Verizon Refuses to Identify Alleged BitTorrent Pirates
In its lawsuits against hundreds of alleged BitTorrent users, book publisher John Wiley and Sons has met unexpected resistance from Internet provider Verizon. For a variety of reasons including privacy concerns, the ISP is refusing to comply with a subpoena which orders the company to hand over the personal details of subscribers who are accused of pirating “For Dummies” books.
Source: Verizon Refuses to Identify Alleged BitTorrent Pirates
Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Requests Pardon
After being found guilty of copyright offenses in connection with the operations of The Pirate Bay, site co-founder Peter Sunde should now be beginning an 8 month jail sentence in a Swedish prison. However, in a last-ditch attempt to maintain his freedom, Sunde has asked the Swedish government for clemency citing health and business concerns.
Source: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Requests Pardon
Court Forbids Linking to Pirate Bay Proxies
The Court of The Hague has handed down another ruling that restricts access to The Pirate Bay website. The Court has forbidden the Dutch Pirate Party from linking to, operating or listing websites that allow the public to circumvent a local Pirate Bay blockade. The political party is further ordered to shutdown its reverse proxy indefinitely and block Pirate Bay domains and IP-addresses from its generic proxy.
Source: Court Forbids Linking to Pirate Bay Proxies
Tunisia – Judicial confusion in Tunisia puts press freedom in peril
Reporters Without Borders calls on the Tunisian authorities to respond to the current lack of judicial clarity, which presents a serious danger to freedom of the press and freedom of expression. The organization reiterates its demand for the application of new media laws to supersede the old legislation, which is at odds with new provisions officially in force since 2 November last year. “Falling back automatically on repressive laws inherited from the Ben Ali era endangers the spirit of (…)
Five More Dutch ISPs Given 10 Days To Censor The Pirate Bay
Following an earlier court ruling that ordered two of the largest ISPs in the Netherlands to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay, today anti-piracy group BREIN has scored another success. The Court of The Hague has just ordered a further five ISPs to block TPB IP addresses and 20 domain names. Failure to do so within 10 days will result in fines of up to 250,000 euros.
Source: Five More Dutch ISPs Given 10 Days To Censor The Pirate Bay
Bahrain – Bloggers and activists to be retried before civilian court
Reporters Without Borders welcomes the decision to retry 21 human rights activists and government opponents who received jail sentences from a military court last year for their dissident activities. They are now to be tried before a civilian court. The defendants include two bloggers, Abduljalil Al-Singace and Ali Abdulemam, and the human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for more than 80 days and is in very poor health. The trial began on 8 May but was (…)
Iconic Piracy Suit Against Google Dismissed, Despite $25,000 Bounty
After 8 years the legal battle between Google and adult magazine publisher Perfect 10 has been put to rest. The latter accused the search giant of a variety of copyright infringement breaches which included Google’s use of cached images. In a final attempt to save the case, Perfect 10 offered a $25,000 bounty to anyone who could prove wrongdoing on Google’s part but the initiative failed. The case has now been dismissed without the option for further appeal.
Source: Iconic Piracy Suit Against Google Dismissed, Despite $25,000 Bounty
Streaming Site ‘Admin’ Freed, But Agrees 1 Year Hiatus With HBO
Following a complaint made by HBO, an administrator of a popular streaming TV show and movie portal was arrested by authorities in Chile during March this year. The 26-year-old student was subsequently charged with breaches of copyright law and forbidden from leaving the country. Now he’s been set free due to lack of evidence but is banned from accessing his former site and has to give copyright lectures in schools.
Source: Streaming Site ‘Admin’ Freed, But Agrees 1 Year Hiatus With HBO
Forbidden Voices – film tribute to three exceptional women bloggers
Reporters Without Borders is pleased to report that “Forbidden Voices”, a film directed by Barbara Miller that highlights the Internet’s impact on freedom of information, goes on release in Switzerland on 10 May. Two years in the making, the document focuses on three courageous women bloggers from Iran, Cuba and China, countries that are on the Reporters Without Borders list of “Enemies of the Internet.” Generación Y, a blog by Havana-based Yoani Sánchez (@yoanisanchez), quickly became very (…)
The Pirate Bay Partners With Academic Researchers to Counter Propaganda
The Pirate Bay has partnered with the Cybernorms research group at Sweden’s Lund University to carry out the second round of the largest file-sharing survey in history. Through the survey the researchers examine the norms of file-sharers, and how they respond to increased censorship and tougher laws. One of the main goals of the research project is to give a counterweight to entertainment industry propaganda.
Source: The Pirate Bay Partners With Academic Researchers to Counter Propaganda
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