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No laptops in the cinema!

Posted in filesharing on October 15th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Movies :- A significant number of movies — most? — which show up on the P2P networks originate in Hollywood as screeners, work prints and other associated ‘product’. But through their MPAA, the major studios insist their problems centre on kids with camcorders of the kind made by Sony, one of the loudest complainers

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Dole abandons bananas lawsuit

Posted in filesharing on October 15th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Movies | Freedom:- America’s Dole Food Company went bananas when a Swedish film company made a documentary focusing on efforts by US trial lawyer Juan Dominguez to represent fruit workers. They were, “allegedly made sterile after Dole sprayed them with a banned pesticide,” as The Local phrased it. Dole is the “leading grower and packerâ€? of such food items as bananas, pineapples, grapes, strawberries, and other fresh and frozen fruits, says the Wikipedia

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Reduce fair dealing, no taping tv shows

Posted in filesharing on October 15th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “Man, if these yahoos set out to destroy the public’s faith in copyright, they could not do a better job than they’re doing now.” That’s Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing . The ‘yahoos’ are the people at Access Copyright. But do the members of the public who even know what copyright is have faith in it?

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Joost UK shuts down

Posted in filesharing on October 14th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | TV:- On the heels of news that Kazaa Kreators Niklas Zennstrom (left) and Janus Friis figure the net should again be alive with the sound of music — their music — comes further information that their Joost online TV thingie,  launched with much ballyhoo a couple of years ago, has been virtually switched off. In January Joost  was supposed to have been reinventing itself by offering allegedly broadcast-quality content to viewers for free, ‘free’ being advertising-driven.

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Kazaa creators back in the music bidniz

Posted in filesharing on October 14th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Niklas Zennstrom (left) and Janus Friis created Kazaa which, in 2009, arguably has the singular distinction of being the most hated and despised of all corporate P2P digital media distribution applications.

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Labour MP Tom Watson attacks 3 Strikes plan

Posted in filesharing on October 14th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Politics | P2P | Music:- “That this House notes with concern the Government’s proposals on file sharing which would allow rights holders to request internet service providers to disconnect for a period of time, or throttle, the internet connection of people who may be accused of copyright infringement via peer to peer networks; believes that disconnecting alleged offenders will be futile given that it is relatively easy for determined file-sharers to mask their identity or their activity to avoid detection; acknowledges that illicit file-sharing only costs rights-holders money when people download infringing content in preference to buying it; further notes that identifying offenders using the Internet Protocol address of a specific machine may punish those who share a web connection; and calls on the Government to ensure that any citizen accused of illicit file-sharing is given the right to legal redress in a court of law before sanctions are imposed.” Above is an early day motion just tabled in the UK parliament by Labour MP Tom Watson (right). Signed by nine other MPs, it could end up being debated in the House of Commons, predicts ISP Review .

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Do-Not-Call List: One year old …

Posted in filesharing on October 13th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- This month marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Canada’s do-not-call list. Over the past 12 months, millions of Canadians have registered their numbers on the list and filed hundreds of thousands of complaints with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which is tasked with enforcing the law. While the CRTC has found itself subject to considerable criticism for investigating only a small percentage of complaints and levying just a handful of fines for do-not-call violations, a review of tens of thousands of complaints obtained under the Access to Information Act reveals a potentially bigger problem.

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Music in the 21st century: framing the debate

Posted in filesharing on October 12th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- The debate around P2P is clouded by misconception and propaganda. Artists believe what they hear from managers and label bosses about the ‘menace’ of file-sharing. There can be only be one winner in this situation – the major record labels.

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Gagging people under ’settlement’ deals

Posted in filesharing on October 12th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- There’s a phrase which comes up time and again when one or other element of the corporate entertainment industry is caught blatantly cheating and/or lying and/or fixing. They ’settle’ but “admit no wrong-doing”.

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French prez Sarkozy busted for pirating music

Posted in filesharing on October 9th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Politics | Music:- France’s Le Canard Enchaine has, “busted French President Nicolas Sarkozy for pirating 400 copies of a DVD,” says the Huffington Post . He’s pictured on the right with struggling corporate songstress Carla Bruni, his wife.

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