Stories about Copyright

Aggrieved MegaUpload users threaten to sue FBI over legitimate lost data
Without condoning any illegal conduct of shutdown storage site MegaUpload, pirate parties are condemning its seizure and coordinating potential legal reprisals against the US.
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Samsung Tab: we can feel an Apple lawsuit coming on
Do these Samsung Tab accessories look at all familar?
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ISP snooping law would make piracy lawsuits AFACT of life
A proposal to log your every move online would not only violate your privacy, but provide the missing link for studios to sue file sharers within an inch of their lives.
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‘Scareware’ scam bluffs BitTorrent users into paying bogus fine for violating copyright
Malicious software scans a hard drive for .torrent files, fires up a “copyright violation alert” and stings innocent users for an on-the-spot US$4,000 fine.
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New piracy trial: AFACT to appeal iiNet verdict
The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) today said it would appeal the Federal Court's judgement against the group in its internet piracy case against iiNet.
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Queensland Mario piracy man fined $1.5M
It's-a-bloody-big-fine-Mario!
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Conroy to closely examine iiNet verdict
Pro-censorship Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says he will examine what the failure of the AFACT lawsuit against iiNet means for the industry.
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Sell us your movies, iiNet says to studios
Rather than lashing out at the movie studios for wasting a year of iiNet's time, managing director Michael Malone has offered a peace deal.
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Pirate Party gears up for Federal elections
Sniffing an election in the wind, and wanting to put its own core issues on the table, the Pirate Party is seeking registration as an official political party.
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BitTorrent hub pushes ahead with next-gen file sharing network
While the stoush continues over The Pirate Bay, fellow Torrent hub IsoHunt is rolling out its own ‘social file sharing’ project.
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Game developer asks pirates nicely to stop
One video game developer is working to combat piracy by asking pirates nicely.
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Web site sues Apple
Apple set its lawyers onto BluWiki for daring to discuss how to use iPods with software and sites other than iTunes, so BluWiki is now suing Apple in the name of 'free speech'.
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IceTV wins court battle with Channel 9
The electronic program guide provider IceTV has successfully defended itself in the lawsuit taken against it by Channel 9 for copyright infringement.
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Aussie movie pirate faces court; walks free
Despite worldwide attention, a 26 year old Australian man has got off a movie piracy charge with little more than a slap on the wrist from Blacktown Local Court.
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Nokia to offer all-you-can-download of 4 million songs
Nokia has an unbelievably appealing offer coming up: unlimited downloads (to keep) from a library of over four million songs with a Nokia phone purchase.
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