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Copyright

EU Supreme Court: Hyperlinks are legal, even when linking to illegal publications

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

In a fresh and mostly welcomed decision, the European Court of Justice - the highest court in the European Union - has ruled that hyperlinking is legal, even when linking…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

Indian Judge clarifies that visiting blocked websites, like one for torrents, isn’t illegal

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The Indian government has clarified that simply visiting blocked websites, viewing a torrent magnet link, or streaming a pirated movie is not illegal and will not result in fines or…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News, Governments

Copyright trolls come to Sweden: A deeper analysis

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

This week, copyright trolls in Sweden announced they'll start sending extortion letters later this year to people who have been sharing music and movies. It follows an all too familiar…

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In India, accessing a blocked website potentially carries a 3 year sentence

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

According to a government sanctioned warning on blocked torrent sites, using the Internet to access a blocked website in India could result in a ~$4,500 USD fine as well as…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News, Governments

Court rules that ISPs do not need to give up information on alleged pirates, copyright infringers

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

An American Internet Service Provider (ISP) has received validation that it does not have to give up personal details of alleged copyright infringers. The Eastern Virginia District Court has denied…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News, Governments

How copyright is irreparably, fundamentally incompatible with privacy

Updated on Jul 28, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

Copyright and privacy cannot coexist. Society is at a crossroads where only one of these will exist in the future, and the copyright industry has been working hard to erode…

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BitTorrent is fifteen years old. What would a file sharing technology developed today look like?

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

BitTorrent was developed in 2001: today's file-sharing technology predates the launch of Facebook, Twitter, and the iPhone. In those fifteen years, surveillance and repression technologies have advanced massively. If we…

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The utter futility of the legal attack on KickassTorrents

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

The operator of the torrent site KickassTorrents has been arrested in Poland on an extradition request from Hollywood, and the domains seized. This action, while deplorable, shows that the copyright…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

United Kingdom ignorant and clueless in pushing a ten-year prison sentence for unauthorized sharing: not even death penalty stops sharing

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

The United Kingdom appears to stubbornly move ahead with a ten year prison sentence for unauthorized sharing. This is not just counterproductive, but stupid and ineffective. Evidence shows that not…

Categories: Copyright, General Privacy News

For first time, an ISP reveals why Police demand internet subscriber identities: ordinary file sharing is the most investigated “crime”

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

While the Police complain about shortage of resources, it turns out the most investigated "crime" on the net is ordinary people sharing music and movies with each other. This is…

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