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Tuesday, November 26, 2002

P2P equal Pay2Play

The Danish APG got a court order to send invoices for abirtrary amounts to 'priates' based on screen shots of filenames. Interesting tactic, but not much of a burden of proof. Remember, this is the same country that ruled linking to newspapers was illegal. Not much chance these guys are going to become an economic force in the near future.

Anti-pirates hit Danish P2P users with huge bills.

The Danish Anti Pirat Gruppen (Anti Piracy Group) has issued invoices of up to $14,000 apiece to approximately 150 users of KaZaA and eDonkey for illegally downloading copyright material. [...][The Register]



'Fair Use' Irrelvant and Improper

So says Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Frewing in preparations for the ElcomSoft trial. Frewing is one of the multitude of unelected public servants defending society against evil-doers who would thwart our God-given right to buy copy-protected digital media.

Major test of copyright law set to start. CNET Nov 25 2002 5:39PM ET

The first big courtroom test of a U.S. law that makes it criminal to offer software for cracking digital copyright protections should finally begin next week, after visa delays for two of the case's main players. [Moreover - IP and patents news]



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