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Guide for defendants in mass copyright lawsuits (Bit Torrent Filesharing cases)

Submitted by New Media Rights on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 09:52

You may be a defendant, or may know a defendant involved in one of the “BitTorrent filesharing lawsuits.” These suits are also sometimes referred to as “Mass copyright lawsuits” because for the first time, hundreds and sometimes thousands of individuals like yourself have been implicated in lawsuits alleging “copyright infringement.” Indeed, as of September 2011, there are over 200,000 individuals involved in such lawsuits.

New Media Rights has drafted the guide below to provide you with basic, practical information regarding these lawsuits.
 

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September Newsletter: Success stories, challenging AT&T, and Blogworld 2011

Submitted by New Media Rights on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 09:40

Our September newsletter brings news of success stories fighting DMCAi abuse, a grant awarded by the California Consumer Protection Foundation, and our continuing efforts to stop the AT&T-Tmobile merger. 

You can also catch us in person at Media Law in the Digital Age in October, a conference coproduced by Harvard Berkman Center's Digital Media Law Project and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, as well as Blogworld 2011 in LA in November.

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New Media Rights files comments supporting EFF's proposed exceptions to DMCA Anti-Circumvention 1201(a)(1) provisions

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Submitted by art neill on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 15:59

New Media Rights has filed comments with the Copyrighti Office supporting EFFi's proposal for two exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions. 

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New version of open source image creation and editing software The Gimp version 2.4 released

Submitted by New Media Rights on Tue, 10/30/2007 - 14:47
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