Mistake of the Month: UK ISPs Cave

AntiTrust Issues
Guardian, EU to introduce new music rights system despite lobby (15 July 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/15/digitalmusic.digitalmedia> at 18 July 2008

Digital Music News, Commission: Let the Pan-European Licensing Begin... (16 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071608eu> at 18 July 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online royalties; outcome could affect iTunes (3 July 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_9776215?nclick_check=1> 9 July 2008

Artists
TechDirt, Lyle Lovett: Albums Sold? 4.6 Million. Money Made From Album Sales? $0 (11 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080711/1439371651.shtml> at 15 July 2008

BitTorrent
ArsTechnica, Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling (25 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-opposes-comcast-p2p-throttling.html> at 28 July 2008

EFF Deeplink, FCC Chairman Hints at Order Against Comcast (11 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/fcc-chariman-hints-order-against-comcast> at 18 July 2008

TechDirt, TorrentSpy Appeals Lawsuit Over MPAA Getting Access To Its Emails (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/1704181785.shtml> at 28 July 2008

Slyck, BREIN Continues Dutch Anti-Piracy Mop up (13 July 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1712_BREIN_Continues_Dutch_AntiPiracy_Mop_up> at 23 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Dutch Court Rules BitTorrent Tracker Site Hosting Illegal (8 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9614/Dutch+Court+Rules+BitTorrent+Tracker+Site+Hosting+Illegal> at 9 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Razorback 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 Servers Forced Offline by BREIN (22 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9642/Razorback+3.0%2C+3.1%2C+3.2+and+3.3+Servers+Forced+Offline+by+BREIN> at 23 July 2008

cbc.ca, Quebec court orders popular downloading website to shut down (11 July 2008) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/11/qc-quebectorrent0711.html> at 11 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Mexican Authorities Shut Down 'Sunnydale' DC Hub (22 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9640/Mexican+Authorities+Shut+Down+%27Sunnydale%27+DC+Hub> at 23 July 2008

The New York Times, Jury Convicts Web Site Operator in P2P Case (27 June 2008) <http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C40069388085257475006826C0.html> at 4 July 2008

Blanket/Collective Licensing
Digital Music News, British MoU Starts Rolling; Sharkey Says No ISP-Level Blanket (28 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072708uk> at 29 July 2008

TechDirt, UK ISPs Move Down The Slippery Slope Of Becoming Copyright Cops (24 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/0413391778.shtml> at 28 July 2008

The Irish Times, Fixing problem of file-sharing (11 July 2008) <http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/0711/1215677260346.html> at 15 July 2008

EFF Deeplinks, Legal Filesharing on Campus? (3 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/how-make-filesharing-legal> at 4 July 2008

Matt Earp and Andrew McDiarmid, Investigating Voluntary Collective Licensing for Music File-Sharing at UC Berkeley (July 2008)<http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/programs/masters/projects/2008/calshares> at 4 July 2008

CD Sales
Digital Music News, July Already? Album Sales Keep Sinking In '08... (3 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070208album> at 4 July 2008

Constitutional Law
Digital Music News, RIAA Defendant Pleads Guilty, But Challenges Charges (30 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072908riaa/view> at 31 July 2008

TechDirt, Woman Admits File Sharing; Challenges Constitutionality Of Copyright Act (29 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080729/0114391821.shtml> at 31 July 2008

TechDirt, Supreme Court Decision On Guns May Cut Promoting Progress Out Of The Constitution (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080627/1427471540.shtml> at 4 July 2008

Copyright Law EU
TechDirt, European Intellectual Property Scholars: Copyright Extension Harms Innovation (23 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080722/1536121764.shtml> at 24 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Experts attack Big Content's EU copyright power-grab (22 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080722-experts-attack-big-contents-eu-copyright-power-grab.html> at 23 July 2008

Digital Music News, European Lawmakers Mull Massive Copyright Extension (18 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071708copyright> at 19 July 2008

The Register, Copyright gets 'Use It Or Lose It' clause (16 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/ec_copyright_term_extension/> at 18 July 2008

Guardian, EU to introduce new music rights system despite lobby (15 July 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/15/digitalmusic.digitalmedia> at 18 July 2008

TechDirt, EU Plans To Extend Copyright; Turns Copyright System Into Welfare For Musicians (16 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080716/1214041701.shtml> at 18 July 2008

