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Mobiles a problem for 3 strikes plan

Posted in filesharing on November 26th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Mobiles:- Bitain’s fixed-line ISPs have already told the government the Three Strikes scheme touted by Peter ‘Mandy’ Mandelson on behalf of the corporate entertainment industry isn’t going to work . Now mobile operators have joined in. Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music, and Disney, News Corp, Time Warner, Viacom, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures, have escalated their anti-consumer, anti-P2P, anti-competition sue ‘em all campaign into a worldwide project under which they’re demanding governments introduce legislation which would turn them into copyright collection agencies, funded by local taxpayers, and ISPs into enforcers, turning in their own customers

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‘We Want Three Strikes!’ Fox

Posted in filesharing on November 24th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Politics | Movies :- Jim Gianopulos (right), the man who runs Fux Filmed Entertainment, wants America to “pass a law similar to France’s ‘three strikes’ rule that would allow a judge to order Internet service providers to disconnect users who download copyrighted material,” says ContactMusic . Um, Jim,  the US already has a very substantial stake the 3 strikes bidniz plan

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Artists and fans: in it together

Posted in filesharing on November 24th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- “Put simply, the music business is the commercial interface between musicians and fans,” says Allison Outhit in Exclaim! Magazine . But, she states, “when the industry lost control of digital music files on the web, the interface broke down.” It did and now, “Fans are getting music willy-nilly — sometimes without even paying! — while musicians are reaching directly out to fans — sometimes without even charging!”-  Allison observes,  continuing »»» You might think having musicians and fans communicate directly can only result in a promotional paradise, but it actually creates a commercial hell for the industry. If artists and fans find ways to successfully transact between them, then, uh, what’s the rest of the music business for

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Don’t cut net access, EC warns Spain

Posted in filesharing on November 24th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The European Commission says it’ll get tough with Spain if the country tries to disconnect “content pirates”.

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Canada not a ‘piracy haven’

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

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The OECD has released new data on its global counterfeiting estimates, concluding that the share of counterfeit and pirated goods in world trade is estimated to have increased from 1.85% in 2000 to 1.95% in 2007. That represents an increase to $250 billion worldwide.  That is obviously a big number, but notably far lower than the claims from ACTA supporters.

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Indiana Gregg: Woman at work

Posted in filesharing on November 11th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Indiana Gregg (right) has suffered a lot of online stick following a take-down request to The Pirate Bay. She’s been villified and insulted and accused of being a greedy blond out for all she can get, to considerably understate the situation. The reality, however, is very different.

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Spain says No! to 3 strikes law

Posted in filesharing on November 6th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- A mighty International hurricane is brewing, fomented by the corporate entertainment industry, with the Big 4 music labels out in front. “ISPs around the world may be forced to snoop on their subscribers and cut them off if they are found to have shared copyright-protected music on the Internet, under an international agreement being promoted by the U.S.,â€? said the IDG News Service . Promoted by America, Yes, we said, “but on behalf of the entertainment industry”.

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EU vote opens the way to 3 strikes law

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

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The bitter war between online communities and the entertainment cartels  has just been escalated. With the EU parliament scheduled to vote on a controversial EU telecom reform package, member states agreed to add a new paragraph, “prohibiting national authorities from excluding users from the internet without a court order,” p2pnet reported in May. However, in a move that in political doublespeak is being hailed as a ‘victory’ for consumers, and at the 11th hour, the clause, which would have protected people from the depredations of the Hollyood and the major record labels, has been drastically watered down.

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New ‘DontDisconnectUs’ UK Three Strikes site

Posted in Software, filesharing on November 2nd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- When are they going to get it right? The Three Strikes and You’re Off The Net plan attributed to Peter Mandelson (lord) in the UK   is no more his than it’s Nicolas Sarkozy’s in France, or any of the other government leaders in countries such as  Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. The project is wholly owned by the Hollywood studios and Big Four record labels  who dreamed it up and are,  with the help of the corporate press corpse, promoting it at unimaginable expense around the world.

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‘To join REFF you need to break the law!’

Posted in Software, filesharing on October 29th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Politics | Freedom | P2P:- Scambioetico is the Italian movement for the decriminalization of P2P and the defense of net neutrality, a part of the European Coalition Opennet , and REFF , explains Scambioetico press officer Gianfranco in an email to a2f2a.com co-founder Billy Bragg.

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