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Peter Ruwoldt

Pirate Bay Founders Sentenced to Jail, Fines for Violating Copyright Law : Rolling Ston... - 0 views

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    A Swedish court found four men behind popular torrent hub the Pirate Bay guilty of breaking copyright law today, and sentenced them to a year in prison and fines of roughly $3 million to be dispersed among entertainment companies
Peter Ruwoldt

Judge: 17,000 illegal downloads don't equal 17,000 lost sales - 0 views

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    Record companies cannot collect restitution for every time a song has been illegally downloaded, a US District judge has decided. Judge James P. Jones gave his opinion on United States of America v. Dove, a criminal copyright case, ruling that each illegal download does not necessarily equate to a lost sale, and that the companies affected by P2P piracy cannot make their restitution claims based on this assumption.
Peter Ruwoldt

Free Monty Python Videos on Youtube Lead to 23,000% DVD Sale Increase | /Film - 0 views

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    "We're letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years."
Peter Ruwoldt

Does piracy matter? | News | TechRadar UK - 0 views

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    Why should I have to put a useless DVD in my PC as an honesty check when the dishonest people can play at their leisure? Why should I have to type in endless serial codes, or be restricted to one PC? The dirty secret of Digital Rights Management is that it's only the first few days that particularly matters, while there's a vague chance it might slow down the pirates for a bit.
Peter Ruwoldt

Open source isn't free software - Computerworld Blogs - 0 views

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    The FSF wasn't looking for money. The cost that comes with using free software code is that, if you sell or distribute programs or products that use the GPLed code, you have to share your modified code with its users. That's not much, but some companies, after adding their special sauce, don't want to share. That's a big, dumb mistake.
Peter Ruwoldt

ABC Science Show - 29December2007 - Alfred Deakin Innovation Lecture - 0 views

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    Brian Fitzgerald, Head of the Law School at Queensland University of Technology, will discuss the success of open source in the information technology world, and the lessons for other fields of science. Transcript and Audio available at this link
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IT Conversations | Tools of Change Conference from O'Reilly Media | Scott Sigler - 0 views

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    People need to adapt and have business models that work with the new technologies.  This is an example. By the end of Scott Sigler's 20-episode podcast series, EARTHCORE, he had gained 10,000 followers. From there, he engaged the small publisher, Dragon Moon Press, to issue ANCESTOR. Its success on Amazon got the attention of Crown Publishing, which signed him for a five-book deal.
Peter Ruwoldt

Author Slams eBook Piracy, Son Outs Her As a Music Pirate | TorrentFreak - 0 views

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    As part of an article investigating the growing phenomenon of eBook piracy, a Scandinavian news outlet interviewed a 19 year-old self-confessed pirate who bragged about his activities. To counter his viewpoint a well known author contributed to the piece, stating that she abhors book piracy since it costs her huge amounts of money. However, her moral stance took a bit of a beating when her son let an embarrassing fact slip out
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