Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Sharron Angle Hit With R-J Copyright Infringement Lawsuit First off today, Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle has been hit with a lawsuit by the controversial Righthaven group, which is enforcing copyright for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Righthaven, as is typical for…
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: World’s First Pirate ISP Launches In Sweden First off today, the Pirate Party in Sweden is now planning to launch its own ISP service, one aimed at providing the maximum amount of user privacy the country’s laws allow, including from copyright…
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Founding Group Disbands First off today, Piratbyran, the pro-piracy group most famous for founding The Pirate Bay, has disbanded. The group, which founded in 2003 as a response to Antipiratbyran, a Swedish anti-piracy outfit, says they no longer feel…
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: The Pirate Party Becomes The Pirate Bay’s New Host First off today, after the injunction against The Pirate Bay’s old host, Cyberbunker, the site went down for the most of the day yesterday. However, as of this morning, the site is…
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: LimeWire Liable For Music Copyright Infringement First off today, file sharing service LimeWire has lost its long-running legal battle with the record labels. The company was found vicariously liable for infringement committed using its software. In addition to the company itself,…
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Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Hollywood: Its Time For Court To Impose Pirate Bay Fines First off today, the movie studios that successfully sued and pursued criminal charges against the Pirate Bay founders in Sweden are now pushing the court to levy fines against the founders…
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Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Apple Confirms Acquisition of Music Site Lala First off today, Apple has confirmed its acquisition of the music streaming service Lala for an undisclosed amount. This has lead many to speculate what Apple plans to do with the service and how…
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Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Hollywood Takes OpenBitTorrent’s ISP to Court First off today, now that The Pirate Bay’s tracker has shut down, though in its case to force users to use decentralized methods of downloading, the movie studios have turned their attention to other prominent…
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Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Appeals Postponed Until Next Year First off today, if you were excited about the upcoming Pirate Bay appeal, it looks like you will have to wait until sometime next year, possibly as late as summer. The appeals trial has…
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Got any suggestions for the 3 Count. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Pirate Bay Takes Bias Claims to Supreme Court First off today, The Pirate Bay defendants, who were convicted in April of contributing to copyright infringement and sentenced to approximately a year in jail, might be seeing a delay in their appeal,…
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