Canadian Court Says File Sharers Not Guilty of Copyright Infringement

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Record industry suffers setback in court
Internet providers can't be forced to
divulge file-sharers

Record industry suffers setback in court
Internet providers can't be forced to
divulge file-sharers 12/20/2003 06:17 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Dec 20 2003 5:39AM ET

Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies

Canadian Copyright Board allows
downloads, copyright levies 12/14/2003 12:27 PM

The Copyright Board of Canada issued a ruling on " private copying ", largely via peer-to-peer computing, with several components. First, downloading is acceptable, but uploading is not (presumably to target hyperpirates). Second, new mechanisms for levies were described, freezing current ones, allowing new charges.

the Copyright Board said uploading or distributing copyrighted works online appeared to be prohibited under current Canadian law. However, the country's copyright law does allow making a copy for personal use and does not address the source of that copy or whether the original has to be an authorized or noninfringing version, the board said.

Company Name in URL Not Copyright
Infringement

Company Name in URL Not Copyright
Infringement 04/05/2005 02:24 PM

Intel sued by Canadian firm for patent
infringement

Intel sued by Canadian firm for patent
infringement 05/20/2004 05:34 PM
All Computers Inc. alleges that Intel's Pentium chips infringe on a 1996 patent it has for the basic circuitry needed to run high-speed microprocessors in personal computers.

Copyright infringement appeal hearings

Copyright infringement appeal hearings 02/10/2004 02:47 AM

The American Ninth Circuit court has been listening to arguments about copyright infrigement and liability for filesharing applications, notably Grokster and Morpheus . A decision could shape the legal status of peer-to-peer tools for the near future.

The discussion has largely been framed in terms of the landmark 1984 Sony v Betamax case . This is an appeal for an earlier decision, where Grokster was found not liable for users' infrigements. Counsel for copyright holders argued that Betamax could be read to allow blame to be assigned to devices, and ended up considering Xerox liable for bad copying. Their opponents argued for substantial noninfringing usage, as per the Betamax decision.

IBM faces copyright infringement suit

IBM faces copyright infringement suit 06/09/2004 07:04 PM
Zero-Knowledge Systems claims Big Blue wrongfully reproduced its privacy-language specification.

AdSense Copyright Infringement Issues

AdSense Copyright Infringement Issues 06/14/2004 11:44 AM
What happens if someone uses your content, or you use someone elses content.

SCO settles it's own copyright
infringement case

SCO settles it's own copyright
infringement case 05/14/2004 07:31 AM
Seems SCO got caught copying content from a publishers book directly into their own documentation. They settled out of court...

Intel sued by Canadian computer company
over patent infringement

Intel sued by Canadian computer company
over patent infringement 05/20/2004 09:51 PM
San Francisco Chronicle May 21 2004 1:16AM GMT

Politicians Don't Mind Copyright
Infringement When It Works For Them

Politicians Don't Mind Copyright
Infringement When It Works For Them 02/12/2004 12:35 PM
While House and Senate elected officials have made big deals out of the importance of intellectual property, it hasn't been on the radar screen of the Bush/Cheney administration... or has it? NBC got angry that the campaign released an online commercial for the President using footage from an interview done on NBC. The campaign insists they've done nothing wrong. Does that mean they're supporters of "fair use"? Chances are they've never actually thought about the issue, and this is yet another case of politicians who would push for more stringent intellectual property laws, while making sure to ignore them themselves when convenient.

RIAA Files More Copyright Infringement
Suits

RIAA Files More Copyright Infringement
Suits 11/01/2003 01:56 AM
Boston.Internet.com Nov 1 2003 0:42AM ET

Dutch Portal Cleared of Copyright
Infringement

Dutch Portal Cleared of Copyright
Infringement 05/16/2004 04:21 PM

Kazaa To Sue Entertainment Industry For
Copyright Infringement

Kazaa To Sue Entertainment Industry For
Copyright Infringement 01/23/2004 02:23 PM
In a move that seems likely to backfire on them partly out of the audacity of the move, Sharman Networks, the company behind Kazaa, can now sue record labels and Hollywood studios for copyright infringement. We had briefly mentioned this case back in September, but now it's been given permission to move forward. Sharman claims that the entertainment companies violated copyright law by using Kazaa Lite (which is not actually associated with Kazaa) to get on the network and monitor the file trading that was occurring. At the same time, they claim that those same companies broke the terms of service of Kazaa by sending threatening instant messages to file traders, warning them that they were distributing unauthorized music files. Sharman clearly has a stronger copyright case against the industry than the industry does against them (in that they're actually accusing the companies of copyright violation, rather than just "facilitating" copyright violations) - but, it still seems like a long shot that could reflect badly on them in their other efforts.

