UK plans to create Internet Piracy General with power to appoint militias, create lawsA 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.
Software piracy
Warning to Aussie software pirates: Be afraid, be very afraid
In February, an Australian resident, Hew Griffiths, was extradited to face a US criminal court on charges of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringements, and criminal copyright infringement. We should be shocked, and worried, by what has happened to Griffiths, writes IP expert Kimberlee Weatherall.
