Asian economies could benefit from reduction in piracy
Asia Pacific economies could benefit from cracking down on software piracy, a global group of software companies said Wednesday.
Piracy hurts economy: BSA
According to the BSA a 10% reduction in software piracy will lead to significantly more jobs, economic activity and an increase in tax revenue by 2013
Does it pay to pirate?
Piracy is often seen as a free way to get access to content, but in South Africa high bandwidth costs means piracy is hardly free.
Online Piracy: Why it remains popular
MultiChoice and MWEB recently launched their DStv on Demand Online service, but Bittorrent users are unlikely to use it. New research explains why.
http://torrentfreak.com/rapidshare-not-liable-for-pirating-users-court-rules-100504/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
But Rapidshare is still toying with the idea of going totally legal (and sanctioning pirating users).
http://torrentfreak.com/liam-gallagher-hates-rock-stars-moaning-about-piracy-100414/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
Haha... he puts it so well! :D
Source: http://www.itnews.com.au/News/166348,iinet-wins-film-industrys-case-torn-to-shreds.aspx
Ahhh, sweet Justice! I love that AFACT has to pay the legal fees! :D
http://torrentfreak.com/usenet-indexer-prepares-for-mpaa-high-court-battle-100130/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29
So some of you were saying how the Usenet Indexers were immune to prosecution. Well here's one example against that...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/07/sony-mexico-alejandro-fernandez
Reported here and here as well!
haha... The hypocrites! So it is OK when they do it... but we are not allowed to make our own CDs??? :D
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86903/ggf-investors-abandon-pirate-bay-deal/
HaHa... The Pirate Bay was doomed the moment they mentioned a possible sale. Everyone jumped ship at that stage. People lost all faith in them to continue the fight when they thought of "going legal".
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86562/usenet-service-usenet-com-loses-copyright-infringement-case/
There is also an ongoing action against a major Dutch UseNet Provider.
And still... the Recording Industry fails to bring anything remotely resembling an Internet Service to the public. :(
http://torrentfreak.com/rapidshare-fined-34-million-and-ordered-to-filter-content-090624/
So that means they were only hosting about 425 songs at $80,000 each? :D