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		<title>Consumer advocates: Got sued for file sharing? We&#8217;ll help you.</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2009/09/consumer-advocates-got-sued-for-file-sharing-well-help-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Legal Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[German file sharers received countless settlement notices for allegedly sharing copyrighted material in recent years, thanks to companies like Digiprotect and Logistep. However, it looks like P2P users, and others wrongfully accused of file sharing, may have a new ally: Saxony&#8217;s Consumer Advocates (Verbraucherzentrale) recently announced a new legal aid program to help recipients of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government official wants to bring Three Strikes to Germany</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2009/06/government-official-wants-to-bring-three-strikes-to-germany/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2009/06/government-official-wants-to-bring-three-strikes-to-germany/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany&#8217;s Undersecretary of Culture Bernd Neumann wants to adopt a three strikes policy against file sharing similar to the one recently enacted in France. &#8220;We can&#8217;t say that this is out of the question,&#8221; Neumann told the audience of a media policy event of the German Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), according to heise.de.
The CDU is currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Not Get Sued for File Sharing</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2009/05/how-to-not-get-sued-for-file-sharing/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2009/05/how-to-not-get-sued-for-file-sharing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 17:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(And Other Ideas To Avoid Being Treated Like a Criminal)
As of July 2006, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has sued over 20,000 music fans for file sharing  in just under three years.  In 2004, the Motion Picture  Association of America (MPAA) joined this misguided, anti-consumer crusade.
Filing lawsuits against anonymous &#8220;Doe&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal Hands Jail Sentence to First Convicted File-Sharer</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/portugal-hands-jail-sentence-to-first-convicted-file-sharer/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/portugal-hands-jail-sentence-to-first-convicted-file-sharer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first conviction of a file-sharer in the country, Portuguese authorities have handed down a harsh sentence of 90 days imprisonment in order to “set an example”. The unnamed individual faced court after the Portuguese version of the RIAA issued a complaint about unauthorized uploading.
It seems that every country around Europe has its own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian Government Orders Immediate Torrent Site Blackout</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/malaysian-government-orders-immediate-torrent-site-blackout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reports are coming in that the government in Malaysia has ordered the immediate suspension of all BitTorrent trackers hosted in the country. In a shock move, the government &#8211; citing the ‘Copyright Act 1987′ has ordered hosts to suspend servers that host BitTorrent sites, pending an investigation. Many sites are currently offline.
+When BitTorrent sites get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arrested OiNK Uploaders Bail to be Extended</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/arrested-oink-uploaders-bail-to-be-extended/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/arrested-oink-uploaders-bail-to-be-extended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The six individuals who are arrested for allegedly sharing music on the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, are due to report to police at the start of July. The five men and one woman, who are suspected of conspiring to defraud the music industry, will have their bail extended. Unsurprisingly, the police need more time to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Humiliate Yourself Complaining to The Pirate Bay</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/don%e2%80%99t-humiliate-yourself-complaining-to-the-pirate-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/don%e2%80%99t-humiliate-yourself-complaining-to-the-pirate-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ian Morrow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ‘legal threats’ section of The Pirate Bay is where record labels, movie companies, software house and general anti-pirates have their complaints posted after the staff on the site have ridiculed them. A new set of complaints has appeared in the last few days &#8211; some of the most cringe-worthy ever.
When organizations and companies don’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government “Holds a Gun to the Head” of ISPs Over P2P</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/government-%e2%80%9cholds-a-gun-to-the-head%e2%80%9d-of-isps-over-p2p/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/government-%e2%80%9cholds-a-gun-to-the-head%e2%80%9d-of-isps-over-p2p/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Piracy Gangs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British government appears to be running out of patience with ISPs as they struggle to come to an agreement with the music industry on P2P music piracy. One ‘top-level’ ISP executive says “The British government just put a gun to our head.” Major UK ISPs are now in “serious” talks with the music industry.
Recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPAA Says It Doesn’t Need Evidence to Convict Pirates</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/mpaa-says-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-need-evidence-to-convict-pirates/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/06/mpaa-says-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-need-evidence-to-convict-pirates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only a few weeks ago, a University of Washington study showed showed how inaccurate the MPAA and RIAA’s evidence gathering techniques are.
Now, instead of improving their pirate chasing tactics, the MPAA simply claims they don’t need any evidence to bankrupt “alleged” copyright infringers.
Threat Level reports that the MPAA now argues that it has the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPAA Demands $15 Million from The Pirate Bay</title>
		<link>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/05/mpaa-demands-15-million-from-the-pirate-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://torrentrumors.com/blog/2008/05/mpaa-demands-15-million-from-the-pirate-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MPA(A) has announced that it is demanding $15.4 million from the Pirate Bay in the upcoming court case, to cover the damages they suffered from 4 movies and 13 TV-episodes that were made available via the popular BitTorrent tracker.
The movie titles they are claiming damages for are Harry Potter, Syriana, The Pink Panther and [...]]]></description>
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