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coalition of Canadian consumer advocates released an open letter today to Canada’s ministers responsible for Canadian copyright policy.

UK ISP Virgin Media plays Kopyright Kop to lick British Phonographic Industry’s ass. Western governments might as well ask Bin Laden what he wants and cave in too.

“The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices

By Brad Stone
Takedown notice

A new study from the University of Washington suggests that media industry trade groups are using flawed tactics in their investigations of users who violate copyrights on peer-to-peer file sharing networks.

Those trade groups, including the Motion Picture Association of America (M.P.A.A.) Entertainment Software Association (E.S.A.) and Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.), send universities and other network operators an increasing number of takedown notices each year, alleging that their intellectual property rights have been violated under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Many universities pass those letters directly on to students without questioning the veracity of the allegations. The R.I.A.A. in particular follows up some of those notices by threatening legal action and forcing alleged file-sharers into a financial settlement.

But the study, released today by Tadayoshi Kohno, an assistant professor, Michael Piatek a graduate student, and Arvind Krishnamurthy, a research assistant professor, all at the University of Washington, argues that perhaps those takedown notices should be viewed more skeptically.

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In Atlantic v. Andersen, both sides have filed objections to the Magistrate Judge’s attorneys fee award of $107,834, the RIAA saying that the amount should not have exceeded $62,000, Ms. Andersen saying that the award should be multiplied due to the difficulty in finding counsel willing to take on such a case.

NASA and Google signed an agreement that allows Google to lease 42.2 acres at NASA Ames to build a high technology campus. Plans for the campus include 1.2 million square feet of office and R&D space, as well as company housing and dining, sports, fitness, child care, conference, and park facilities. The preliminary site analysis was done by renowned environmental architect William McDonough + Partners.

In return Google will pay NASA $3.66 million a year in rent…

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3001/125/

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200806/r257807_1068483.asx

Among those charged was one Australian Federal policeman involved in the investigation

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/05/2266046.htm?section=justin

· Arrests include teachers, youth workers
· 300 officers spent 13,000 hours on case
· Over a million images seized
· 23 arrests in NSW,
· Hacked site got 12m hits in 76 hours

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/evil-webs-million-shocks/2008/06/05/1212258967845.html

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=559622