The Pirate Bay, seizing 2.0

On Tue, 9 February 2010, in Copyright , Reports , Judgments interesting , by Ernesto Belisario

Sunday, commenting on the news last decision of the Court of Review of Bergamo on the case "The Pirate Bay," had been easy prophet in predicting that it would not take much to see a new sequestration popoarissimo torrent tracker file. In fact, after the necessary time to fulfill the obligations of ritual, "thepiratebay.org" was [...]

The copyright wars no signs of ending: Italy is still obscure The Pirate Bay

On Sun, February 7, 2010 in Copyright , Reports , Judgments interesting , by Ernesto Belisario

Site subject to seizure. This could be the screen that in a few days the Italian users see when they try to reach The Pirate Bay, a popular torrent tracker file, long been the focus of numerous reviews around the world for copyright issues. In Italy, you will recall, the legal battle began [...]

The law on copyright takes 68 years, but it is a good birthday

On Sat, 25 April 2009, Copyright & Open Source , Copyright , read old and new , interesting Judgments , by Ernesto Belisario

In these days falls on an anniversary: ​​the Copyright Law (Law 22 April 1941, n. 633) has turned 68, yet there is little to celebrate. And not just because the years are taking their toll, but also because the "tweaks" to which the Act has undergone in recent years do not seem well [...]

Copyright infringement: from that pulpit is preaching!

On Sun, March 1, 2009, in Copyright & Open Source , Read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

Certainly has something of a paradox News (learned via Slashdot) that the UMP, the party of President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, was accused of violating copyright. CBC reports on Canadian site, in fact, that the UMP would have used the song "Kids" MGMT for some of the U.S. election commercials and video distributed on the web without paying [...]

Google Chrome: still on license

On Wed, September 3, 2008, in Copyright , Miscellaneous , by Ernesto Belisario

In the previous post I presented some concerns in relation to the EULA of Google Chrome, the new browser that everyone talks about. Too focused on privacy issues, I have culpably neglected a strange and potentially dangerous, clause regarding copyright. 11. License granted by you to the Contents 11.1 You retain copyright and any [...]

YouTomb: A Study on the video removed from YouTube

On Mon, 2 June 2008, Copyright & Open Source , Report , by Ernesto Belisario

We're sorry, this video is no longer? Available How many times has it happened to read this sentence while trying to view a video on YouTube. For some time, to learn more, you can look at YouTomb, a research project of MIT Free Culture that aims to catalog the video removed [...]