Times Online, Sir Cliff Richard pins hopes on law that will keep cash rolling in until he’s 113 (17 July 2008) <http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4347643.ece> at 18 July 2008

ZeroPaid, EU Props Up Record Labels, Extends Album Copyright to 95 yrs (17 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9635/EU+Props+Up+Record+Labels%2C+Extends+Album+Copyright+to+95yrs> at 18 July 2008

Digital Music News, Commission: Let the Pan-European Licensing Begin... (16 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071608eu> at 18 July 2008

Digital Music News, Sarkozy Starts Selling Three Strikes to Europe... (7 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories_old/070708france> at 9 July 2008

Copyright Law Other Countries
ZeroPaid, UK ISPs Threat Against File-Sharers - Will B&P Be the Way of the Future (28 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9654/UK+ISPs+Threat+Against+File-sharers+-+Will+B%26P+Be+the+Way+of+the+Future%3F> at 29 July 2008

Digital Music News, British MoU Starts Rolling; Sharkey Says No ISP-Level Blanket (28 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072708uk> at 29 July 2008

Slyck, BPI and ISPs Agree to challenge P2P Piracy in the UK (24 July 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1720_BPI_and_ISPs_Agree_to_challenge_P2P_Piracy_in_the_UK> at 28 July 2008

The Register, Feargal Sharkey on the ISP filesharer MoU (24 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/24/feargal_music_isp_mou/> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Leaked British Government Letter - P2p Will be Cut by 80% (27 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9652/Leaked+British+Government+Letter+-+P2P+Will+be+Cut+by+80%25> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, UK ISPs Surrender, Agree to Fight P2p Piracy (24 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9649/UK+ISPs+Surrender%2C+Agree+to+Fight+P2P+Piracy> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Music Industry Praises Deal Forcing ISPs to Comabt Illegal File Sharing (25 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9650/Music+Industry+Praises+Deal+Forcing+ISPs+to+Combat+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, UK ISPs Move Down The Slippery Slope Of Becoming Copyright Cops (24 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/0413391778.shtml> at 28 July 2008

Digital Music News, British ISPs Agree to Massive Letter-Writing Campaign (24 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072308bpi> at 25 July 2008

TimesOnline, Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy (24 July 2008) <http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4387283.ece> at 25 July 2008

guardian.co.uk, We won't cut off users, says Virgin (3 July 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/03/virgin.filesharers> at 9 July 2008

TechDirt, Virgin: We Won't Cut Off File Sharers; Sends Envelope Saying 'We May Cut You Off (3 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080703/1319201591.shtml> at 9 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Another UK ISP Begins Threatening File Sharers (1 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9598/Another+UK+ISP+Begins+Threatening+File-Sharers> at 4 July 2008

TorrentFreak, Anti-Piracy Evidence Put in Doubt by Leecher (14 July 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-evidence-in-doubt-as-leecher-blamed-for-uploads-080714/> at 15 July 2008

Digital Music News, Commission: Let the Pan-European Licensing Begin... (16 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071608eu> at 18 July 2008

TechDirt, EU Again Thinks About Extending Copyright, Despite Earlier Rejection (15 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080715/0101411681.shtml> at 16 July 2008

cbc.ca, Quebec court orders popular downloading website to shut down (11 July 2008) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/11/qc-quebectorrent0711.html> at 11 July 2008

Skyck, BREIN Continues Dutch Anti-Piracy Mop up (13 July 2008)<http://www.slyck.com/story1712_BREIN_Continues_Dutch_AntiPiracy_Mop_up> at 15 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Dutch Court Rules BitTorrent Tracker Site Hosting Illegal (8 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9614/Dutch+Court+Rules+BitTorrent+Tracker+Site+Hosting+Illegal> at 9 July 2008

TechDirt, German Court Says That Open WiFi Owners Not Responsible For File Sharing Done By Others (10 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080709/1742241635.shtml> at 15 July 2008

Digital Music News, Sarkozy Starts Selling Three Strikes to Europe... (7 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories_old/070708france> at 9 July 2008

The Register, Italian authorities raid alleged music filesharing forum (1 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/01/italian_filesharing_raid/> at 4 July 2008

Copyright Law USA
Digital Music News, RIAA Defendant Pleads Guilty, But Challenges Charges (30 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072908riaa/view> at 31 July 2008

