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The Status Of Online Copyright Infringement Law In 2011

2011 has been a year of very large copyright infringement complaint filings.  First came word that the makers of The Expendables are suing 23,322 John Does who allegedly downloaded the movie online for free using a program called BitTorrent.  Roughly a week later, a new lawsuit against 24,583 John Does who allegedly illegally downloaded the movie […]

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The PROTECT IP Act’s Fight Against Copyright Infringement

Yesterday, I wrote about the largest file-sharing copyright infringement lawsuit based on the number of defendants (23,322), which was recently filed.  The subject of the matter is the illegal downloading of the 2010 movie, The Expendables.  While the studio that released the movie will probably be happy based on the sheer number of small settlement offers […]