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Mass Copyright Litigation Roundup: Positive Trend for Due Process?

Judicial decisions are starting to come fast and furious in the movie copyright troll cases – and the trend is mixed but promising for those of us who care about protecting due process.

The good news is that judges continue to recognize the fundamental flaws in these cases. In the Northern District of Illinois, for example, Judge Blanche Manning recently severed Millennium v. Does 1-800, effectively dismissing the case against almost every Doe defendant. The court also suggested that the suit had been brought in the wrong place:

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 10:00am

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The (Statutory) Damage is Done

A few days ago, I attended oral arguments before the First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Joel Tenenbaum, a graduate student being sued by various record labels for sharing music files via a peer-to-peer service over the Internet (Sony v.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 7:39am

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Serbia: Gaddafi's Cyber Army Oppose Rebels and NATO

Written by Sasa Milosevic

This post is part of our special coverage Libya Uprising 2011.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 10:51pm

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Egypt: Taxi Driver Finds Lost Camera Owner via Facebook

Written by Ayesha Saldanha

What would you do if you found a camera, and wanted to return it to its owner? One Egyptian taxi driver decided to do it the Egyptian way and utilise the internet - with rapid results.

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 8:42am

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