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‘£1m’ Pirate TV Box Seller Avoids Prison Due to Private Prosecution Delays

TorrentFreak

TV drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ tells the story of the Post Office ‘Horizon’ scandal and the lives torn apart by 700 “successful” private prosecutions of entirely innocent self-employed subpostmasters. Regular citizens, on the other hand, can not.

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‘More Than 600,000 Students and Teachers Use Z-Library’

TorrentFreak

Two alleged Z-Library operators were arrested as part of a criminal investigation. Z-Library notes that it intentionally excluded the country due to the criminal prosecution of two of the site’s alleged operators. These lists are personal book collections that can be focused on any theme, including educational topics.

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60-Year-Old Music Pirate Faces Prison in a Country Part-Run By Pirates

TorrentFreak

Unfortunately, those passing by included unnamed rightsholders who filed a criminal copyright complaint with the police. ” After establishing that the albums had been available for download from October 2013 until November 2022, police charged the man with criminal copyright infringement offenses.

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A Twitter Thread on the EARN IT Act

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

I did a (rare for me) Twitter thread on this topic, which is so crucial that I’m sharing it here as well: On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be marking up the EARN IT Act, which removes Section 230 for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). More reading: My Aug. 2020 blog post.

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Bill to Decriminalise IP offences

IIPRD

The legislation has to be changed immediately to distinguish between various types of copyright infringement , restrict criminalization to mass piracy rather than routine infringement, and establish prior judicial cognizance as a prerequisite to criminal inquiry. The Supreme Court ruled in Knit Pro International v.

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Flawless IPTV Fugitive Detained in Thailand Following UK Police Request

TorrentFreak

Private criminal prosecutions are complex and expensive but can also offer some great perks; the taxpayer picking up the bill for the prosecution and then paying to keep those convicted in prison, for example. for his work and has no criminal record? When the video returns, the topic of conversation is IPTV.

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IP and Cannabis: The Current Landscape

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

For more information about any topic herein, please see our October 20, 2020 webinar, “ IP and Cannabis: The Current Landscape ,” or contact your Fish attorney. Patent Prosecution. Nevertheless, the current IP landscape surrounding cannabis, while very much in flux, does allow for some forms of IP protection and enforcement.

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