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Google is Not In Danger Thanks to The Pirate Bay Guilty Verdict
Apr 21st
Late last week the verdict was announced in the most closely watched P2P related legal skirmish to date, the Swedish trial of the four administrators of The Pirate Bay. All of the defendants were found guilty of “assisting in making copyright content available” and received 1-year jail sentences and a fine totaling over $3.5m.
In the aftermath of the decision, many folks are speculating that Google might be an entertainment industry target of opportunity because the most widely used search engine provides the ability to locate copyrighted content owned by the music and movie studio. Is this really a possibility?
RIAA Goes To New Lengths To Demonstrate Their Hypocrisy, Appeals Order To Webcast Trial
Jan 20th
In one of the most brilliant moves to-date against the RIAA’s litigation campaign versus music consumers, the Tenenbaum legal team led by Harvard Law School Professor Charles Nesson has convinced the court to allow the trial to be broadcast live on the internet. In her opinion granting the request, Judge Gertner noted how peculiar it was for the RIAA to appeal, especially considering they have repeatedly stipulated the entire basis for the lawsuits was to educate consumers about the evils of music piracy.
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