Hundreds Risk Accusation Of Illegal File-sharing

The plight of Gill and Ken Murdoch has highlighted the case of innocent bystanders being caught in the war between the entertainment industry and those who flout the law by illegally downloading games over the internet

THU 30 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: News

"Three Strike" Broadband Proposal On P2P Users Thrown Out After EU Decision

The European Parliament has voted against the move to impose a “three strikes” rule on unauthorised file sharers by European Union (EU) member states that would have allowed ISPs to disconnect their internet connections

MON 29 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

Comment : Peer to Peer Networks Pose Growing Threat to Businesses

THU 18 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: News

£16000 Fine For Mother Spells Trouble For UK P2P File-sharing

A Polish mother of two has been told to pay more than £16,000 in a ruling that could possibly spell the end of the judicial system's apparent leniency towards online file sharers

TUE 19 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Pirate Bay Gets Italian Boot From Media-Friendly Berlusconi

Guess that's what happens when the president of a country also happens to be the owner of a media conglomerate; Silvio Berlusconi has ordered Italian ISPs to block popular Swedish Torrent website, the Pirate Bay

TUE 12 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

UK Government Pondering Over Anti File-Sharing Legislation

The Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has announced a three-month consultation period on legislative options to address illicit P2P file-sharing (ed: what about direct links that are available on many websites whose name end with upload or share)

FRI 01 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: News

Microsoft Says Kids are Worst Software Pirates on Net

After a report on DVD piracy from the analyst firm Futuresource Consulting, another document on piracy has been published, this time from the software giant Microsoft

WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

MEPs Backs the New Telecom Amendments

Despite resistance from several Digital Rights Groups, the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favour of new amendments in telecom laws, which are proposed to check illicit file sharing across internet

WED 09 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Virgin Warns Its Customers To Play Safe With File Sharing

Customers of Virgin’s broadband connection were in for a shock as they received letters that told them that they had been sharing music illegally

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: News

Virgin Media and BPI join forces against illegal file sharing on P2P networks

In a move to curb the illegal music file sharing across the peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, Virgin Media in collaboration British Phonographic Institute (BPI) is all set to launch a campaign against the alleged users

MON 09 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: News