In his RIAA blog post, Research Veep Joshua P. Friedlander recounts the Sonia Levitin children’s story “Nobody Stole the Pie” about how the citizens of Digby each asserted that it was “Not I” who stole the giant annual lollyberry pie after each had picked away at it bit by bit. Friedlander’s take on the impact [...]
The problem with illegal downloading is that there are too many young adults who want to use it as a surrogate parent to get what they want without paying for it. Yes, I’m on my soapbox again. I am an advocate of every indie artist out there trying to grow their musical passion into a [...]
In an article in WSJ (7/29/’09) by Sarah McBride (“Studios Sue to Stop Pirate Bay”), the major Hollywood studios are requesting that a Swedish civil court impose an injunction against the operators of Pirate Bay (in the process of being sold to Global Gaming Factory X AB as of August 27th) to stop both its [...]
The Swedish court removed all concerns that Pirate Bay trial judge Norstrom was biased because of his affiliations with pro-copyright organizations, a charge the defendants made against him in their request for a retrial. The Swedish court, led by Judge Eka (who does not preside over copyright-related trials), was emphatically unanimous, basing their decision on [...]
Pending what could be a lengthy appeal, at least the recent guilty verdict issued in the Pirate Bay case by a Swedish court is a sign that action is being taken against P2P piracy, including precedent-setting jail time (the longest levied under Swedish copyright law) for the administrators of the site. If France can get [...]