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3 strikes: ‘beating consumers over the head’

Posted in filesharing on December 3rd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “It is all very well beating consumers over the head with a stick but they need to be offered a carrot as well.” Is it?

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EU ACTA leak confirms global DMCA plans

Posted in filesharing on November 30th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- America wants to to push laws that reach beyond WIPO net treaties and beyond current European Union law, “confirming the U.S. desire to promote a three-strikes and you’re out policy,” says Michael Geist , quoting from a leaked European Commission analysis of the ACTA Internet chapter. It also contains detailed comments on US proposals for a “Global DMCA, harmonized contributory copyright infringement rules, and the establishment of an international notice-and-takedown policy,” says Geist.

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Musicians dropped from Digital Britain debate

Posted in filesharing on November 27th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “Mystery” surrounds the decision to uninvite the Featured Artists Coalition from a Digital Economy Bill dog-and-pony-show — sorry, debate — organised by The Telegraph and Virgin Media, says MusicWeek . “A panel of digital experts, including UK Music chief executive Feargal Sharkey, shadow minister for culture Ed Vaizey and FAC acting chief Jeremy Silver, had been due to take part in an online discussion about the key issues raised by the legislation,” says the story.

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openSUSE – minus BitTorrent DHT

Posted in filesharing on November 23rd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Open Source:- An interesting new twist, linked to The Pirate Bay’s decision to go magnetic , has surfaced.

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openSUSE – minus BitTorrent DHT

Posted in filesharing on November 23rd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Open Source:- An interesting new twist, linked to The Pirate Bay’s decision to go magnetic , has surfaced.

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Hollywood touts ACTA

Posted in Software, filesharing on November 22nd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Politics | MPAA:- With their MPAA as the front, the major Hollywood studios have escalated their efforts to force ACTA, their secret copyright ‘initiative’,  into being. “Our interests in a robust ACTA are broad, ranging from providing ex-officio authority for law enforcement and customs officials to securing both the legal and practical tools necessary to protect intellectual property rights online,” says the LaLaLand enforcer. Ex-officio authority for law enforcement?

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Fred Wilhelms to Dick Huey …

Posted in filesharing on November 18th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P:- Entertainment lawyer Fred Wilhelms (right), of whom CounterPunch’s Dave Marsh once said “If the corporate music industry had any ethics, Wilhelms would be its ‘ethicist-in-chief’,” has for two years been pressing SoundExchange board member Dick Huey for questions he (Huey) had promised to answer. Yesterday, Huey finally delivered . Below are Fred’s responses »»» I’ll deal with the substantive portion of your contribution below, but there is one part of your preface that requires comment: You said “I’m not interested in being a SoundExchange conduit for every question you’d like answered – SoundExchange has official communication outlets, which you should engage directly with to answer your questions.” I have, and they don’t answer me

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Open letter to Featured Artists’ Coalition

Posted in filesharing on November 16th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

Dear (please see below): The chances of Britain’s Labour government retaining power in the upcoming elections are zero.

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‘Let’s talk about Hulu …’

Posted in filesharing on November 5th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | TV:- “I am, I feel, often a couple of steps behind mass culture,” says Jenna McWilliams, an educational researcher for project new media literacies and a Guardian online columnist. She says it on her sleeping alone and starting out early blog where she also says, “I studied creative writing and published some poems

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“Connect with music fans, don’t punish them!’

Posted in filesharing on November 4th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Music | P2P | Politics:- “In all the coverage of Lord Mandelson’s sudden support for a ‘three strikes’ policy to tackle unauthorised file sharing, few people are asking the key questions: how will kicking file sharers off the internet based on accusations (not convictions) of multiple attempts to share unauthorised content actually help the entertainment industry make money?

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