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18
JUL
2012

New data suggests blockades of The Pirate Bay are ineffective against illegal filesharing

The blockade of The Pirate Bay is ineffective against illegal filesharing, according to information gathered by the BBC. In April, six major ISPs in the UK were forced to block The Pirate Bay. However, one of the ISPs states that the peer-to-peer activity on its network hasn't decreased since then. Immediately after the ban, the peer-to-peer traffic dropped by 11%, but only a week later, it was...
16
JUL
2012

German Court: RapidShare could be liable for secondary copyright infringement

The German Federal Court has ruled that hosting service RapidShare is liable for links to illegal content on its service. RapidShare could not be held liable for direct copyright infringement, but can be held liable for secondary infringement in some circumstances. According to the Court,  hosting services don't have to monitor content uploaded by users, but could be required to take action...
04
JUL
2012

Less internet traffic for The Pirate Bay since blockade

Dutch anti-piracy foundation BREIN claims that The Pirate Bay has less traffic in The Netherlands since six large ISPs have been ordered to block the website. The Pirate Bay dropped from place 26 to place 233 on the Alexa list of most visited websites, according to BREIN yesterday. At the time of writing, The Pirate Bay is on the 241th place of the list. However, the actual traffic is...
06
JUN
2012

BitTorrent administrator sentenced to prison for copyright infringement and tax fraud

A former BitTorrent administrator from Sweden is sentenced to one year in prison after he is found guilty of copyright infringement and tax and accounting fraud. Through BitTorrent tracker PowerBits.org, which is no longer in use, the administrator helped to make at least 2,000 copyright protected works publicly available without permission of the rights holder. Besides, the administrator did not...
31
MAY
2012

BEREC research: European Internet traffic often restricted

Up to 95% of Internet users in European countries are subject to restrictions on their Internet connection. The latter is the result of a joint investigation by BEREC and the European Commission on traffic management practices by providers of electronic communication services.  BEREC's research amongst 414 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in 32 countries shows that potentially up to half...