TechDirt, Woman Admits File Sharing; Challenges Constitutionality Of Copyright Act (29 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080729/0114391821.shtml> at 31 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Senator fuses controversial IP bills into big, bad package (25 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-senator-fuses-controversial-ip-bills-into-big-bad-package.html> at 28 July 2008

PC Magazine, Bill Asks Attorney General to Investigate Piracy (24 July 2008) <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2326397,00.asp> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, Now The Senate Wants To Add A Copyright Czar To The White House (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/2345491787.shtml> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, How About Five Year Renewable Copyrights With A Use-It-Or-Lose-It Clause? (23 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080721/1442081747.shtml> at 24 July 2008

TechDirt, If You Block Your P2P App From Sharing Files, Are You Still Guilty Of Making Files Available? (15 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080714/1444301672.shtml> at 16 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Final RIAA/Jammie Thomas briefs in; new trial decision looms (14 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080714-final-riaajammie-thomas-briefs-in-new-trial-decision-looms.html> at 15 July 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Also Tells Judge That Proof Shouldn't Be Necessary To Sue For Infringement (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080630/2000361557.shtml> at 1 July 2008

TechDirt, Supreme Court Decision On Guns May Cut Promoting Progress Out Of The Constitution (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080627/1427471540.shtml> at 4 July 2008

Copyright Term
TechDirt, How About Five Year Renewable Copyrights With A Use-It-Or-Lose-It Clause? (23 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080721/1442081747.shtml> at 24 July 2008

TechDirt, European Intellectual Property Scholars: Copyright Extension Harms Innovation (23 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080722/1536121764.shtml> at 24 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Experts attack Big Content's EU copyright power-grab (22 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080722-experts-attack-big-contents-eu-copyright-power-grab.html> at 23 July 2008

Digital Music News, European Lawmakers Mull Massive Copyright Extension (18 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071708copyright> at 19 July 2008

The Register, Copyright gets 'Use It Or Lose It' clause (16 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/ec_copyright_term_extension/> at 18 July 2008

TechDirt, EU Plans To Extend Copyright; Turns Copyright System Into Welfare For Musicians (16 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080716/1214041701.shtml> at 18 July 2008

Times Online, Sir Cliff Richard pins hopes on law that will keep cash rolling in until he’s 113 (17 July 2008) <http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4347643.ece> at 18 July 2008

ZeroPaid, EU Props Up Record Labels, Extends Album Copyright to 95 yrs (17 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9635/EU+Props+Up+Record+Labels%2C+Extends+Album+Copyright+to+95yrs> at 18 July 2008

TechDirt, EU Again Thinks About Extending Copyright, Despite Earlier Rejection (15 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080715/0101411681.shtml> at 16 July 2008

TechDirt, Entertainment Industry Continues To Try To Sneak Copyright Expansion Through ACTA (8 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080703/0301501586.shtml> at 9 July 2008

Creative Commons
TechDirt, Why Doesn't Girl Talk Allow Commercial Use? (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080707/0016231597.shtml> at 28 July 2008

Culture/Remixing
Sydney Morning Herald, Imagine This: George Bush Raps with John Lennon (20 August 2008) <http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/gb-and-jl-rap-out/2005/08/19/1124435143628.html>

Digital Music Stores
Digital Music News, MySpace Music... See You In September? (23 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072408myspace/view> at 25 July 2008

CNet News, MySpace Music to launch in September (23 July 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9997954-93.html> at 25 July 2008

Digital Music News, MySpace Music: When Will It Finally Appear? (3 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070208myspace> at 4 July 2008

TechDirt, Exclusive Live Recordings From... LimeWire? (9 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070908limewire> at 15 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Rhapsody Opens DRM Free Music Store (1 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9599/Rhapsody+Opens+DRM-Free+Music+Store> at 4 July 2008

Digital Sales
Digital Music News, July Already? Album Sales Keep Sinking In '08... (3 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070208album> at 4 July 2008

DMCA
TechDirt, IFPI Forces Music Offline, Even Though Copyright Holder Wanted It Shared (22 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080721/0713521744.shtml> at 23 July 2008

TechDirt, Universal Says It Can Ignore Fair Use In DMCA Takedowns (21 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080720/2033251741.shtml> at 23 July 2008

Digital Music News, Court Rejects Attempt to Expand the DMCA (3 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/court-rejects-attempt-to-expand-the-dmca> at 15 July 2008

DRM
EFF Deeplinks, Yahoo! Offers Refunds to Customers Who Bought DRM-Crippled Tunes (29 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/yahoo-offers-refunds-customers-who-bought-drm-crip> at 31 July 2008