Winning over the file sharers

Winning over the file sharers 04/06/2005 06:23 PM
ZDNet Apr 6 2005 9:08PM GMT

RIAA goes after 531 more file sharers

RIAA goes after 531 more file sharers 02/18/2004 10:49 AM
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is continuing its tactic of filing suits against anonymous "John Doe" computer users who the organization accuses of illegally sharing copyright material over peer to peer networks. The association filed lawsuits against 531 unnamed people on Tuesday, claiming that they are offering substantial amounts of copyrighted music files for free. The legal actions were filed in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Orlando and Trenton, New Jersey, the RIAA said.

Battle Not Over for File Sharers

Battle Not Over for File Sharers 12/23/2003 07:15 AM
The recent ruling preventing the Recording Industry of America from using ISPs to go after copyright offenders opens new legal avenues to those who have been sued. But beating the RIAA won't be easy. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Canadian Wireless Vendor Sues Cisco For
Patent Infringement (TechWeb)

Canadian Wireless Vendor Sues Cisco For
Patent Infringement (TechWeb) 06/25/2004 03:43 AM
TechWeb - Broadband wireless communications vendor Wi-Lan Wednesday said it is suing Cisco Systems for unlicensed use of its technology.

RIAA launches another round of copyright
infringement suits

RIAA launches another round of copyright
infringement suits 05/26/2004 12:21 PM

The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) launched a new series of lawsuits against persons allegedly trading music files illegally. Nearly 500 people are in the lineup , including college students.

FBI Raids Arizona School District Over
Copyright Infringement

FBI Raids Arizona School District Over
Copyright Infringement 04/22/2004 09:22 AM

Nortel sues Arbinet, alleging copyright
infringement

Nortel sues Arbinet, alleging copyright
infringement 07/20/2004 05:52 PM
SiliconValley.com Jul 20 2004 9:39PM GMT

Colleges fighting music copyright
infringement: new report

Colleges fighting music copyright
infringement: new report 08/27/2004 01:24 PM

The Joint Committee of the Higher Education and Entertainment Communities issued a report on filesharing and copyright infringement on college campuses. The group found that awareness of copyright problems had grown, and many solutions mounted.

Moreover, looking back over the past year ,

The recording industry has sued more than 3,000 computer users since September in a campaign to stem file-sharing... So far this year, 185 people at 35 universities were among those snared in the recording industry's lawsuit campaign, according to the report.

(via EDUCAUSE )

Yahoo Korea faces copyright infringement
suit

Yahoo Korea faces copyright infringement
suit 04/21/2004 08:56 AM
Asia Times Online Apr 21 2004 1:28PM GMT

Copyright Cartel Buying Another Federal
Anti-Infringement Law

Copyright Cartel Buying Another Federal
Anti-Infringement Law 05/27/2004 07:58 AM

Since law enforcement has nothing better to do, and since the victims of copyright infringement -- Hollywood studios and the music companies -- are obviously so strapped financially, Congress may soon order the Justice Department to use resources tracking file sharers and filing lawsuits against them. (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.) As Declan McCullagh reports, legislation known as the "Pirate Act" is moving with light speed through Washington -- getting not even a hearing in committee before being sent to the full Senate. Sadly, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, who should know better, is part of this travesty; but he's running for reelection in a state where he couldn't lose if he tried, and apparently needs more money from Hollywood. Oh, and once the government files suit -- with huge penalties -- the copyright cartel companies will still be able to file their own suits. Nothing like piling on. I'm not endorsing rampant infringement for profit, the kind of activity that truly fits the term "piracy," such as the stamping out thousands of CDs or DVDs in Malaysian and Chinese factories that deserves to be stamped out, harshly. I'm not endorsing petty infringement, either, such as downloading songs you would otherwise have bought in a store. But this kind of legislation, turning the full force of the government against penny ante infringers, is far over the top. In times like these, when there are real criminals out there, it's insane.

Japanese professor arrested for
copyright infringement tool

Japanese professor arrested for
copyright infringement tool 05/11/2004 03:40 AM

A Japanese computer scientist was arrested for creating a software application capable of copyright infrigement. Isamu Kaneko of the University of Tokyo is charged with creating Winny , a peer-to-peer ( p2p ) program allowing users to trade files.

(thanks to Educause )

Globalization and women, copyright
infringement in open source, ...

