• Copyright Office Extends Period of Public Comment in Notice of Inquiry Regarding Orphan Works and Mass Digitization

    Updated: 2012-11-30 16:33:49
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs Copyright Office Extends Period of Public Comment in Notice of Inquiry Regarding Orphan Works and Mass Digitization On 11.30.12, In Orphan Works by Carolyn E . Wright The Copyright Office is extending the deadline for filing comments in response to its October 22, 2012, notice of inquiry regarding issues relating to orphan works and mass digitization . Comments are now due by 5:00 p.m . EST on February 4, 2013. Reply comments are now due by 5:00 p.m . EST on March 6, 2013. To submit comments , go to www.copyright.gov orphan Carolyn E . Wright Carolyn E . Wright , a k a the Photo Attorney® , is a full-time attorney

  • IMAGiNE BitTorrent Piracy Group “Sysop” Jailed 40 months

    Updated: 2012-11-30 14:01:37
    Following a tip from the MPAA the feds arrested four members of the prominent BitTorrent release group IMAGiNE in 2011. All pleaded guilty earlier this year and yesterday one of the group's leaders was sentenced to a 40 month prison term, the largest file-sharing punishment in U.S. history. A fifth member of the IMAGiNE group, not included in the indictment, pleaded guilty on the same day and will be sentenced next year.Source: IMAGiNE BitTorrent Piracy Group “Sysop” Jailed 40 months

  • BPI To UK Pirate Party: Shut Down Your Pirate Bay Proxy

    Updated: 2012-11-30 07:52:41
    According to reports the BPI has sent a letter to the UK Pirate Party asking them to shut down their Pirate Bay proxy service. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Party Leader Loz Kaye says he is yet to receive anything other than an email and was only aware a letter had been sent when he received requests for comment. Kaye says issues such as censorship are at the core of why the Pirate Party exists and they will stand up and fight for Internet users.Source: BPI To UK Pirate Party: Shut Down Your Pirate Bay Proxy

  • Pirate Bay Launches Dedicated “Promo Bay” Website to Plug Artists

    Updated: 2012-11-29 21:59:14
    The Pirate Bay has launched a new website, entirely dedicated to promoting the work of independent musicians, filmmakers and other content creators. The Promo Bay website was badly needed to archive the many promos and streamline the thousands of incoming artist submissions to the project. In addition, the idea is to provide artists with details on where their content is most downloaded. Source: Pirate Bay Launches Dedicated “Promo Bay” Website to Plug Artists

  • Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros

    Updated: 2012-11-29 15:08:35
    The story in Finland of a 9-year-old girl raided by the police over a single music download has come to a head-spinning end. Despite criticizing the heavy handedness of the authorities and describing an anti-piracy group's demands for cash settlement as "mafia-like", the father of the child has chosen to pay up to make possible legal action go away. Anti-piracy group CIAPC says it is happy with the 300 euro cash payment.Source: Father Of Raided 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl Settles Case For 300 Euros

  • Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Delayed Till 2013

    Updated: 2012-11-28 21:39:13
    The much debated "six strikes" anti-piracy scheme was supposed to kick off in the United States today, but this is not going to happen. The Center for Copyright Information has announced that the ISPs are not ready to send warnings just yet, citing Hurricane Sandy as one of the reasons for the delay. The scheme is now expected to take off early next year if everything goes according to the updated schedule.Source: Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Delayed Till 2013

  • Upcoming Speaking Engagement – Basic Negotiation Skills

    Updated: 2012-11-28 17:13:04
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs Upcoming Speaking Engagement Basic Negotiation Skills On 11.28.12, In Speaking Engagement by Carolyn E . Wright Join me at the Practicing Law Institute’s Basic Negotiation Skills 2013 Workshop scheduled for January 14, 2013 in San Francisco and via live webcast . Details are available : at San Francisco : http : www.pli.edu re.aspx pk=42868 t=DFJ3_3BNGS Webcast : http : www.pli.edu re.aspx pk=42895 t=DFJ3_3BNGS and via this pamphlet Hope to see you there Carolyn E . Wright Carolyn E . Wright , a k a the Photo Attorney® , is a full-time attorney whose practice is aimed squarely at the legal needs of photographers and

