The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved new legislation creating a form of “copyright cops” to go after file swappers and people who violate intellectual property laws. Under this bill, they can now seize any computers involved in the infringement. So will they go after McCain for his constant use of music without consent?
I certainly hope not, but this lawsuit doesn’t look good: A one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube threatens internet freedom, according to its owner Google. Google’s claim follows Viacom’s move to sue the video sharing service for its inability to keep copyrighted material off its site. Viacom says it has identified 150,000 unauthorised clips on […]
This is really big and a justifiable law suit This afternoon, a federal lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Kentucky entitled Mark Nickolas v. Governor Ernie Fletcher, Secretary John Farris and Secretary Robbie Rudolph over the recent targeting and censorship of BluegrassReport.org. (click here to see verified complaint). The suit alleges that the […]