The ACLU blogs about a court opinion mentioned previously on this blog. The opinion is now available online and I expect that EFF will also have something to say about this case: In August, we blogged about a court decision from the federal court in the Eastern District of New York that held that law…
Category: Court
Ministry of Sound abandons net piracy case
The Ministry of Sound has been forced to suspend its plans to pursue thousands of people alleged to have shared music illegally online. Its solicitors had been trying to get a court order to obtain the names and addresses of the connection owners. Attempts to obtain the details had been delayed following concerns from BT…
Third P2P verdict for Jammie Thomas: $1.5 million
Nate Anderson reports: The first P2P case to come to trial in the US has lasted five years and now has three verdicts, this one coming after just two hours of deliberation. Jammie Thomas-Rasset must pay $62,500 for each of the 24 songs at issue in the case, for total of $1.5 million. Read more…
IE: Media outlets did not breach privacy of sexually abused children, court rules
The High Court has ruled there was no breach, in reports and broadcasts by three media organisations, of the right to privacy of two children who was sexually abused. The children had claimed that reports in the media of the conviction of a man who had attacked both her and another child resulted in their…