CNet News, EFF applauds Yahoo Music for reimbursing customers (28 July 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10000921-93.html> at 31 July 2008

TechDirt, Yahoo Offers Refunds Or DRM-Free Music In Exchange For Shutting Down DRM Servers (29 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/1455551813.shtml> at 31 July 2008

CNet News, EFF: Yahoo Music should compensate customers (24 July 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9999244-93.html> at 28 July 2008

EFF Deeplinks, Here We Go Again: Yahoo! Music Throws Away the DRM Keys (24 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/here-we-go-again-yahoo-music-throws-away-drm-keys> at 28 July 2008

Digital Music News, About Those Yahoo Music Unlimited Downloads You Bought... (25 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072408yahoo> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, Did Yahoo Not Pay Attention To What Happened When Microsoft Pulled The Plug On Its DRM Server? (24 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/0341381775.shtml> at 28 July 2008

ArsTechnica, DRM still sucks: Yahoo Music going dark, taking keys with it (24 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080724-drm-still-sucks-yahoo-music-going-dark-taking-keys-with-it.html> at 25 July 2008

BBC News, BBC News, Its not the Gates, its the bars (3 July 2008)<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7487060.stm> at 4 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Rhapsody Opens DRM Free Music Store (1 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9599/Rhapsody+Opens+DRM-Free+Music+Store> at 4 July 2008

eMusic
Digital Music News, eMusic Goes Under the Knife; Makeover Unwrapping Soon (17 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071608emusic> at 18 July 2008

Fair Use/Fair Dealing
TechDirt, Why Doesn't Girl Talk Allow Commercial Use? (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080707/0016231597.shtml> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, Universal Says It Can Ignore Fair Use In DMCA Takedowns (21 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080720/2033251741.shtml> at 23 July 2008

TechDirt, The Songs Coldplay Didn't Write? (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080701/0154411560.shtml> at 4 July 2008

Filtering
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Closed Environment Testing of ISP-level Interent Content Filtering (28 July 2008) <http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/_assets/main/lib310554/isp-level_internet_content_filtering_trial-report.pdf>at 29 July 2008

ZDNet, BitTorrent hole in ISP filter tests (28 July 2008) <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/BitTorrent-hole-in-ISP-filter-tests/0,130061791,339290888,00.htm> at 29 July 2008

ArsTechnica, RIAA's ACTA wishlist includes gutted DMCA, mandatory filters (30 June 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080630-inside-the-riaas-acta-wishlist.html> at 4 July 2008

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, Why Does The Recording Industry Decide Who Gets Threatening Letters From ISPs? (28 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/0219021806.shtml> at 29 July 2008

Digital Music News, British MoU Starts Rolling; Sharkey Says No ISP-Level Blanket (28 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072708uk> at 29 July 2008

Slyck, BPI and ISPs Agree to challenge P2P Piracy in the UK (24 July 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1720_BPI_and_ISPs_Agree_to_challenge_P2P_Piracy_in_the_UK> at 28 July 2008

The Register, Feargal Sharkey on the ISP filesharer MoU (24 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/24/feargal_music_isp_mou/> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Leaked British Government Letter - P2p Will be Cut by 80% (27 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9652/Leaked+British+Government+Letter+-+P2P+Will+be+Cut+by+80%25> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, UK ISPs Surrender, Agree to Fight P2p Piracy (24 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9649/UK+ISPs+Surrender%2C+Agree+to+Fight+P2P+Piracy> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Music Industry Praises Deal Forcing ISPs to Comabt Illegal File Sharing (25 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9650/Music+Industry+Praises+Deal+Forcing+ISPs+to+Combat+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, UK ISPs Move Down The Slippery Slope Of Becoming Copyright Cops (24 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/0413391778.shtml> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, UK Law Firm Tries Suing As Many People As Possible For File Sharing (15 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080714/1551101673.shtml> at 16 July 2008

guardian.co.uk, We won't cut off users, says Virgin (3 July 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/03/virgin.filesharers> at 9 July 2008

TechDirt, Virgin: We Won't Cut Off File Sharers; Sends Envelope Saying 'We May Cut You Off (3 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080703/1319201591.shtml> at 9 July 2008

Daily Yomiuri Online, Man receives suspended sentence for file sharing (25 July 2008) <http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080725TDY02304.htm> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, German Court Says That Open WiFi Owners Not Responsible For File Sharing Done By Others (10 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080709/1742241635.shtml> at 15 July 2008

