
| points of case law relating to the wave of P2P cases.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/30/judges-warned-riaa-antics
RIAA Hopes New Judge will Nab Sharers
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| Rather that directing the lawsuit at the same defendants as before, the RIAA
| directed it at John Doe (a defendant to be identified later), therefore
| obtaining a new judge ... who may not be so strict about the "making
| available" clauses.
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| Nice move, RIAA.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007114.htm
UK ISPs agree to menace their filesharing users
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| According to the BBC this week's deal takes the form of a Memorandum of
| Understanding between the ISPs and the Department for Business, Enterprise &
| Regulatory Reform (BERR). Under it, ISPs are reported to have committed to
| achieving a significant reduction in illegal filesharing, and to educate
| their customers on copyright. They need only follow the shining examples of
| the RIAA and the BPI and lo, it will be done.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/berr_isp_mou/
Related:
RIAA, MPAA urge pro-copyright vows from presidential candidates
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| One question, for instance, asks: "How would you promote the progress of
| science and creativity, as enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, by upholding
| and strengthening copyright law and preventing its diminishment?"
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9821141-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Conspiracy Against Shareaza and Open Letter to the Recording Industry
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| French recording labels are suing three P2P software vendors, including
| Shareaza. They make many false claims against Shareaza in order to win in
| court. This is an open letter to them, setting the record straight and a look
| at MusicLab who now control iMesh and Bearshare, and has recently hijacked
| Shareaza.com.
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http://torrentfreak.com/conspiracy-against-shareaza-and-open-letter-to-the-recording-industry-080102/
Grandmother targets RIAA ‘investigators’
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| Taking a page out of Tanya Andersen’s book, Hurricane Rita survivor
| Rhonda Crain is also targeting the RIAA practice of using
| unlicensed ‘investigators’ in its bizarre sue ‘em all marketing
| campaign.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12674
An Oregon Woman's Lawsuit against the RIAA, Alleging Racketeering and Malicious
Prosecution
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| however, that the RIAA is, at a minimum, very foolish to press suits
| for purported file-sharing against unlikely defendants like Andersen -
| who alleges that she came forward with solid proof of her innocence.
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http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20070628.html
MediaDefender Leaks Cost The Company $825,000
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| The anti-piracy organization MediaDefender lost $825,000 as a result of the
| leaked emails according to a recent filing submitted to the Securities and
| Exchange Commission (SEC). It is beginning to look like they have to walk the
| plank to bankruptcy after all.
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http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-leaks-cost-825000-071120/
http://antitrust.slated.org/media-defender/index.html
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