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China appeals WTO ruling on US media imports
September 23, 2009
[JURIST] China appealed an August World Trade Organization (WTO) [official website] ruling [text, PDF] Tuesday, arguing that Chinese controls on US imports of books, music, and audiovisual materials do not violate international trade regulations. The dispute [case materials] originally arose in Apri....... [more] 
UK proposes suspending Internet service for repeat illegal file-sharers
August 26, 2009
[JURIST] The British Department for Business Innovation and Skills [official website] on Tuesday proposed stricter sanctions [text, PDF] against illegal file-sharing that would include restricting and suspending user Internet access. The proposed regulations would be managed by the Office of Communi....... [more]
Federal judge finds student liable in music file-sharing case
July 31, 2009
[JURIST] A federal judge ruled Thursday night that Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum [defense website] is liable for illegally downloading music. Four record companies, including Sony BMG and Warner Brothers [corporate websites], brought suit against Tenenbaum in the US District Cour....... [more]
Recording industry music downloading trial begins
July 29, 2009
[JURIST] The substantive portion of the civil trial of Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum [defense website], accused of illegally downloading seven songs [complaint, PDF], began in Boston on Tuesday. On Monday, jury selection [Boston Globe report] was completed, and, in a significant....... [more]
Hollywood companies file suit against Pirate Bay file-sharing site
July 28, 2009
[JURIST] Several Hollywood production companies filed suit Monday in Sweden against the operators of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay [website], seeking an injunction. The US companies, including Disney, Universal, and Columbia Pictures, filed a writ to sue [The Local report] in the Stockholm Di....... [more]
Federal jury assesses $1.92 million damages in music file-sharing case
June 19, 2009
[JURIST] A federal jury in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota [official website] found Thursday that a Minnesota woman had violated music copyrights and assessed damages at $80,000 per song for 24 songs, totaling $1.92 million. In a retrial, Jammie Thomas-Rasset was found to have wi....... [more]
France lower house approves amended internet piracy bill
May 12, 2009
[JURIST] The French National Assembly [official website, in French] on Tuesday approved an amended version of a controversial internet piracy bill [materials, in French] that would cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material by a vote of 296 to 233. The b....... [more]
Sweden court issues guilty verdict in file-sharing case
April 17, 2009
[JURIST] A Swedish court on Friday found four defendants guilty of abetting copyright infringement [judgment, PDF, in Swedish; press release, in Swedish] for hosting the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay [website] and sentenced them to one year in prison. The popular website is hosted by defendant....... [more]
France parliament defeats controversial anti-piracy legislation
April 9, 2009
[JURIST] The French National Assembly [official website, in French] on Thursday defeated a controversial internet piracy bill [materials, in French] that would have cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, which won preliminary parliam....... [more]
France parliament passes controversial anti-piracy provision
April 3, 2009
[JURIST] The French National Assembly [official website, in French] voted 29-4 Thursday to accept a provision in a new bill [materials, in French] that would cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, any internet user tagged by an ISP a....... [more]
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