What Do We Know, June 14th 2011

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One of the most frustrating things for anybody who wants to analyze or comment on the file-sharing phenomenon is the fact that any data or statistics gathered are going to be at best fragmentary, limited, impressionistic and generally untrustworthy.  That is just the reality of the situation.  We are, after all, dealing [...]

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Peer-meme for June 23rd, 2011

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Greg Sandoval / CNET
Exclusive: Top ISPs poised to adopt graduated response to piracy
Easily the biggest news of the day, as word has leaked that four major US ISP’s are about [...]

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Peer-meme for June 22nd, 2011

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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill
Leahy praises administration officials for domain seizures
Frustrating reading that Sen. Patrick Leahy continues to praise the work of the Department of Justice in their “”Operation In Our [...]

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Peer-meme for June 21st, 2011

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Craig Mod / craigmod.com
Post-Artifact Books and Publishing
A very in-depth and thought provoking examination of what digital could really mean for books and publishing, at a very fundamental level.  Some of it [...]

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Peer-Meme for June 20th, 2011

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Ernesto / Torrentfreak
uTorrent / BitTorrent Sued For Patent Infringement
Ernesto reports on a new patent lawsuit filed by a San Francisco company, Tranz-Send Broadcasting Network, against BitTorrent and its software uTorrent.  I [...]

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Peer-meme for June 16th, 2011

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Brad / Think Blog
The PROTECT IP Act: What You Need to Know
I stumbled across this blog, normally devoted to Experience Designers, because it had a very good, succinct post about the [...]

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Episode 9: Domain seizures contested, but more likely to come

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Welcome to the ninth episode of the Peer Press Podcast!

 

Joining me today are Ernesto of Torrentfreak.com, Mike Masnick of Techdirt.com and new-comer K. Matthew Dames of Copycense.com.

Topics discussed include: ICE domain seizures finally contested in US court by affected sites
PROTECT IP Act continuing to meet [...]

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Peer-meme for June 14th, 2011

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Ernesto / Torrentfreak
File-Sharers are Easy Prey for Anti-Piracy Lawyers
While nothing very surprising to anyone who has been following the mass Bittorrent lawsuits of recent years, Ernesto does a great job of [...]

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Peer-meme for June 13th, 2011

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Mike Masnick / Techdirt
Rojadirecta Sues US Government, Homeland Security & ICE Over Domain Seizure
Great, substantive piece from Techdirt on the on-going legal battle by Rojadirecta to get their domain names back, [...]

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Peer-meme for June 8th, 2011

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Thomas Mennecke / Slyck
23,322 John Does for The Expendables case? Not so fast, says Judge to US Copyright Group
Tom from Slyck does a great job of digging into the most [...]

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