  • BitTorrent Site Owners Fear European Domain Name Seizures

    Updated: 2012-11-27 19:15:32
    A new round of domain name seizures targeted at retailers of counterfeit goods has operators of BitTorrent sites worried. For the first time a large-scale operation has seized not only U.S. domains, but also several European-controlled domains too. The general belief among a group of BitTorrent site owners is that the takedowns are a test case for an international effort targeted at file-sharing and streaming related sites. Source: BitTorrent Site Owners Fear European Domain Name Seizures

  • Canada Set For Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits, Anti-Piracy Company Warns

    Updated: 2012-11-27 11:36:49
    Following an important court ruling last week, thousands of Canadians are now at risk of being exposed to mass BitTorrent lawsuits. That's the message from the boss an anti-piracy outfit who says is company has been monitoring BitTorrent networks for infringements and has amassed data on millions of users. The court ruling involved just 50 Canadians but another case on the horizon involves thousands of alleged pirates.Source: Canada Set For Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits, Anti-Piracy Company Warns

  • Small Copyright Claims Tribunal Hearing – Los Angeles

    Updated: 2012-11-26 20:05:17
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs Small Copyright Claims Tribunal Hearing Los Angeles On 11.26.12, In Legislation by Carolyn E . Wright Here’s a shot from today’s hearing in Los Angeles on the Small Copyright Claims Tribunal Carolyn E . Wright Carolyn E . Wright , a k a the Photo Attorney® , is a full-time attorney whose practice is aimed squarely at the legal needs of photographers and other copyright . owners Visit Authors Website All Articles From This Author If you enjoyed this article , please consider sharing it Notice Welcome to the website for the Law Office of Carolyn E . Wright , LLC . The information here is for educational purposes only and

  • Verizon Sued For Defending Alleged BitTorrent Pirates

    Updated: 2012-11-26 19:15:54
    A group of adult movie companies is suing Verizon for failing to hand over the personal details of alleged BitTorrent pirates. The provider systematically refuses to comply with court-ordered subpoenas and the copyright holders see these actions as more than just an attempt to protect its customers. According to the them, Verizon's objections are in bad faith as the Internet provider is profiting from BitTorrent infringements at the expense of lower-tier ISPs.Source: Verizon Sued For Defending Alleged BitTorrent Pirates

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2012-11-26 03:10:32
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Dark Knight Rises' tops the chart this week, followed by 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2'. 'Looper' completes the top three.Source: Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

  • Megaupload Shutdown Hurt Box Office Revenues

    Updated: 2012-11-24 14:56:38
    A new paper suggests that box office revenues were negatively impacted after the shutdown of Megaupload. The dip in revenues was most visible for average size and smaller films. According to the researchers this may have been caused by the loss of word-of-mouth promotion by people who used the popular file-hosting site to share movies. For blockbuster movies the Megaupload shutdown had the opposite effect.Source: Megaupload Shutdown Hurt Box Office Revenues

  • “Poor” BitTorrent Copyright Troll Appeals For Cash To Fight Opponents

    Updated: 2012-11-23 10:11:20
    The Open Rights Group recently launched a fund-raising appeal to mount a legal challenge against a copyright troll aiming to target thousands with demands for cash settlement. Now the troll in question has responded to this call for public funding by asking like-minded troll supporters to fund a fight back. But with 'hacktivists' already waiting in the wings, is it really worth getting involved?Source: “Poor” BitTorrent Copyright Troll Appeals For Cash To Fight Opponents

  • UK Movie Pirates Spend (Way) More at The Box Office

    Updated: 2012-11-22 19:43:20
    This week UK communications regulator OFCOM published a report which concludes that one in six UK citizens has pirated digital goods online. The same report reveals that movie, music and TV-pirates who pay for entertainment, spend much more than average consumers. This is yet another study that comes to this, for some, counter-intuitive conclusion. But does this mean that piracy isn't hurting the entertainment industry? If not, what does it mean?Source: UK Movie Pirates Spend (Way) More at The Box Office

  • Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl, Confiscate Winnie The Pooh Laptop

    Updated: 2012-11-22 09:43:36
    An anti-piracy company has found itself in the middle of a huge controversy. CIAPC, the company that had The Pirate Bay blocked by ISPs in Finland, tracked an alleged file-sharer and demanded a cash settlement. However, the Internet account holder refused to pay which escalated things to an unprecedented level. In response, this week police raided the home of the 9-year-old suspect and confiscated her Winnie the Pooh laptop.Source: Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl, Confiscate Winnie The Pooh Laptop