ZeroPaid, French Court - File-Sharer's IP Addresses Were Illegally Obtained, Conviction Overturned (8 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9618/French+Court+-+File-Sharer%27s+IP+Addresses+Were+Illegally+Obtained%2C+Conviction+Overturned> at 9 July 2008

Individual Lawsuits USA
Digital Music News, RIAA Defendant Pleads Guilty, But Challenges Charges (30 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072908riaa/view> at 31 July 2008

TechDirt, Woman Admits File Sharing; Challenges Constitutionality Of Copyright Act (29 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080729/0114391821.shtml> at 31 July 2008

TechDirt, Once Again (With Feeling): RIAA Told To Pay Tanya Andersen's Legal Fees (28 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/1844461819.shtml> at 29 July 2008

TechDirt, If You Block Your P2P App From Sharing Files, Are You Still Guilty Of Making Files Available? (15 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080714/1444301672.shtml> at 16 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Final RIAA/Jammie Thomas briefs in; new trial decision looms (14 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080714-final-riaajammie-thomas-briefs-in-new-trial-decision-looms.html> at 15 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Jammie Thomas, RIAA cross swords in final briefs to judge (1 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080701-jammie-thomas-riaa-cross-swords-in-final-briefs-to-judge.html> at 4 July 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Also Tells Judge That Proof Shouldn't Be Necessary To Sue For Infringement (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080630/2000361557.shtml> at 1 July 2008

TechDirt, Would The Entertainment Industry Follow A Three Strikes Rule Itself? (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080701/1143591567.shtml> at 4 July 2008

TorrentFreak, Anti-Piracy Evidence Put in Doubt by Leecher (14 July 2008) <http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-evidence-in-doubt-as-leecher-blamed-for-uploads-080714/> at 15 July 2008

International Copyright Issues
TechDirt, Canada Takes ACTA Secrecy To New Levels (29 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/1914061820.shtml> at 31 July 2008

ZeroPaid, ACTA Negotiations to Continue Next Week (23 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9645/ACTA+Negotiations+to+Continue+Next+Week> at 23 July 2008

TechDirt, Entertainment Industry Continues To Try To Sneak Copyright Expansion Through ACTA (8 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080703/0301501586.shtml> at 9 July 2008

ArsTechnica, RIAA's ACTA wishlist includes gutted DMCA, mandatory filters (30 June 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080630-inside-the-riaas-acta-wishlist.html> at 4 July 2008

TechDirt, RIAA Also Tells Judge That Proof Shouldn't Be Necessary To Sue For Infringement (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080630/2000361557.shtml> at 1 July 2008

ISP Liability
TechDirt, Why Does The Recording Industry Decide Who Gets Threatening Letters From ISPs? (28 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/0219021806.shtml> at 29 July 2008

Digital Music News, British MoU Starts Rolling; Sharkey Says No ISP-Level Blanket (28 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072708uk> at 29 July 2008

Slyck, BPI and ISPs Agree to challenge P2P Piracy in the UK (24 July 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1720_BPI_and_ISPs_Agree_to_challenge_P2P_Piracy_in_the_UK> at 28 July 2008

The Register, Feargal Sharkey on the ISP filesharer MoU (24 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/24/feargal_music_isp_mou/> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Leaked British Government Letter - P2p Will be Cut by 80% (27 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9652/Leaked+British+Government+Letter+-+P2P+Will+be+Cut+by+80%25> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, UK ISPs Surrender, Agree to Fight P2p Piracy (24 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9649/UK+ISPs+Surrender%2C+Agree+to+Fight+P2P+Piracy> at 28 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Music Industry Praises Deal Forcing ISPs to Comabt Illegal File Sharing (25 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9650/Music+Industry+Praises+Deal+Forcing+ISPs+to+Combat+Illegal+File-Sharing> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, UK ISPs Move Down The Slippery Slope Of Becoming Copyright Cops (24 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/0413391778.shtml> at 28 July 2008

Digital Music News, British ISPs Agree to Massive Letter-Writing Campaign (24 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072308bpi> at 25 July 2008

TimesOnline, Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy (24 July 2008) <http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4387283.ece> at 25 July 2008

The Register, UK ISPs agree to menace their filesharing users (23 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/berr_isp_mou/> at 24 July 2008

