Disney, Universal, Warner Bros and Colombia (sic) Pictures are among more than ten major film companies behind a writ to sue Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in Stockholm District Court. The film companies demand that the court order The Pirate Bay to cease aiding the production of copies of their films and television shows….
Category: Court
Hacker Gary McKinnon will receive no pity, insists US
Gary McKinnon, the Briton accused of hacking Pentagon and Nasa computer networks, faces an increasingly hostile climate on cyber security in the US if his extradition is approved this week. American officials have made clear that they regard Mr McKinnon, 43, an unemployed computer programmer who has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, as a serious…
Woman responsible for loss of anonymity
The civil complaint doesn’t just accuse Ben Roethlisberger of a heinous and despicable act. It also labels him a slob. That curious assertion sticks out in the 36-page lawsuit that accuses the Steelers’ star quarterback of sexually assaulting a woman in a Nevada hotel room in July 2008. It sticks out because the lawsuit alleging…
Seselj convicted for revealing witness identities
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia convicted [press release; judgment summary, PDF] Serbian nationalist Volislav Seselj of contempt and sentenced him to 15 months in prison for authoring a book revealing pertinent information about several key witnesses. Read more on Jurist.