  • Paypal Bans Usenet Providers Over Piracy Concerns

    Updated: 2012-11-21 15:53:03
    After banning several of the largest file-hosting sites, PayPal is now taking aim at Usenet services. The payment processor has just cut off several providers of Usenet services and frozen the funds in their accounts. These actions are due to growing copyright infringement concerns which have resulted in an extremely strict and in some cases privacy-violating set of requirements being laid down by the payment processing company.Source: Paypal Bans Usenet Providers Over Piracy Concerns

  • Megaupload Assisted FBI vs NinjaVideo, But Evidence Then Used Against Them

    Updated: 2012-11-21 09:36:24
    In 2010, individuals from the now-defunct NinjaVideo site stored copyright-infringing videos on the servers of Megaupload. These subsequently came to the attention of the FBI who were conducting an investigation into NinjaVideo and its operators. As a result Megaupload was served with a criminal search warrant requiring it to hand over information to the authorities, but in a cruel twist Megaupload's cooperation and a desire not to destroy evidence is now being used as evidence against it.Source: Megaupload Assisted FBI vs NinjaVideo, But Evidence Then Used Against Them

  • TorrentFreak Trolls a Copyright Troll

    Updated: 2012-11-20 22:25:17
    Prenda Law, one of the law firms involved in the ongoing mass-BitTorrent lawsuits in the US, is using a recent TorrentFreak article to threaten alleged BitTorrent downloaders. While we generally encourage people to promote our content, being used as a tool in extortion-type letters is not something we're happy with. As a result we saw no other option than to troll the copyright troll.Source: TorrentFreak Trolls a Copyright Troll

  • German Pirate Party Provokes With ‘Pirated’ Big Brand Poster Campaign

    Updated: 2012-11-20 14:27:41
    The Pirates of Lower Saxony, Germany, kicked off their election campaign yesterday with a provocative and clever poster campaign. Engaging in exactly the kind of activity closely associated with the worldwide Pirate Party movement, the German Pirates have copied and remixed the designs and logos of several famous brands to put across their message and outline their aspirations.Source: German Pirate Party Provokes With ‘Pirated’ Big Brand Poster Campaign

  • President Obama Chats About Kim Dotcom

    Updated: 2012-11-20 10:06:30
    President Barack Obama and New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key talked about Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom before a meeting at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia. The leaders didn't comment on what was said during the private chat, but Dotcom took up the news to forward a request. He asked Obama to give him and his colleagues a green card so they "can come and help Hollywood to build a proper Internet business."Source: President Obama Chats About Kim Dotcom

  • RIAA Hammers Google With DMCA Takedowns In Six Strikes Prelude

    Updated: 2012-11-19 22:02:58
    Very soon the six strikes anti-piracy program will kick off in the United States but the RIAA isn't just sitting back and presuming that it will be an anti-piracy cure-all. Since early November the recording industry group has massively upped the number of DMCA notices it issues to make content harder to find. From an average of between 200,000 and 240,000 URL requests sent every week to Google, the RIAA has just posted 463,000 and 666,000 in successive weeks.Source: RIAA Hammers Google With DMCA Takedowns In Six Strikes Prelude

  • I, Pencil: The Movie

    Updated: 2012-11-19 20:02:15
    The Competitive Enterprise Institute is working on a film series based on Leonard E. Read’s 1958 essay entitled: I, Pencil in which the author makes the claim “[N]ot a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me [a pencil].” The video below is their animated adaptation of the essay (I, [...]

  • But Does It Copy Macrovision, I Mean, Run Linux?

    Updated: 2012-11-19 08:05:28
    Two decades ago, old VCRs were in disproportionately high demand. Newer ones were unable to copy movies as they were distorted by a special signal. Hollywood is fighting for this war on equipment owners to carry over to general-purpose computers. Will they succeed?Source: But Does It Copy Macrovision, I Mean, Run Linux?