TechDirt, UK Law Firm Tries Suing As Many People As Possible For File Sharing (15 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080714/1551101673.shtml> at 16 July 2008

ArsTechnica, Virgin, BPI at odds as first infringement letters go out (3 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080703-virgin-bpi-at-odds-as-first-infringement-letters-go-out.html> at 4 July 2008

ZeroPaid, ISPs to Ban P2p with New European Telecom Package? (3 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9611/ISPs+to+Ban+P2P+with+New+European+Telecom+Package%3F> at 4 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Another UK ISP Begins Threatening File Sharers (1 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9598/Another+UK+ISP+Begins+Threatening+File-Sharers> at 4 July 2008

ArsTechnica, RIAA's ACTA wishlist includes gutted DMCA, mandatory filters (30 June 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080630-inside-the-riaas-acta-wishlist.html> at 4 July 2008

TechDirt, Bono Agrees With Manager: ISPs Are To Blame For The Downfall Of Music (1 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080701/0241361562.shtml> at 4 July 2008

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, July Already? Album Sales Keep Sinking In '08... (3 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070208album> at 4 July 2008

Leaks
Digital Music News, R. Kelly Album Becomes Latest Leak... (30 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072908rkelly> at 31 July 2008

Limewire
Digital Music News, LimeWire: "Litigation Isn't a Good Digital Business Model" (24 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072408limewire/view> at 25 July 2008

Digital Music News, Please End This: RIAA Pushes for LimeWire Decision (24 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072308limewire/view> at 25 July 2008

CNet News, Record labels ask judge for ruling against Lime Wire (23 July 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9997427-93.html> at 24 July 2008

Slyck, LimeWire Files for Lawsuit Dismissal (19 July 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1716_LimeWire_Files_for_Lawsuit_Dismissal> at 23 July 2008

washingtonpost, Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing (9 July 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802997.html> at 15 July 2008

TechDirt, Exclusive Live Recordings From... LimeWire? (9 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070908limewire> at 15 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Supreme Court Justice Caught Up In Limewire Data Breach (9 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9621/Supreme+Court+Justice+Caught+Up+in+Limewire+Data+Breach> at 9 July 2008

Mergers/Consolidation
Digital Music News, Reversed Reversals: EU Court Overturns Sony BMG Annulment (9 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071008eu> at 15 July 2008

Musicians/Politics
ArsTechnica, Yankee Hotel Net Neutrality? Indie rockers back an open 'Net (4 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080704-yankee-hotel-net-neutrality-indie-rockers-back-an-open-net.html> at 15 July 2008

The Register, Geldof backs Davis 'For Freedom' by-election (4 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/04/geldof_davis/> at 9 July 2008

MySpace
Digital Music News, MySpace Music... See You In September? (23 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/072408myspace/view> at 25 July 2008

CNet News, MySpace Music to launch in September (23 July 2008) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9997954-93.html> at 25 July 2008

Digital Music News, MySpace Music: When Will It Finally Appear? (3 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070208myspace> at 4 July 2008

New Business Models
TechDirt, IFPI Admits It Screwed Up; Claims Mistakes Happen (28 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/1831211818.shtml> at 29 July 2008

TechDirt, Trent Reznor Gives People A Reason To Buy Latest CD Even Though It's Free (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080725/0215281791.shtml> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, Why Doesn't Girl Talk Allow Commercial Use? (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080707/0016231597.shtml> at 28 July 2008

TechDirt, IFPI Forces Music Offline, Even Though Copyright Holder Wanted It Shared (22 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080721/0713521744.shtml> at 23 July 2008

TechDirt, Trent Reznor Continues To Show Different Ways To Connect With Fans (14 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080713/1721051663.shtml> at 16 July 2008

Orphan Works
Digital Music News, A Real-Life Orphan Works Dilemma (7 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/a-real-life-orphan-works-dilemma> at 15 July 2008

Other File Sharing Lawsuits
Slyck, BREIN Continues Dutch Anti-Piracy Mop up (13 July 2008) <http://www.slyck.com/story1712_BREIN_Continues_Dutch_AntiPiracy_Mop_up> at 23 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Dutch Court Rules BitTorrent Tracker Site Hosting Illegal (8 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9614/Dutch+Court+Rules+BitTorrent+Tracker+Site+Hosting+Illegal> at 9 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Mexican Authorities Shut Down 'Sunnydale' DC Hub (22 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9640/Mexican+Authorities+Shut+Down+%27Sunnydale%27+DC+Hub> at 23 July 2008

cbc.ca, Quebec court orders popular downloading website to shut down (11 July 2008) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/11/qc-quebectorrent0711.html> at 11 July 2008

