• Three Strikes Anti-Piracy Budget “Too Expensive To Justify” Says Minister
  A statement by French Culture Minister Aurelie Filipetti spells bad and possibly fatal news for the country’s “three strikes” anti-piracy scheme. The Minister said that not only is the cost of running Hadopi too great to justify, but the agency has failed to deliver when it comes to developing the availability of legal content. As the final insult, Filipetti said that Internet disconnections are a disproportionate way to deal with infringement.

  Source: Three Strikes Anti-Piracy Budget “Too Expensive To Justify” Says Minister

• Anti-Piracy Group Sues Torrent Site Webhost for Damages
  Hollywood-backed anti-piracy outfit BREIN is going after a former hosting provider of SumoTorrent and demanding compensation for the damages caused by the torrent site. Hosting provider XS Networks previously refused to take the site offline or reveal the identity of the owners unless it was presented with a court order. XS Networks’ lawyer Steven Kroesbergen accuses BREIN of deliberately destroying the company to intimidate other hosting providers.

  Source: Anti-Piracy Group Sues Torrent Site Webhost for Damages

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