G8 Pushes Anti-Piracy Trade Agreement

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Written by J.J. King on July 10, 2008 

This May we already posted about the leaked ACTA proposal, and it now seems that the final agreement will be ready sooner than we had hoped. Fresh out of the G8 meetings ‘Declaration on the World Economy‘, passages under the heading ‘Protection of Intellectual Property Rights’ suggest member states want the international anti-piracy agreement ready for implementation sooner than some expected, as it reads:

We encourage the acceleration of negotiations to ......

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 Parliament Gives OK to Disconnect File-Sharers!!!!

An Excerpt From: zeropaid

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Drops “Amendment 138″ from Telcoms Package that would’ve prevented member countries from disconnecting file-sharers from the Internet, replacing it with much weaker provision that opens the door to “three-strikes.”

In a huge blow to the freedoms of European Union citizens and as an apparent gift to the lobbying efforts of multinational entertainment corporations, the EU Parliament decided to drop a crucial amendment (#138) from its much anticipated Telcoms Package that would’ve prevented member countries from disconnecting file-sharers from the Internet.

Amendment 138 read:

Applying the principle that no restriction may be imposed on the fundamental rights and freedoms of end-users, without a prior ruling by the judicial authorities, notably in accordance with Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union......

‘Sweeping’ French anti-file sharing penalties

An Excerpt From: P2PNET

"p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- If you can’t woo ‘em, screw ‘em.

French president and entertainment cartel representative Nicolas Sarkozy has been unsuccessful in his  repeated attempts to have the Hollywood and Big Music ‘Three Strikes’ business plan adopted as law.

He’s pictured with struggling corporate singer Carla Bruni, his wife, and an employee of joint sponsor Vivendi Music.

France’s Le Canard Enchaine, “busted French President Nicolas Sarkozy for pirating 400 copies of a DVD,” said the Huffington Post recently.

While we wait to see how this’ll be resolved, judicial authorities have, “approved sweeping penalties against the illegal copying of music and movies, which could result in violators losing their Internet access by the end of next year,” says the New York Times.

“The......

France’s Top Court Ok’s “3-Strikes”

 An Excerpt From: ZeroPaid

"Country top court, the Constitutional Council, gives it’s blessing to graduated response system whereby file-sharers, after three accusations of copyright infringement, will be disconnected from the Internet for a year.

It’s official. France, a country which used to pride itself in protecting freedom of thought and speech, has taken, the lead in the battling online piracy after its top court, the Constitutional Council, ruled the govt can begin disconnecting users from the Internet vis a vis the controversial “three-strikes” law passed late last month.

The court struck down an earlier version of the “Creation and Internet” law over demands that only a judge should have the power to disconnect individuals from the Internet, arguing that it’s essential for the “free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious rights......

UK Cops, Spies Blast “3-Strikes”

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Says criminals will turn to encryption to avoid detection and “make prosecution harder because it increases the workload significantly.”

Law enforcement is the latest UK group to criticize Business Secretary Lord Mandelson’s “evolved” plan to to disconnect repeat file-sharers from the Internet.

Both police and the country’s spy services, MI5 and MI6, are concerned that the proposal will mean more criminals will begin encrypting their traffic to escape detection by copyright holders, thereby making their job much, much more difficult.

“It will make prosecution harder because it increases the workload significantly,” one law enforcement official told The Times.

MI5 and MI6 are also displeased with how it will too make their jobs much harder.

“The spooks hate it,” adds a source. “They think it is only going to make monitoring......

Dutch Court Rules Against the Pirate Bay

An Excerpt From:  ZeroPaid

Must prevent Dutch users from being able to access copyrighted material, and was given 3 months to remove a list of torrents from the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site.

A Dutch court has ruled against Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay, ordering that it immediately begin preventing Dutch users from accessing copyrighted material on the site, and giving it 3 months to remove a list of torrents or face of fine of 5000 euros ($7512 USD) p/person p/day.

The judgment was the result of an appeal of an earlier ruling in which the site’s founders were ordered to block Dutch users entirely or face a fine of 30,000 euros ($42,906 USD) p/day. In that case, because it couldn’t physically find and serve them with a summons, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN took the unusual step of of notifying the Pirate Bay’s founders via Facebook and Twitter. They were found guilty in absentia and......

 Net neutrality: still a work in progress

An Excerpt From p2p.net

"p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The release last week of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s report on Internet traffic management – known as the net neutrality decision – attracted national attention. Canadians, Internet service providers, and politicians debated whether the regulator had struck the right balance in addressing how ISPs manage Internet traffic.

While some headlines seemed to suggest that the CRTC has given Canada’s ISPs the green light to do as they please, the reality is that the decision establishes several notable requirements and restrictions.

• First, the commission adopted a new test to determine reasonable traffic management practices.  Where a consumer complains, ISPs will be required to describe their practices, demonstrate their necessity, and establish that they discriminate as little as possible. ......

Pirate Bay Offers DJ Joel Tenenbaum’s “$675,000 Mixtape”

  Excerpt from zeropaid.com

"Swedish BitTorrent tracker site offers visitors the 30 songs he was convicted for illegally downloading.

Two weeks ago Joel Tenenbaum was convicted of copyright infringement for illegally downloading 30 songs using the KaZaA P2P program. At $22,500 per song for a total of $675,000, it was nearly 2.5 times the $9,250 per song and $222,000 total handed down to Jammie Thomas in the country’s first file-sharing case to go to trial that preceded him.

Many file-sharers, and in the BitTorrent community especially, have shrugged off the verdict as the last throes of an industry desperate to stay relevant in a world that for all intents and purposes no longer needs them.

Record labels are little more than marketing and financing vehicles with the Internet becoming the tool for instant, global distribution.

In any event, I’m sure many reading this have downloaded......

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 "Karoo had been disconnecting file-sharers after one accusation by copyright holders.

Late last month I reported how UK ISP Karoo had been been disconnecting BitTorrent users accused of copyright infringement after a single notification by copyright holders without offering customers a chance to dispute the allegations.

The practice was revealed by several of its customer and led to a widespread backlash for it admittedly “exceeding the expectations of copyright owners.”

Karoo is now backpedaling from that policy and will instead require that copyright holders obtain a court order to disconnect their customers from the Internet.

“We will no longer suspend a customer’s service unless we receive a court order from a copyright owner taking legal action,” Karoo said in an e-mail to TorrentFreak. “As a result it is the responsibility of the legal system, not Karoo, to ensure the accuracy of the information......