Globalization and women, copyright
infringement in open source, ... 01/27/2004 07:31 PM
Jan 26, 2004 ... (An actual MySQL conference took place last year and will be held again this coming April.) I have reported on some of these companies in my LinuxWorld weblog ...

Tech groups fight copyright infringement
bill

Tech groups fight copyright infringement
bill 07/22/2004 08:21 PM
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Senate bill that would allow copyright holders to sue creators of products that "induce" copyright violations would discourage technology companies from offering new media players or other recording products, representatives of four technology groups said Thursday.

Lawsuits deter some file-sharers

Lawsuits deter some file-sharers 04/26/2004 08:45 AM
The lawsuits against file-sharers is having a mixed impact on song-swapping online, a survey has found.

Artists mix it up with file sharers
(USATODAY.com)

Artists mix it up with file sharers
(USATODAY.com) 05/21/2004 05:16 PM
USATODAY.com - A sampling of creative ways entertainers have approached the file-sharing question:

File-sharers offer SP2 update

File-sharers offer SP2 update 08/14/2004 01:05 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Aug 13, 02:27 pm GMT

Internet2 File Sharers Targeted

Internet2 File Sharers Targeted 04/14/2005 07:06 AM
Media Center PC World Apr 14 2005 12:02PM GMT

Intel sued by small Canadian computer
company alleging patent infringement

Intel sued by small Canadian computer
company alleging patent infringement 05/21/2004 05:39 AM
Canadian Press via Canada.com May 21 2004 9:44AM GMT

Copyright infringement suits launched by
American film industry

Copyright infringement suits launched by
American film industry 12/17/2004 06:30 PM

After some weeks of advance notice , the film industry's lobbying group has launched lawsuits against hundred of alleged copyright infringers.

One lawsuit, obtained by The Associated Press, targets 18 individuals and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis.

Other lawsuits are believed to have been filed in New York, Philadelphia and other areas with large concentrations of high-speed Internet customers. Such connections are required to download the massive movie files.

(via BoingBoing )

RIAA sues 482 more unnamed file-sharers

RIAA sues 482 more unnamed file-sharers 06/23/2004 07:35 AM
The Register Jun 23 2004 11:39AM GMT

File-sharers offer Windows update

File-sharers offer Windows update 08/10/2004 06:56 AM
File-sharing activists are using Microsoft's SP2 update to highlight the benefits of peer-to-peer technology.

Record Industry Sues 531 More
File-Sharers

Record Industry Sues 531 More
File-Sharers 02/17/2004 03:41 PM
The U.S. music industry today said it sued 531 more people for online copyright infringement.

British ISPs Must Identify File Sharers

British ISPs Must Identify File Sharers 03/14/2005 04:42 PM
British record companies applauded Friday's ruling in court that gave them the right to obtain the identities of people who use file sharing programs from Internet service providers. The labels were looking for the identities of 31 persons suspected of uploading large numbers of illegal files.

RIAA once again can easily get file
sharers identity

RIAA once again can easily get file
sharers identity 07/28/2004 02:54 AM

Well in another win for enemy number one in the file sharing the RIAA can now get the identities of file sharers in mass. This will help them expedite their lawsuits against thousands of file sharers [Corante]

Valenti Angry With Tarantino, Wants To
Sue File Sharers

Valenti Angry With Tarantino, Wants To
Sue File Sharers 05/17/2004 04:21 PM
How about a celebrity boxing match between Quentin Tarantino and Jack Valenti? Last week Tarantino spoke at an "anti-piracy" conference and made the case that movie piracy isn't so bad in many cases. However, by not sticking to the script, Tarantino has apparently upset MPAA head Jack Valenti. It's a little unclear what was said, but from the article linked here, it sounds like Valenti was threatening Tarantino. He tells him that it's time to "get on-board" with the industry's anti-piracy efforts. However, there doesn't appear to be an "or else," which certainly makes it sound like quite the idle threat. However, he's also threatening file sharers, and is basically admitting that the MPAA is likely to follow in the RIAA's footsteps and start directly suing end users. Valenti warns: "Suppose you can [download] a movie in five minutes, piracy will explode like a pandemic." Mr. Valenti's track record in such predictions isn't so hot. After all, he's the guy who predicted the VCR would kill the movie industry just before it (oh, that's right) saved the industry.

Apple sues 'Tiger' file sharers

Apple sues 'Tiger' file sharers 12/24/2004 12:39 PM
Apple is suing three men it says shared preview versions of its latest operating system online.
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