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US Supreme Court Declines To Hear Kim Dotcom’s Civil Asset Forfeiture Appeal
Photo: AP Former Megaupload chief Kim Dotcom’s long, wild ride through the courts has crashed into another setback, with the Supreme Court declining to hear an appeal in the 2012 seizure of his assets in New Zealand.
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The Music Industry Just Won A $17 Million Lawsuit Against A Grooveshark Clone
Grooveshark was one of the last big illegal music services left when it was shut down by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) earlier this year. So it’s not all that surprising that a Grooveshark clone received similar legal treatment, although the size of the fine is something else.
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BitTorrent Claims Its Users Do Actually Buy Stuff
The (somewhat unlikely) fact that people who pirate movies are also more likely to spend money on movies has been well-known for a few years now. But thanks to a survey conducted by BitTorrent, we can now put a number on just how generous the pirates are.
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The Content Industry Is Designing Anti-Piracy Lesson Plans For Kids
This painfully reductive video obtained by Wired represents what the movie and recording industries want our kids to know about copyright. It does a really nice job of making “share” sound like a bad word.