File sharing

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• Did File Sharing Disappear or Decrease Post-Metaupload Shutdown?
10 Feb 2012 at 7:21am
Magaupload, one of the world's leading file-sharing and online storage sites, has been shut down for about three week now. Does it mean the file-sharing activity has disappeared or at least decreased?.

• Megaupload Shutdown Fails to Slow File Sharing
9 Feb 2012 at 3:12pm
After the Megaupload shutdown, file-sharing activity has not decreased, with users simply moving to other services, according to a new report.

• Netherlands moves to block access to file-sharing sites
30 Jan 2012 at 12:50pm
The Dutch government is moving to crack down on illegal file-sharing, but it?s going after Internet service providers rather than individual file-sharers. A new proposal, due to be submitted to the Dutch Parliament by the middle of the year, would make it illegal to provide access to Web sites and services that facilitate copyright infringement. If ISPs fail to comply, they would be subject to ...

• Ukraine shutters top file-sharing site
31 Jan 2012 at 6:16pm
In the wake of the takedown of file-sharing site MegaUpload (and the ripple effect to sites like FileSonic and Uploaded.to), another popular file-sharing site has gone dark. Ukrainian police today shut down the country?s most popular file sharing site, Ex.ua, on grounds that it was illegally distributing copyrighted material, including music, videos, and movies.

• Tribler: New file-sharing technology is IMMUNE to government attacks
9 Feb 2012 at 9:51am
Tribler is 'proof' against anti-piracy swoops such as the recent government seizure of Megaupload, its Delft University creators claim - it will work even if every file-sharing site on earth is knocked out.

• Dutch to go after ISPs that allow file sharing
30 Jan 2012 at 5:51am
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands plans to crack down on Internet service providers that allow access to file-sharing sites such as Pirate Bay, though it will not make it an offence for individuals to download from these sites. Wiebe Alkema, a spokesman for the Ministry of Justice, told Reuters the law would be amended to reflect a recent court ruling, but would not criminalize the ...

• Top Law Firms Rule in Favor of Accellion for Secure File Sharing
30 Jan 2012 at 7:30am
Accellion, Inc., today announced the addition of 25 new legal customers, including some of the world?s leading law firms, that use Accellion enterprise file sharing solutions to provide lawyers and their clients with secure anytime, anywhere, any device access to information, while ensuring enterprise security, compliance, and client confidentiality.

• Media, file sharing sites take differing tack
9 Feb 2012 at 5:15am
Stanislav Bedná? says ACTA could be used as a reason to make copyright laws more strict. Parliament may have shelved the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) until public outrage cools, but it has reignited a smoldering dispute between Czech media companies and file-sharing Web businesses.

• Study finds Internet piracy resilient despite MegaUpload takedown
10 Feb 2012 at 1:34pm
Traditional entertainment corporations and the U.S. government rejoiced as the Internet felt the hard-handed impact of MegaUpload?s take-down. But a study released by DeepField Networks, titled ?File Sharing in the Post MegaUpload Era,? has offered compelling data proving that the effect on file sharing was only temporary, and that the celebration among copyright advocates was entirely premature.

• SOPA Protest 2012: A Case For File Sharing, Legal or Illegal
11 Feb 2012 at 8:36am
I get to the bottom of what file sharing means for the actual market of intellectual property.

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