Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:07:00 +0100 http://www.fk2w.com/html/ RSS Feed en-us http://www.fk2w.com/html/images/logo.gif http://www.fk2w.com/html/ info@fk2w.com http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=120 It happened to Napster, Grokster, eDonkey (eMule is next) and finally Bittorrent. Now the Dutch Supreme Court hammered down another nail. Peer 2 Peer has not died but most of its vital functions have seized under relentless attacks and is now o­n life-support. What the hell happen in 2005? Sat, 26 Nov 2005 15:07:00 +0100 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=119 If you are a IP law professional defending patent law in any form, you should read this: But some gurus and fitness instructors in the West are said to be claiming patents and copyrights o­n poses and techniques lifted from classical Indian yoga texts. And New Delhi wants to stop that, London's Sunday Telegraph reported. ... Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:20:21 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=118 " The 33-page report is a road map for creating national policies o­n open technology standards, and comes at a time when several countries - and some state governments - are pursuing plans to reduce their dependence o­n proprietary software makers, notably Microsoft, by using more free, open-source software. " Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:02:21 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=117 An Australian court ruled o­n Monday that users of Kazaa, a popular internet music file-swapping system, breached music copyright and ordered its owners to modify the software. "The respondents authorised users to infringe the applicants' copyright in their sound recordings," Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox said in his ruling. Mon, 05 Sep 2005 13:21:36 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=116 "A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection, has repercussions for almost every user of wi-fi networks." Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:10:46 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=115 "CAFTA will require Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to mirror the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's broad prohibition o­n bypassing copy-protection technology. " Thu, 04 Aug 2005 17:21:12 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=114 "The legal environment changed not because of new legislation, but by accident. o­ne important ruling here and another there, and without anyone fully realizing it, a new intellectual-property reality had evolved by the end of the 1980's. Now software could enjoy the extraordinary protection of a patent, protection so powerful that Thomas Jefferson believed that it should be granted in o­nly a few select cases." Sun, 31 Jul 2005 21:22:30 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=113 Limewire maybe the first casualty of the Grokster ruling but I hope many won't follow. An interesting study done by Digital music research firm The Leading Question confirmed what 'pirates' really do and why its premature to cut and run. Finally; lets take some lessons from webmail. Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:11:11 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=112 "You know, I get to stick my fingers up at every single person in the music industry and go pssht I didn't need your f*cking play o­n the radio so f*ck you and no, I'm not going to edit Sunshowers" Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:32:29 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=111 A controversial and sensitive subject is gospel music "piracy". It's a touchy subject for many including myself. Unfortunately, technology sometimes forces us to evaluate our morals and beliefs. Now here's the question: can a good Christian download and share music? Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:14:45 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=109 BUMA-STEMRA - Dutch royalty's collective agency- has decided [lang: Dutch] to set-up a temporary plan to charge podcasters for royalties. BUMA wants to charge 'amateur' podcasters € 35 a month while 'Professional" podcasters should pay uptill € 85 a month. Why? BUMA wants to cash in o­n the podcasters who broadcast copyright protected materials. Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:18:08 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=108 "And some of the numbers supported the claim that the iPod's primary use is infringement:""Even worse for Apple was the fact that it might have engineered the iPod not to play MP3s, but it did not. ...Sony, by contrast, ...Walkman o­nly permitted you to play songs purchased legally from Sony's website. But Sony hastily reconsidered that decision when it proved unpopular." Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:38:23 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=107 All but lost in the entertainment overload that's crushing Hollywood is an unheralded but multibillion-dollar burden: videogame piracy.Forbes takes a look at how the video-game industry is still going strong, despite the rise of Bit Torrent and broadband. The article notes that publishers are doing relatively little to thwart piracy, and that pirated games make up 4% of p2p traffic. Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:37:32 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106 VoIP; a lesson in tolerance was o­ne way of saying that it is possible for Free and PPC to coexsist. Or maybe it was just a dream for the germans. The German unit of cell phone giant Vodafone plans to disable calls from the likes of Skype and other Net phone operators beginning July 2007. Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:52:43 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=105 Is it legal to use someone's Wi-Fi connection to browse the Web if they haven't put a password o­n it? Is it legal for me to share my cable modem or DSL connection with my neighbors? What happens if someone does something unsavory with my Wi-Fi connection? Can I get in trouble? These and more are answered over at CNET. But o­nly if you live in the US. So, how about Europe? Thu, 14 Jul 2005 20:25:46 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=104 It was messy but we won. Brein lost their case against ISP's but the reason why it lost aren't that convincing. If Brein had done its own investigation would the judge have ruled differently? Also, did the Thijm's 'pedophiles' defense help? Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:15:46 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=103 A Dutch court has ruled that ISPs don't have to reveal the identities of 42 customers anti-piracy organisation BREIN accuses of file sharing. The Court ruled BREIN's collection of IP addresses wasn't in line with Dutch data protection law, among other things, because it used an American company, Media Sentry, to collect data. Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:04:14 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=102 A law banning digital distribution of copyright movies and music went into effect last week in Sweden, but enforcing the new law and others like it around Europe isn't proving easy. Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:23:16 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=101 May it please the Court. We, the cyber citizens, would like to ask just a few more questions. Needless to say we're not happy with the ruling, the evidence presented for the alleged inducement are at the very least vague and shaky. So here are some of the questions; Fri, 08 Jul 2005 11:59:14 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=100 Brilliant minds in Europe have researched the current o­nline music landscape and have issued a report. The EU promises to stimulate the emergence of a broader o­nline music licensing market. This after it had previously condemned similar initiatives by national collective agencies to introduce o­ne-stop licensing shops. But is it too little too late? And are all the (loop)holes plugged? Thu, 07 Jul 2005 23:37:07 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=99 Operation Site Down its called but the name is deceptive. The anticipated raids weren't specifically aimed at sites but at servers. The overall goal was: ip-addresses. But o­ne thing bothers me. Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:18:00 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=98 Just for the record: MGM versus Grokster was a big win for the Industry and a loss for tech entrepreneurs. The US Supreme Court has given copyrights holders cart blanche to test the legal waters and sue everything in sight. The court has done so by awakening the dormant "Active Inducement" test in copyright law. Now, let's go thru this preliminary hit list. Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:58:30 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=97 It was unexpected but in some ways, a predictable outcome. US Supreme Court handed down a verdict which in the preliminary reports indicates that also judges have had enough. “File-sharing services shouldn't get a free pass o­n bad behavior” and thus can be sued. However, the justices send the case back to lower courts so every thing doesn’t seem that cut and dry. Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:25:47 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=96 Yes, the wonderful world of copyrights which has made David Beckham o­ne of the richest athletes o­n this planet has come around to bite him. Beckham is being sued by body artist Louis Molloy over the rights to his tattoos. According to The Mirror, Molloy who created nine of Beckham's tattoos, claims he owns the copyright. He has threatened to sue Becks and wife Victoria if they go ahead with plans to use the images in an ad campaign. Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:04:59 +0200 http://www.fk2w.com/html/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=95 Dutch Attorney General (AG) dealt a major blow to ISP's in their quest to keep web surfers ID's private. In a yet unpublished 32 page conclusion the AG argued for the disclosure of ID's by ISP's in the case Lycos v Pessers. The AG conclusions are usually a pretty accurate indicator for which way the Dutch Supreme court will rule. In short: Bad news for the 32 file-shares and all file sharing sites hosted in Holland Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:41:31 +0200