Inquisitr by Steven Hodson:- It’s not like the MPAA is going to run into the shadows with its tail tucked between its legs but US District Court Judge Stephen Wilson served notice to the organization that it hadn’t proved that torrent site Isohunt has broken any US laws. (continue reading…)

Independent.co.uk by Pat Pilcher:- In the US, the digital rights management debate is heating up again as Steven Metalitz, the lawyer representing copyright holder organisations such as the MPAA and RIAA works to convince the US Copyright Office allowing exemptions to the rules against defeating digital rights management (DRM) features embedded into music tracks purchased form online music stores is a bad thing. (continue reading…)

OSNews.com by Thom Holwerda:- Yesterday, the Dutch online community was surprised by a verdict from a judge who declared that The Pirate Bay had to make itself unavailable in The Netherlands. This verdict was cast in a case the Dutch RIAA/MPAA-like organisation BREIN had started against The Pirate Bay. With it being a widely known and established fact that downloading copyrighted content off the internet – even if the upload was illegal – is not illegal in The Netherlands, where does this verdict come from? Is it truly a win for the entertainment industry, and a loss for Dutch consumers? Not really – the situation is much, much simpler than that. (continue reading…)

TorrentFreak.com by Enigmax:- Today more than ten major movie companies issued a subpoena to the Stockholm District Court demanding it put an end to the activities of The Pirate Bay. The companies, including Disney, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Sony, NBC and Paramount also want the court to force the site’s ISP to shut down the site. (continue reading…)