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Read More »IsoHunt downed by copyright lawyers
Though Christmas day is behind us, IP holders have been given a late festive present with news that another high-profile BitTorrent site – Gary Fung’s IsoHunt – has been closed following a successful prosecution in California. A US District Court judge found that Fung and his site had infringed copyright …
Read More »Second judge removed from Pirate Bay case
The soap-opera like narrative of the ongoing Pirate Bay prosecution in Sweden has taken another unexpected turn with the news that a second judge has been thrown off the case after it emerged she had links to pro-copyright lobbyists. This is the second time that the Swedish legal system has …
Read More »Copyright infringing content chopped from LittleBigPlanet and Guitar Hero
Whilst the rise to prominence of user-generated content is undoubtedly a good thing for gamers, it’s a litigation nightmare for publishers – so it’s no surprise to see both Sony and Activision-Blizzard moving swiftly to eradicate any potentially copyright infringing user content from its servers. Kotaku reports that some LittleBigPlanet …
Read More »MTV looks to monetise piracy
MTV is set to take a different approach to tacking the problem of copyright infringing user content by trailing a new system that will see offending material automatically updated with paid-for ads. Reuters reports that the trial, which uses technology from third party developer Auditude, is already underway on social …
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