Sentences with phrase «illegal file sharing of»

The publisher of the ever - popular For Dummies series of titles has once again taken steps to combat illegal file sharing of its works, again successfully filing a lawsuit — for now, at least — against defendants named only as John Doe.

Ebook piracy and illegal file sharing of authors» works proved to be the final straw for an award - winning, bestselling author.

Dropbox - as well as other file sharing sites - cover their policies towards illegal filing sharing of copyrighted files in their TOS.

Not exact matches

The online home - sharing site today will file a formal complaint with a state ethics panel charging that the ShareBetter campaign, a coalition of unions, lawmakers and other Airbnb opponents, has engaged in illegal and unreported lobbying.

Airbnb is threatening to quickly file a lawsuit if Cuomo signs into law a bill that would prohibit the advertising of illegal units on home - sharing sites.

4 pm: Delegates debate a motion on the digital economy, making various proposals including the establishment of a review into the true impact of illegal file - sharing.

Skype is built on the same sort of peer - to - peer networking technology that powered many notorious — and, depending on whom you talk to, illegal — file - sharing services, starting with Napster.

«A key area of anti-piracy is to constantly be seeking out the hottest new illegal file sharing sites.

It is true that those who make available illegal copies of books are doing it for the potential income, hopefully new methods of accessing books without illegal file sharing would be enough of an incentive to avoid the easy route to book access.

With the advent of the MP3 player came the websites that fostered illegal music downloads and widespread file sharing.

Doctorow, a champion for removing the restrictions that limit the potential of books, makes a very clear case for the belief that DRM, or the «locking» of a book to one platform and the limitations that are supposed to protect the author and publisher from piracy and illegal file sharing, actually leads to piracy and loss of books sales for the author.

One of the more interesting aspects of the Netherlands culture is that it is technically legal for people to download books from file sharing websites, it is only illegal to upload them.

Unsecured PDFs can quickly make their way to file sharing sites where illegal copies of copyrighted works are available for download.

In 2012 a group of large publishers and other related companies went to court to stop what they said was illegal sharing of book files (mainly PDF files) online by two websites, Library.nu and iFile.it.

While peer - to - peer file sharing and digital currencies were for years the territory of illegal activities, tomorrow it could be the system changing how publishing works.

LONDON - Five of the world's biggest computer games developers are preparing to threaten thousands of people with court in a bid to combat illegal file - sharing.

As a American music fan who has often been driven to illegal file - sharing by late or non-release of UK titles here, I look forward to the day when I'll be able to actually * pay * for an album on the day of its UK release!

In the case of Kazaa (I think it was called), a file sharing service, some users were held liable for the illegal downloading of music from this service.

In another, film production companies took a mobile phone provider to court to force it to disclose details of customers accused of illegal file - sharing, as this breached their right to property.

Lawyers for file - sharing defendants argue that it makes no sense to count downloads by RIAA investigators as evidence of illegal file sharing.

Earlier this year the government suggested it was planning legislation to make it mandatory for ISPs to take action against those guilty of illegal sharing files.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently commented that internet service providers (ISPs) should be held accountable for illegal downloading and file - sharing, since it would be absurd to send millions of infringers to prison.

Canada's last three copyright bills, C - 60, C - 61 and C - 32, attempted to curb illegal online file sharing by requiring ISPs to forward notices of claimed infringements to customers.

A significant portion of her time in private practice was spent serving as national counsel to the Recording Industry Association of America and their member companies in lawsuits involving the illegal copying and distribution of sound recordings through online file - sharing programs.

File sharing has been outlawed in Japan since 2012, but, back in January 2012, authorities unveiled plans to release a honey trap of files which, though made to look like popular drama show content, contained an alert reminding them that uploading and downloading copyrighted content is illegal.