Once again tv producers are sueing the bittorent sites for infringing their products. The producer of Hurt Locker had even sued 5000 internat user for distributing the copies of the movie illegally.

A scene from a German movie where the actor impersonated Hitler has been curbed by claims of copyright infringement. (I'm not surprised!) The movie produced in 2004 was asked to remove its scene of humorous Hitler impersonation and rendered the Germans as lacking a sense of humour. Despite the removal, dismay fans has reenacted the scene as new parodies are added over the internet.

Am I being sued? that's the first thing that comes across our minds upon noticing legal notices or letters..This article tells us not to panic but thoroughly analyze what the document says and have an in depth understanding out of the doc. If the situations seems like you are really getting a lawsuit, the next step is to seek immediate assistance from a legal advisor or lawyers. The most important thing to bear in mind is that to ensure our rights are not infringed. I find the article sound and most useful.

The emergence of nanotechnology and cascading media nowadays have resulted to clash of two newly found realms. New discoveries of Nanotechnology and shifts on how people define intellectual properties had imposed legal and non-legal questions like how to classify and who should benefit from the technology.

Oz Federal Courst has released its decision on not to take charge on ISPs for their subscriber's infringements & misdeeds. Roadshow Films accused iiNet of authorizing its users of distributing copyrighted movies. The issue gets even worse when it involved the BitTorrent network.

A dispute between two letting agencies "Mantra Group Pty Ltd (Mantra) VS Tailly Pty Ltd (Tailly)" over a domain name of an apartment complex at Surfers Paradise. Mantra had alleged Tailly of breaching its registered domain in gaining commercial advantage since Mantra is a letting company that run on a bigger scale. The court is till in the midst of deliberation.

A lad from washington dc, aged 22 was sentenced to jail for 29 months for selling copyrighted movies over the INTERNET. He has been managing USAWAREZ.COM since 2006. This is a sign where of the pathway that we are paving for Copyright policies.

The Australian Government under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has released a draft Form of a new copyright protection/regulation which affects the internet providers to be under a more strict copyright laws.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies has won over a lawsuit against Limewire (a free peer-to-peer file sharing that shares almost everything;Mp3,Videos,Ebooks, softwares etc). This case was first brought up to the court in 2006

This Pdf file booklet would benefit those who are working their essays on Copyright and other infringement issues as it is intended to provide to all who are concerned with the creation, circulation and transfer of knowledge replies to certain questions they may have on the subject of copyright. It has no other objective than to clarify a complicated subject by translating legal language into language that can be easily understood by everyone. This booklet is published by Unesco Courtesy goes to Sandra Rivera. Gracias

Brown, a guy who witnessed the filming of Transformer 3 and straight away shoved out his iphone to record 3 minutes length video. He later then uploaded the Clip on youtube which has now caused some commotion with the studio.

The news discusses about Google's caching (cache) system. Internet users can retrace archived contents over no longer accessible sites. This system has resulted website owners in distress. This issue if not tended well could result in lawsuits.

Let's get back to basic....we have been talking about copyrights and ranting about it for a long time. Are we all aware of when one commits copyright infringement? Read through the guidelines from Uni Melbourne's perspectives