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• Torrent Giant Mininova Forced to Go Legit Mininova, one of the largest peer-to-peer file-sharing sites next to The Pirate Bay, has now removed most of its links to copyrighted content.
• Music Piracy Wars May Finally Take a Break A survey suggests music labels should relax, while a new P2P project self-polices users.
• Congressional Documents Leaked on P2P Service Materials from House ethics committee studies were posted online for distribution on a P2P network.
• Congress Weighs P2P File-Sharing Rules Legislation would prohibit P2P software from plucking, sharing files without users' knowledge.
• Backup Goes Peer-to-Peer Unlike Mozy et al, Symform is farm-free – it uses peer-to-peer technology to store backups on the PCs of other Symform users.
• Pirate Bay ISP Victim of Sabotage After Shutdown UPDATE: Black Internet, the ISP that on Monday turned off the access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, says it has become the victim of sabotage.
• Obama's DOJ Skewers P2P File-Sharer Jammie Thomas-Rasset loses a chance for relief from a $1.92 million fine; Tenenbaum's Next
• Tenenbaum Faces Bankruptcy After $675K Piracy Verdict in RIAA Case Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum, found guilty last week of illegally downloading and distributing 30 copyrighted songs -- and fined $675,000 by a...
• RIAA Claims Another File-Swapping Win Tenenbaum's defense turned to Styrofoam and the RIAA has posted a $675,000 victory for music-sharing.
• DRM Is Sorta, Kinda, Maybe Dead Analysis: As far as the Recording Industry Association of America is concerned, Digital Rights Management is dead. Or at least very stunned.
• Dutch Court Orders Pirate Bay to Set Sail A Dutch court jhas ordered The Pirate Bay to move out of the Netherlands.
• New Pirate Bay Owners Hatch Plan to Go Legit The new owners of The Pirate Bay are plotting a way to win favor with Hollywood as they get ready to take service's helm.
• Private P2P Networks Add Trust to File Sharing These P2P networks let you share files of any kind with your trusted friends only, eliminating concerns over virus exposure that have discouraged many people from using public file-sharing networks like Kazaa.
• Music Pirate Mom Deserves a New Trial Should a mother of four pay $1.92 in fines for sharing 24 songs? This blogger says no way and thinks she deserves a new trial.
• Pirate Bay Sale Signals the Death of an Era In the decade since Napster invented peer-to-peer file sharing, times have made it less relevant.
• Pirate Bay Users Jump Ship Over Site Sale Swedish company's purchase of The Pirate Bay (TPB) for $7.8 million draws ire and "arghs."
• 5 Traps the (New) Pirate Bay Must Avoid If the new owners want The Pirate Bay to thrive, it might want to heed this advice.
• Will a Legal Pirate Bay Thrive? (Hint: No) New owners plan to transform the controversial torrent site into a legitimate business, but they're likely to face an uphill battle.
• Jury Orders Music Swapper to Pay $1.92 Million Jammie Thomas-Rasset, accused of illegally swapping music online, has been ordered by a jury to pay $1.92 million.
• Music Piracy Case Begins Retrial The retrial of Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota woman who was ordered to pay six music labels $222,000 in damages, begins Monday.
• Sims 3 Jumps the Gun It looks like pirates have crashed EA's party once again -- Sims 3 is leaked weeks early.
• Pirated Copies of Office 2010 Surface on Web Searches of popular file-sharing sites reveal copies of Microsoft's Office 2010 labeled as the 'Technical Preview.'
• Pirate Bay Four: Scurvy Dogs May Not Walk the Plank Analysis: Defendants accuse the judge of having a conflict of interest and plan to ask for a mistrial.
• Music Pirates More Likely to Buy Songs Too – Study The recording industry is skeptical of report from Norway.
• Hollywood's Victory Over The Pirate Bay Will Be Short-Lived Sites like The Pirate Bay are like weeds -- when you try to kill one, they grow back even stronger.