Volume VIII

Issue : 8: April 15, 2010

• State of Kentucky Sues to Reclaim Online Gamblers Losses
• New Litigation Campaign Targets Movie Downloaders
• U.S. Court says ISPs can Regulate Internet Traffic on Peer to Peer Networks
• Copyright Lawsuit Against Google Seeks Damages for Pictures and Art
• Apple Sued Over Multitouch Technology Patent
• Wi LAN Sues Major Electronics Companies over Bluetooth Patent
• U.S. Court Invalidates Human Gene Patents
• New York Appeals Court Finds in Favour of eBay Over Dispute with Tiffany and Co.
• Insurance Company Challenges Canadas PIPEDA Privacy Law
• SCC to Clarify How Hyperlinks to Defamatory Content may be Separate Defamation

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New Litigation Campaign Targets Movie Downloaders

More than 20,000 individual movie torrent downloaders have been sued in the past few weeks in Washington D.C. federal court for copyright infringement. A Washington D.C.-based venture, the U.S. Copyright Group, filed the lawsuits on behalf of an ad hoc coalition of independent film producers. To date, five lawsuits have been filed against tens of thousands of alleged infringers.

The genesis of this legal campaign occurred in Germany when lawyers from the U.S. Copyright Group were introduced to new proprietary technology by German–based Guardaley IT. This technology allows for real-time monitoring of movie downloads on torrents.

Only one Internet Service Provider (ISP) has been cooperating thus far, providing the U.S. Copyright Group with 71 names and addresses. These individuals will be sent settlement offers. The other less cooperative ISPs are in the midst of fighting in court or contacting their respective customers.

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