isoHunt operator vows copyright ruling appeal
For the London Free Press – April 19, 2010 Read this on Canoe n December 2009, isoHunt, a BitTorrent and peer-to-peer search engine, was found liable by a U.S. District Court judge for inducing...
View ArticleEthics of downloading something you’ve already paid for – Techdirt
Techdirt has a post that’s worth a read that talks about a debate sparked by the NY Times and Computerworld about the ethics of downloading something you have already paid for. Its an issue worth...
View ArticleWhile copyright collectives help, royalties issue muddy
For the London Free Press – August 16, 2010 Read this on Canoe [UPDATE: Also take a look at this related Techdirt post entitled The Insanity Of Music Licensing: In One Single Graphic ] Radio royalties...
View ArticleUS bills introduced to wiretap the net, and arbitrarily shutdown alleged...
We get upset when governments outside of North America insist on being able to monitor internet based communications. But we shouldn’t get too smug about it, as the same thing happens in North...
View ArticlePlethora of Pending IT Legislation
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows. Those who practice in the IT area have a lot of potential new law to digest. The Federal government has several bills in various...
View ArticleDIG – Digital Interactive Gaming conference this week
The annual DIG conference is this Thursday and Friday at the London Convention Centre. It’s a must attend conference for anyone in the gaming industry. Harrison Pensa is pleased to be a sponsor of...
View ArticleUS ISP’s adopt (futile) 6 strike approach to illegal file sharing
That’s the title of my Slaw post for today. It reads as follows. Last week I mentioned a survey about the proposed UK 3 strikes law that concluded that it would not significantly deter filesharing...
View ArticleWhy Sopa & Protect-ip are bad ideas
There is proposed legislation in the US that would give broad rights to block entire web sites based on mere allegations that a small part of it might have some infringing content. The legislation is...
View ArticleCloud storage, privacy, and Megaupload
Today’s Slaw post: The ongoing Megaupload case is a controversial lightning rod case for issues on cloud storage, privacy and copyright. Megaupload basically ran a file storage and viewing service....
View ArticleCopyright Notice & Notice is Flawed
You may have read about the Supreme Court of Canada deciding Rogers can be paid its costs for telling a copyright owner the identity of movie downloading customers. What isn’t talked about is the...
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