Tag archive: file sharers

Hull, on the east coast of England, is a little different. It’s the only city in the country that doesn’t use British Telecom, instead having its own, unique telecoms system, and that includes its own ISP, Karoo. However, Karoo has been somewhat ruthless with illegal file sharers, cutting them off without warning. Now it’s scaling back to adopt a three-strikes-and-you’re-out policy, although even that is more… Read More

Last month the French government, under pressure from President Sarkozy, forced through the Hadopi, or Three Strikes law, under which illegal file-sharers who ignored warnings would be cut off from the Net. The law passed in spire of opposition from France’s lower house, the National Assembly. Now, it seems, the law is unconstitutional, at least according to France’s constitution court, which said parts of it went against two… Read More

Source: IFPI.org The recording industry today showed the first positive results from its international deterrence campaign against illegal file-sharing and warned that a new wave of litigation will take place in new countries within months. Today's results show that legal awareness among the European public has increased and the number of pirate files on the internet has fallen steadily. Meanwhile, the number of legal sites where… Read More

From the IFPI press release: IFPI and the recording industry associations in Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada today announced the first wave of international lawsuits charging individuals with illegally file-sharing copyrighted music. A total of 247 alleged illegal file-sharers face legal action in a move that steps up the industry's international campaign against online copyright theft. Further waves of lawsuits against major… Read More