1. SIIA Awards $25,000 in One Month for Workplace Software Piracy Reports (PDF)
2. CNET Accused of Copyright Infringement for Distributing LimeWire (Wired)
CNET owner CBS Interactive is being sued for distributing LimeWire and facilitating “massive copyright infringement,” while profiting from the downloads and advertising on the download site.
3. Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in U.S. History Targets 23,000 Defendants (Wired)
In what is becoming the single largest illegal BitTorrent downloading case in U.S. history, a judge has allowed the U.S. Copyright Group to subpoena ISPs to find out the identity of all those who have downloaded the movie The Expendables.
4. Court Rules Internet IP Addresses Are Not People (ZDNet)
A U.S. District Court has ruled that the plaintiff in VPR Internationale v. Does 1-1017 cannot subpoena ISPs for the personal information connected to the IP addresses, on the basis that just because an activity has been conducted from a specific IP address does not mean the owner of the IP address has done anything wrong.
5. UMG Faces an Uphill Battle Against Veoh on Appeal (paidContent)
In this lawsuit that could influence Viacom’s case against Youtube, Universal Music Group argued that the “safe harbor” in U.S. law only applies to backbone internet businesses. This represents the first time any U.S. Appeals Court is considering the issue of what a company must do to get “safe harbor” protection.