  • Take the Poll Regarding A Possible Small Copyright Claims Tribunal

    Updated: 2012-11-18 17:22:15
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs Take the Poll Regarding A Possible Small Copyright Claims Tribunal On 11.18.12, In Legislation Polls by Carolyn E . Wright The Copyright Office is investigating potential alternatives for handling copyright claims that have a relatively small economic value . As part of the process , the Office conducted hearings in New York last week and will be in Los Angeles on November 26 and 27. More information about the hearings is available at  www.copyright.gov docs smallclaims I’ll have the honor of being on the panels for the LA hearings and need your input . What are your thoughts on the creation of a small copyright claims

  • Megaupload Search Warrant Requests Ignored Massive Non-Infringing Use

    Updated: 2012-11-18 14:42:42
    As a direct result of the Megaupload raid many legitimate users of the site lost access to their personal files. To find out why the Government put the interests of copyright holders before those of the public, one user convinced the court to unseal the seizure warrant matarials. Surprisingly, however, there is absolutely no mention of Megaupload's legal use in the released records. In a response Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says the whole case is a tragic copyright comedy.Source: Megaupload Search Warrant Requests Ignored Massive Non-Infringing Use

  • Strict Copyright Law Hurts Innovation and Consumers, Republicans Say

    Updated: 2012-11-17 23:54:26
    The constant expansion of copyright laws and penalties in the US might be facing a radical slowdown soon, as a Republican Party policy brief released on Friday undermines many of the claims made to support such legislation. Among other things it states that today's copyright law is "a form of corporate welfare that hurts innovation and hurts the consumer."Source: Strict Copyright Law Hurts Innovation and Consumers, Republicans Say

  • Billionaire Alki David On CBS Lawsuit and His Solution To BitTorrent Piracy

    Updated: 2012-11-17 14:03:50
    FilmOn owner Alki David and a coalition of recording artists are currently engaged in a copyright infringement battle with CBS, CNET and Download.com. Speaking with TorrentFreak the billionaire businessman says that despite targeting the distribution of BitTorrent clients he is actually grateful for file-sharing. Torrent client creators can go about their business, David says, as long as they don't promote their software for infringing uses. He also reveals his own BitTorrent piracy solution.Source: Billionaire Alki David On CBS Lawsuit and His Solution To BitTorrent Piracy

  • First Software Maker Joins BitTorrent Lawsuit Bonanza

    Updated: 2012-11-16 18:57:47
    Mass-BitTorrent lawsuits continue to sweep across the United States and for the first time a software company has joined in on the action. Canadian company reFX Software has sued nearly 200 alleged BitTorrent users for distributing their audio software. The defendants include consumers on residential connections as well as students or employees of Webster University and the University of Central Missouri.Source: First Software Maker Joins BitTorrent Lawsuit Bonanza

  • Parents Not Responsible For Their Teenager’s Music Piracy

    Updated: 2012-11-16 11:18:07
    A ruling handed down yesterday by Germany's highest court represents a blow to rightsholders in their quest to clamp down on illicit file-sharing. The court ruled that the parents of a teenager who had made available more than 1,100 songs on file-sharing networks can not be held responsible for their son's infringements, nor be required to monitor or hinder his online activities.Source: Parents Not Responsible For Their Teenager’s Music Piracy

  • Verizon Will Reduce Speeds of Repeated BitTorrent Pirates

    Updated: 2012-11-15 21:34:50
    At the end of this month the controversial "six-strikes" anti-piracy system will kick off in the U.S., and today two of the participating Internet providers have been discussing what measures they will take against repeated BitTorrent pirates. Verizon plans to notify alleged pirates via email and voice-mail, and will throttle the connection speeds of repeated infringers. Time Warner Cable will warn subscribers through popups and restrict users' Internet browsing by directing them to a landing page.Source: Verizon Will Reduce Speeds of Repeated BitTorrent Pirates

  • Open Rights Group Applies To Defend Citizens Against Copyright Trolls

    Updated: 2012-11-15 14:37:44
    Following the ACS:Law 'speculative invoicing' debacle the last thing the UK needs right now is an influx of similar copyright trolls pressuring Internet users in order to extract cash settlements. In order to reduce the chances of that happening on a large scale, the Open Rights Group say they intend to intervene in a case currently being taken to appeal by a movie company. Success for ORG would be great news, but they need your help to pull it off.Source: Open Rights Group Applies To Defend Citizens Against Copyright Trolls

  • Ron Paul’s Farewell Speech

    Updated: 2012-11-14 23:23:26
    When the 112th Congress comes to an end, it will also mark an end to the political career of Ron Paul, who represented the 22nd Congressional District in Texas from 1979 to 1985 (after serving a one term stint from 1976 to 1977) and the 14th Congressional District from 1997 through 2012. I’ve had made [...]

