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Copyright Infringement In the News

Posted by michael on from the we-hate-our-customers dept.

Lots of newsbits about copyright infringement today - let's mash them all together with some egg whites and breadcrumbs and see what we get. marklyon writes "The DOJ announced that they are planning to prosecute filesharers under the The No Electronic Theft ("NET") Act. John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, made the pronouncement at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual technology and politics summit Tuesday. Cnet has extended coverage." Reader M_Talon writes "According to this article on ZDNET the RIAA is using one of the DMCA's more nasty clauses...the right to subpoena an ISP for a suspected pirate's personal information. They want to force Verizon to reveal the customer's information, and Verizon is refusing on the grounds that the pirated material isn't on their servers." Reader MattW writes "Apparently some theaters are consenting to run anti-piracy ads before movies. After all, these are not a bunch of fat cats we're talking about -- piracy now threatens the livelihood of the rank and file workers of Hollywood. After all, the movie studios are having a terrible year, right?" Finally, the Washington Post (probably one of the last articles we post from their site, as they go registration-required) discovers spoofed files on Gnutella, and public radio is reporting that the RIAA will drop their suit against listen4ever.com, since it's, uh, gone.

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  1. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fist post? :)
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    1. Re:fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. the RIAA will drop their suit against listen4ever by bsDaemon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gone? or merely Slashdotted?

    ps, fp

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  4. Re:Washington Post last link?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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