Chambers’ Brigade Of Intellectual Property Lawyers
Mary Teresa Bitti of the Financialpost.com wrote an intriguing piece of article regarding Canada’s reformed copyright legislation, also known as the Copyright Modernization Act. CMA, or Bill C-11, is on its way, marking the fourth attempt to reform Canada’s copyright laws. Making its way to the Senate, the bill is still raising many questions; as
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Carpathia Hosting’s Cash Issues: Megaupload’s Data Is Costing Us Money
After Megaupload was shut down, millions and millions of users lost access to their data, data that is still hosted by Carpathia Hosting. The hosting company is now asking help from the US Government as the unpaid bills pile up. According to their claims, data from up to 66 million users are still “stuck” into
BREIN Wins Legal Battle Against Proxy Operator
BREIN, the Dutch anti-piracy group, has obtained a court order to shut down the operator of a proxy website that was used to access The Pirate Bay. The site in question is tpb.dehomies.nl, and after the Court of The Hague ruled in favor of BREIN the operator is now bound to shut down the website.
MSN Blocks the Pirate Bay
After being blacklisted by several countries, possibly blocked in the near future by the UK, and expecting a raid to bust their HQ, The Pirate Bay is now “censored” by Windows Live Messenger (MSN) under the pretext that the link is “unsafe”. “The link you tried to send was blocked because it was reported as
FDA’s President Speaks Against FileSharing
David Puttnam, actual president of UK’s Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), former chief at Columbia Pictures, and movie producer is calling out for a more direct approach in the fight against piracy Hollywoodreporter.com quotes from Puttnam’s speech at a meeting in London which hosted representatives from the movie industry: “A vital step for the technology sector
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