  • RIAA: BitTorrent Sites and Cyberlockers Should Filter Proactively

    Updated: 2012-11-14 20:54:35
    The RIAA has submitted a new list of “notorious websites” to the U.S. Government, sites that the labels would like to see disappear . The list includes all major torrent sites, cyberlockers such as RapidShare, and so-called linking sites. The music group acknowledges that most sites respond to takedown requests, but says it's tired of playing "cat and mouse" with the site's users who simply re-upload the infringing files.Source: RIAA: BitTorrent Sites and Cyberlockers Should Filter Proactively

  • Billionaire Moves To Ban BitTorrent Client Downloads

    Updated: 2012-11-14 11:20:08
    Billionaire Alki David and a number of recording artists have not given up on their copyright infringement battle with CNET's Download.com. Continuing with their allegations that Download.com induced piracy, the coalition have asked a court to issue a sweeping injunction, one that would ban all BitTorrent client downloads from the popular software download portal. Even an article published by CNET about the band Counting Crows legally distributing their music on BitTorrent is painted in a bad lightSource: Billionaire Moves To Ban BitTorrent Client Downloads

  • RIAA: Pirates Are Bigger Music Fans Than Average Consumers

    Updated: 2012-11-13 21:35:14
    After a study pointed out that file-sharers spend more money on music than their non-sharing counterparts, the RIAA felt the need to respond. The music industry group is now characterizing news reports on the findings as "misleading" and is ready to burst the bubble. According to the RIAA there is a straightforward reason why P2P users buy more - they are simply better engaged music fans than average music consumers. ... Eh?Source: RIAA: Pirates Are Bigger Music Fans Than Average Consumers

  • DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay, isoHunt and Others

    Updated: 2012-11-13 15:34:45
    The Pirate Bay is suffering some downtime this morning due to a DDoS attack that appears to originate from a Twitter user who goes by the handle Zeiko Anonymous. The connection flood targeted at the site originates from a small botnet and isn't worrying The Pirate Bay team too much. Instead, the BitTorrent site is taking this opportunity to do some database maintenance.Source: DDoS Takes Down The Pirate Bay, isoHunt and Others

  • Judge Stops BitTorrent Trolls From Harassing ISP Account Holders

    Updated: 2012-11-13 13:16:01
    A judge in the United States has denied attempts by plaintiffs in three BitTorrent mass lawsuits to obtain the identities of individuals behind IP addresses. Chief United States Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin said the plaintiffs had shown no interest in presenting a plan that would identify actual infringers and were instead relying on an action that "..smacks of a bad faith effort to harass the third-party subscriber."Source: Judge Stops BitTorrent Trolls From Harassing ISP Account Holders

  • RIAA Celebrates 15 Year Jail Sentence For Movie and Music Pirate

    Updated: 2012-11-12 21:57:49
    The RIAA has welcomed a mind-boggling jail sentence handed to a man who sold pirated movies and music. The 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to six felony counts of selling counterfeit media after he sold five movies and one music CD to an undercover investigator without the permission of copyright holders. As a result he will go to jail in Mississippi for 15 years to be followed by three years of supervised release.Source: RIAA Celebrates 15 Year Jail Sentence For Movie and Music Pirate

  • Announcing Alaska Bear and Puffin Photo Workshop 2013

    Updated: 2012-11-12 17:20:17
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs Announcing Alaska Bear and Puffin Photo Workshop 2013 On 11.12.12, In . Misc by Carolyn E . Wright Join Carolyn E . Wright as she leads a small group of photographers for her 4th workshop at the Silver Salmon Creek Lodge in Lake Clark National Park , Alaska , to photograph Coastal Brown Bears large grizzly bears puffins , other wildlife , and beautiful landscapes . We will have some of the best available photographic access to wildlife . There are no crowds and no platforms . At times , you may be standing a few feet from the bears . Get more information Spaces are extremely limited Contact  Carolyn to sign up today

  • Dotcom Announces Brand New “Lobbyist-Proof” Kiwi Domain for Mega

    Updated: 2012-11-12 13:47:43
    Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has confirmed that the new domain for his fresh Mega project will be New Zealand-based. Next January it will launch on Mega.co.nz, a domain that Dotcom believes will enjoy great protection. "Prime Minister John Key can have as many dinners with Hollywood executives and copyright lobbyists as he likes," he informs TorrentFreak. "The simple fact is that the NZ government, which has been acting like a subsidiary of the US government, is not above the law."Source: Dotcom Announces Brand New “Lobbyist-Proof” Kiwi Domain for Mega

