Teen Anal Nightmare P2P lawyer charged with felony
The saga of West Virginia's homegrown P2P porn lawyer appears headed to a strange, sad end after felony charges were filed against him in state court.
Lawyer Kenneth J. Ford of Martinsville, West Virginia filed...
Judge blasts "unlawful invasions of privacy" by "rogue" P2P attorney
Last September, a federal judge in Texas blasted the “staggering chutzpah” of P2P attorney Evan Stone (seen above in better times), who had issued subpoenas to Internet services providers in a porn film cas...
Pirate Bay to abandon .torrent files for magnet links
Filesharing titan the Pirate Bay has
promised to remove all .torrent files from its site. But it's
not to
placate rights-holders—it's going to replace them with
"magnet links" instead.
Back...
Strike one! New Zealand hit with first online infringement warnings
New Zealand music labels have begun pitching the first "strikes" in their country's "three strikes" regime targeting Internet file-swappers. The New Zealand Herald reports that four major ISPs there have received infringement no...
Can default P2P settings break the law? US says yes
The Federal Trade Commission has decided that certain default software settings can violate the law against “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” The agency recently went after the p...
A game we all win: Dumping DRM can increase sales while reducing piracy
The standard line that Digital Rights Management (DRM) functions as a bulwark against online music piracy is being challenged by a trio of economists from Rice and Duke Universities. Their game theory research sides with...
Sanctioned: P2P lawyer fined $10,000 for "staggering chutzpah"
A federal judge has fined Texas lawyer Evan Stone $10,000 for sending out subpoenas and then settlement letters to people accused of sharing a German porn film called Der Gute Onkel—all without the judge's permissio......
No, Canada! ISPs ordered to out users in Hurt Locker case
Canadian Internet users are getting a taste of the P2P lawyering that had previously been confined to the US and UK, as Hurt Locker lawsuits have begun moving up to the Great White North. Three...
Hurt by The Hurt Locker: why IP addresses aren’t enough to find file-swappers
IP addresses have real uses when it comes to identifying Internet activity, but they work best when paired with targeted investigation rather than as “spray-and-pray” shotgun-style federal litigation. Case in p...
It’s not over yet, Jammie Thomas: RIAA appeals damage reduction
The Recording Industry Association of America has appealed a judge's decision to slash the damages award levied against Jammie Thomas-Rasset for copyright infringement from $1.5 million to $54,000 one month ago. The reduction i...
P2P lawyers get their comeuppance in the form of fines, suspension
You know the many US lawyers sending out warning letters on behalf of copyright holders, threatening alleged Internet movie pirates with federal lawsuits and possible $150,000 fines unless they pay a few thousand dollars ......
Feature: Big Content’s latest antipiracy weapon: extradition
As major American copyright holders continue their long war on file-sharing, the focus of the debate has increasingly shifted overseas. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun seizing the domain names of so-cal...
