AP via New York Times; Software Firm Buys Swedish File-Sharing Site:
"The Pirate Bay is one of the world’s largest file-sharing venues with more than 20 million users worldwide. In April, four men connected with the site were sentenced to one-year prison sentences for violations of copyright law.
A Swedish court found that the four had helped millions of people download copyright-protected material like films, music and computer games.
While the Pirate Bay doesn’t host copyright-protected material, it directs users to content such as films, music and computer games through so-called torrent files.
Global Gaming Factory X said it intended to start a new business model that will make it possible to compensate both content operators and copyright owners."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/technology/companies/01pirate.html?_r=1&hpw
Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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