Volume I

Issue : 10: November 13, 2003

• B.C. Court of Appeal Takes Note of Special Nature of an IT Business in Recent Decision
• Internet Browser Patent Re examination Ordered
• Time Warner to Enter the VoIP Market in California Bangladesh to Open VoIP to Private Sector
• CDT Releases Report on Spyware
• FTC Holiday Warning to E tailers
• B.C. Supreme Court has Jurisdiction Over Domain Name Dispute
• U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses FBI Eavesdropping Orders
• Pharma Companys Use of Cookies Found Not in of Violation of Privacy Legislation
• Manufacture of Garage Door Openers Uses DCMA to Fight Competitor
• Music Industry Establishes One-Stop International Licence for Webcasters
• Movie Industry Set to Sue Individual File Sharers in War Against Piracy
• Report Finds Identity Theft on the Rise in Canada
• Bank Managers Disclosure Of Private Information Leads To Cancelled Wedding

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Movie Industry Set to Sue Individual File Sharers in War Against Piracy

Spurred on by the top brass of the major Hollywood studios, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is preparing to launch lawsuits against individual file sharers of movies and television programs.

Determined not to repeat the mistakes of the recording industry which, by its own admission, was slow off the mark in responding to the fast pace of technological change and the arrival of allegedly illegal downloading services like Napster, the movie industry has been organizing educational campaigns and actively lobbying governments for more aggressive legislative protection as part of a multi-pronged anti-piracy strategy. It now appears that the next battle in the war against online piracy of movies will be waged in the Courts.

For further information, visit:

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-piracy9nov09,1,2121383.story