The new powers of the US of A: bringing down the internetNew laws passed by the US government allow the Justice Department to shut down any website in the world that contains pirated content if a film studio or record company complains about it.
Music industry piracy investigations
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UK plans to create Internet Piracy General with power to appoint militias, create laws
A UK government source claims a new Bill will give the Secretary of State unprecedented powers to pass laws on online piracy without debate and confer investigative and enforcement powers to record labels and movie studios, giving them access to personal information and files.
Never mind the downloads, EMI is bollocks
Record Companies are amply staffed by the thick, myopic and smug. This simple truth was bared when The Recording Industry Association of America sued file sharing community Napster back in 2000. A year or two before this watershed legal action, I’d seen the folly of this industry firsthand, writes Helen Razer.
