Posts Tagged ‘File-sharing’

Weekend Linkroll - 03-15-08

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 15th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Linkblog

It has been a busy week for copyright news as there are several updates to important, ongoing stories. Even for copyright news, this is one very packed week.



Weekend Linkroll - Congress Targets Colleges

By Jonathan Bailey • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Linkblog

It’s been yet another busy week for copyright news as even the U.S. Congress makes headlines by passing a controversial piece of copyright legislation targeted at universities.



New Porn Group to Tackle Piracy

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 20th, 2007 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, News

In December of last year, I wrote about how the adult entertainment industry was using “piracy” to its advantage and, despite adult content making up the bulk of file sharing, was a thriving industry.
However, that may change soon. A new organization, The Global Anti-Piracy Agency (GAPA), has been founded by Sureflixx Digital Distribution “with [...]



Attribution Problems Plague File Sharing

By Jonathan Bailey • Apr 20th, 2007 • Category: Articles, News, Prevention

Harry Potter fans hoping to download a “leaked” copy of J.K. Rowling’s final book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows”, may have received an unusual surprise.
At least one of the files being distributed on BitTorrent claiming to be the book was, in truth, a copy of a fan fiction work entitled “The [...]