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comeuppance

The Pirate Bay to Turn Tables, Sue International Music Industry

Oh, Pirate Bay. You know just what to do to get people's attention, you rabble rousers. In February, The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI; essentially, the international RIAA) went to court and got Danish ISP Tele2 to block access to the famous BitTorrent tracker. It now appears that the courts are going to side with The Pirate Bay on this one, and if so, guess what? The Pirate Bay is going to sue the music industry for damages. Gotta love it. More »

12:40 PM on Wed Apr 16 2008
By Adam Frucci
17,605 views, 85 comments

Latest by NikFromNYC: DECLARATION OF DATA INDEPENDENCE When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for CPU users to dissolve the commercial more »

net neutrality

Europe Says Net Banning Is a Violation of "Civil Liberties and Human Rights"

The European Parliament voted on anti-piracy bill that would boot persistent "file-sharers" off of the net, at the last minute shooting down that particular measure. More importantly, it added an amendment that said the European Union and its member countries should "avoid adopting measures conflicting with civil liberties and human rights and with the principles of proportionality, effectiveness and dissuasiveness, such as the interruption of internet access." The vote royally pissed off the EU's RIAA-equivalent, the IFPI. Even still, the vote itself may not result in any kind of safe haven for, uh, P2P "enthusiasts": More »

11:20 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Wilson Rothman
2,246 views, 29 comments

Latest by krisve: The point is that this makes it harder for IFPI to press the internet providers to actively implement systems to more »