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Man fined $1.5 million in damages for sharing 10 porn movies

Man fined $1.5 million in damages for sharing 10 porn movies
  • Posted November 2, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • A Virginia man, Kywan Fisher, who was accused of sharing 10 adult movies via BitTorrent is being asked by an Illinois Federal court to pony up a whopping $1,500,000 in damages. The stiff judgment is the largest amount ever awarded…

$220,000 award upheld in RIAA v. Jammie Thomas-Rasset lawsuit

$220,000 award upheld in RIAA v. Jammie Thomas-Rasset lawsuit
  • Posted September 12, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Yes, Jammie Thomas-Rasset is still embroiled in a legal battle against the Record Industry Association of America -- and yes, the infamous P2P file-sharer from Minnesota is still on the losing side. It appears the most recent verdict totaling $220,000…

Apple calls e-book settlement "unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented"

Apple calls e-book settlement "unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented"
  • Posted August 16, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • In a statement issued yesterday, Apple lambasted the Department of Justice over supporting a government-proposed settlement intended to resolve possible e-book price-fixing practices. The company criticized the settlement as "fundamentally unfair, unlawful and unprecedented", accusing the DOJ of attempting to…

Comcast refuses IP lookups, calls anti-piracy case a 'shake down'

Comcast refuses IP lookups, calls anti-piracy case a
  • Posted June 15, 2012, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Comcast may be complicating the lives of copyright holders everywhere by rejecting recent requests made to link subscriber information to IP addresses. In an ongoing legal kerfuffle with AF Holdings, adult film publisher and plaintiff, Comcast requested an Illinois district…

Megaupload: MPAA wants data kept for lawsuits, scammers target users

Megaupload: MPAA wants data kept for lawsuits, scammers target users
  • Posted March 22, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • The Motion Picture Association of America has requested that Megaupload's host, Carpathia, retain about 25PB (yep, that's petabytes) of data. According to Wired, this move follows an earlier appeal made by Carpathia where the hosting company had asked the court to…

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