Politics

Court: Anonymous P2P no defense

“Operators of peer-to-peer networks cannot escape copyright infringement claims by giving their members the ability to mask the content that changes hands on their networks, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. Calling the tactic a form of “willful blindness,” the…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

US anti-spam laws ‘will legalise spam’

“The legislation Congress is considering would legalise opt-out spamming,” Linford argued. “All the US spammers we track support the Bill because it means they wouldn’t have to hide any more.” “If the US passes an opt-out law, which I believe…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Boycott artist supporting the RIAA can it succeed?

The Register has received an undisclosed number of letters with threats of Consumers wanting to Boycott the artist supporting the RIAA litigation against file swappers. [The Register] My personal opinion on this that unless there is widespread National Organization and…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

The Eric Eldred Act

If you are a concerned about Copyright laws and the Public Domain and are a citizen of the United States you should visit the referenced site, read the proposal and sign the petition if you so agree The goal of…

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Todd Cochrane
Politics

Music Sharing Companies start to Lobby

In a terrific idea that has served Internet Service Providers well the online music sharing companies are going to Washington DC to get some lobbyist into congressional offices to set the record straight. You can bet you sweet bottom line…

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Todd Cochrane