  • Demonoid Is Back, BitTorrent Tracker is Now Online

    Updated: 2012-11-12 10:36:42
    After three and a half months of downtime Demonoid's tracker is now back online. The unexpected revival of the tracker is the first sign of life in weeks and suggests that the Demonoid team is working to bring the full site back online. While the index and forum remain offline, the many thousands of torrents tracked by Demonoid have been brought back to life.Source: Demonoid Is Back, BitTorrent Tracker is Now Online

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2012-11-12 08:26:52
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Total Recall' tops the chart this week, followed by 'The Watch'. 'Ted' completes the top three.Source: Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

  • DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers

    Updated: 2012-11-11 21:15:32
    Several popular private BitTorrent trackers have suffered downtime today due to DDoS attacks. The attacks appear to originate from an individual who had aspirations of joining the music tracker What.cd, but carried over to other sites including BroadcastTheNet, PassThePopcorn and HDBits. Three of the six targeted sites are still offline and the disgruntled user is showing no signs of stopping the attacks.Source: DDoS Attacks Take Down What.cd, BTN and More BitTorrent Trackers

  • Usenet Feels The Heat As Copyright Holders Try To Strip Away Content

    Updated: 2012-11-09 19:01:39
    Usenet is a lesser known file-sharing system that its fans have tried to keep under the radar for years. However, the genie has been out of the bottle for a long time and with an increasingly tech-savvy userbase Usenet has managed to attract millions of paying customers. Although still nowhere as big as BitTorrent, there are now increasing signs that copyright holders large and small are targeting their takedown resources on Usenet.Source: Usenet Feels The Heat As Copyright Holders Try To Strip Away Content

  • Pirate Bay Users Hide IP-Addresses to Counter Copyright Enforcement, Research Finds

    Updated: 2012-11-09 10:13:24
    The collaboration between The Pirate Bay and the Cybernorms research group at Sweden’s Lund University has resulted in their first academic publication. The researchers surveyed 75,000 people from all over the world and found that close to 70 percent of all Pirate Bay users are interested in hiding their IP-addresses, or hiding it already. According to the researchers the high interest in anonymizing services among file-sharers is a direct response to anti-piracy initiatives.Source: Pirate Bay Users Hide IP-Addresses to Counter Copyright Enforcement, Research Finds

  • RapidShare Limits Public Download Traffic to Drive Away Pirates

    Updated: 2012-11-08 16:37:13
    Swiss-based file-hosting service RapidShare is about to take a drastic step in its ongoing efforts to drive away pirates. Starting later this month free users of the service will be limited to sharing just 1 gigabyte a day while paid users will be allowed to transfer up to 30 gigabytes to the public. RapidShare CEO Alexandra Zwingli says that the new measures will prevent abuse by persistent copyright infringers. Source: RapidShare Limits Public Download Traffic to Drive Away Pirates

  • The Copyright Office’s Small Copyright Claims Hearings

    Updated: 2012-11-07 03:02:09
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs The Copyright Office’s Small Copyright Claims Hearings On 11.06.12, In Legislation by Carolyn E . Wright As previously reported the Copyright Office is investigating potential alternatives for handling copyright claims that have a relatively small economic value . As part of the process , the Office is conducting hearings in New York on November 15 and 16 and in Los Angeles on November 26 and 27. I will attend and report on the hearing in Los Angeles . Please let me know at photoattorney at gmail dot com if you will attend the hearing in New York and would report the results here . Also let me know if you will be at

  • Quote of the Day: Election Auction Day Edition

    Updated: 2012-11-06 19:50:46
    “Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is a sort of advance auction in stolen goods.” – H.L. Mencken I don’t know about you but I’m very eager for this Auction Day to be over with.

  • Managing the Risks – Recent Tragedy Highlights Responsibilities and Liabilities

    Updated: 2012-11-03 16:47:37
    Home Attorneys Contact Products Representative Clients Cases Search CO Records Services Workshops and Appearances Posts Photo Attorney Serving the Photographer's Legal Needs Managing the Risks Recent Tragedy Highlights Responsibilities and Liabilities On 11.03.12, In Business Litigation by Carolyn E . Wright Check my article entitled Managing the Risks Recent Tragedy Highlights Responsibilities and Liabilities” in the November issue of Professional Photographer Magazine . The magazine is available for free to PPA members , by subscription and  for purchase online Carolyn E . Wright Carolyn E . Wright , a k a the Photo Attorney® , is a full-time attorney whose practice is aimed squarely at the legal needs of photographers and other copyright . owners Visit Authors Website All Articles From

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