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Finnish court: Pirate Bay founders must pay over 400'000 euros to copyright owners
Finnish court: Pirate Bay founders must pay over 400'000 euros to copyright owners
In Finland, the Helsinki district court has ruled that two of the three founders of The Pirate Bay must pay over 400'000 euros to music industry ...... 25 Aug 2017 - 1 comment
The UK has banned making personal copies of your own music and videos, again
The UK has banned making personal copies of your own music and videos, again
The UK has withdrawn a law that allowed residents to make personal copies of their own music. 28 Nov 2015 - 18 comments
Secretly negotiated intellectual property treaty, ACTA, to be signed October 1
Secretly negotiated intellectual property treaty, ACTA, to be signed October 1
ACTA, the secretly negotiated agreement to strengthen intellectual property laws and enforcement, will be signed on October 1 at a ceremony in Japan. ...... 27 Sep 2011 - 22 comments
Finally: CD and DVD ripping to become legal in UK
Finally: CD and DVD ripping to become legal in UK
Thanks to the Hargreaves report, which reviews UK copyright law, it appears that a few of the more archaic points of the laws will be revised ...... 19 May 2011 - 18 comments
     

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