The New York Times, Jury Convicts Web Site Operator in P2P Case (27 June 2008) <http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C40069388085257475006826C0.html> at 4 July 2008

The Register, Italian authorities raid alleged music filesharing forum (1 July 2008) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/01/italian_filesharing_raid/> at 4 July 2008

Other Laws
ZeroPaid, ISPs to Ban P2p with New European Telecom Package? (3 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9611/ISPs+to+Ban+P2P+with+New+European+Telecom+Package%3F> at 4 July 2008

P2p Security
washingtonpost, Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing (9 July 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802997.html> at 15 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Supreme Court Justice Caught Up In Limewire Data Breach (9 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9621/Supreme+Court+Justice+Caught+Up+in+Limewire+Data+Breach> at 9 July 2008

P2p Statistics
ZeroPaid, Microsoft Piracy Study: 54% of UK Kids are File Sharers (28 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9653/Microsoft+Piracy+Study%3A+54%25+of+UK+Kids+are+File-Sharers> at 29 July 2008

ZeroPaid, Leaked British Government Letter - P2p Will be Cut by 80% (27 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9652/Leaked+British+Government+Letter+-+P2P+Will+be+Cut+by+80%25> at 28 July 2008

TimesOnline, Parents to be punished for children’s net piracy (24 July 2008) <http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4387283.ece> at 25 July 2008

Public Choice Theory
TechDirt, Now The Senate Wants To Add A Copyright Czar To The White House (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/2345491787.shtml> at 28 July 2008

Publishing
Guardian, EU to introduce new music rights system despite lobby (15 July 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/15/digitalmusic.digitalmedia> at 18 July 2008

Digital Music News, Commission: Let the Pan-European Licensing Begin... (16 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071608eu> at 18 July 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online royalties; outcome could affect iTunes (3 July 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_9776215?nclick_check=1> 9 July 2008

Recording Contracts
TechDirt, Lyle Lovett: Albums Sold? 4.6 Million. Money Made From Album Sales? $0 (11 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080711/1439371651.shtml> at 15 July 2008

Digital Music News, And Another One: Live Nation Ropes Nickelback Mega-Deal (7 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories_old/070708nickelback> at 9 July 2008

Digital Music News, More Rattling on Shakira, Live Nation Mega-Deal... (3 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/070108shakira> at 4 July 2008

Royalties
TechDirt, Copyright Office May Have Just Added New Royalties For Webcasts (22 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080721/2216361751.shtml> at 23 July 2008

Guardian, EU to introduce new music rights system despite lobby (15 July 2008) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/15/digitalmusic.digitalmedia> at 18 July 2008

Digital Music News, Commission: Let the Pan-European Licensing Begin... (16 July 2008) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/071608eu> at 18 July 2008

SiliconValley/Associated Press, EU musicians oppose Europe-wide online royalties; outcome could affect iTunes (3 July 2008) <http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_9776215?nclick_check=1> 9 July 2008

TorrentSpy
TechDirt, TorrentSpy Appeals Lawsuit Over MPAA Getting Access To Its Emails (25 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080724/1704181785.shtml> at 28 July 2008

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
ArsTechnica, Hammer drops at last: FCC opposes Comcast P2P throttling (25 July 2008) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-opposes-comcast-p2p-throttling.html> at 28 July 2008

EFF Deeplink, FCC Chairman Hints at Order Against Comcast (11 July 2008) <http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/fcc-chariman-hints-order-against-comcast> at 18 July 2008

washingtonpost, FCC Chairman Seeks to End Comcast's Delay of File Sharing (12 July 2008) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102917.html> at 15 July 2008

Webcasting
TechDirt, Copyright Office May Have Just Added New Royalties For Webcasts (22 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080721/2216361751.shtml> at 23 July 2008

Weblogs
TechDirt, IFPI Admits It Screwed Up; Claims Mistakes Happen (28 July 2008) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080728/1831211818.shtml> at 29 July 2008

YouTube
ZeroPaid, ISPs to Ban P2p with New European Telecom Package? (3 July 2008) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9611/ISPs+to+Ban+P2P+with+New+European+Telecom+Package%3F> at 4 July 2008