torrentfreak.com - 11/15/2008
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French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform ...
ostatic.com - 11/18/2008
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ostatic.com —
If you thought the RIAA had cornered the
market on heavy-handed, misguided lawsuits, think again. TorrentFreak reports...
that the Societe civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF) plan on pursuing a lawsuit against three US-based ...
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French Record Labels Suing Sourceforge, Among Others
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French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For Hosting Open Source P2P
Techdirt —
It would appear that Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF), a group that represents French record labels, is now trying to sue a bunch of non-French file sharing applications, as well as SourceForge. This brings up a lot of different issues, so let's break them out one by one. ...
Those poor silly deluded French RIAA wannabes
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... This apparently doesn’t bother the SPPF or the French courts that both Sourceforge and the developers behind the file sharing software being sued are well beyond the French legal jurisdiction. As Ernesto over at TorrentFreak writes ...
Labels sue Vuze, Limewire, Morpheus, Shareaza
p2pnet news —
... “Although the companies (and applications) themselves have nothing to do with copyright infringement, SPFF believes it has a strong case,” says TorrentFreak, going on: ...
Asinine lawsuit from French music interests targets Sourceforge
Download Squad —
... Torrent Freak reported yesterday that the SPFF -- think of it as the French RIAA -- filed lawsuits against the developers of P2P clients Vuze, Limewire, and Morpheus. There is also a fourth target, and I'll get to that particular bit of insanity later. ...
French RIAA Sues SourceForge For Aiding And Abetting Piracy?
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... for a good example of the universal level of disgust and dismay this has provoked. One final note. TorrentFreak.com originally broke the news , although I've scoured for further third-party confirmation of this without too much success. My best source would be Ross Turk of SourceForge itself; I've left him word that I'd like to get some comment from him about this. Stay tuned for a follow-up. Addendum: Ross has told me: "We do not comment on pending litigation." Follow me on ...
French Record Labels Suing Sourceforge, Among Others
OStatic blogs —
If you thought the RIAA had cornered the market on heavy-handed, misguided lawsuits, think again. TorrentFreak reports that the Societe civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF) plan on pursuing a lawsuit against three US-based companies that develop P2P applications. Vuze, Limewire, and Shareaza are the applications targeted in the lawsuit. There is a fourth company named that's not a developer, or a P2P site -- it's a repository.
It's actually not just any repository. It is, for many, ...
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