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Global minilinks for 2008-06-16

DEEPLINKS BLOG
By Danny O'Brien
June 16, 2008

Global minilinks for 2008-06-16

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  • British ISP Starts Sending Letters to Customers Accused of File-Sharing
    Virgin Media co-authors the letter with the BPI, which includes threats to terminate service.
  • French Council of State Wants ISP Filtering Out of Three Strikes
    Does not like the expansion of non-judicial powers, rumors say.
  • Mutualised Schemes
    Meanwhile: a French model for funding creativity, from Squaring the Net
  • BT Internal Report Leak on Illegal Secret Phorm Test
    No-one was told; HTML was rewritten, unsuspecting customers data was mined.
  • Botswana Considers New IP Laws
    "The copyright office will purchase a security device to authenticate all sound and audio visual recordings."
  • Spanish P2P Company MP2P Technologies Sued by Recording Industry
    Defiantly, MP2P says it has been served with a lawsuit from "what remains of the four major record labels."
  • Data Retention Challenged In Hungary
    New EU entrant joins Germany and Ireland in seeking a constitutional rejection of the EU directive.
  • Yahoo India Faces Copyright Battle Without Safe Harbors
    Sued over a copyrighted video: Ars Technica thinks that Indian law will provide no liability protection.
  • Japan Plans "Fair Use" Exemptions for Copyright
    Supported by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's IP taskforce.

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