• “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Monday
  The much-discussed U.S. six strikes anti-piracy scheme is expected to go live on Monday. The start date hasn’t been announced officially by the CCI but a source close to the scheme confirmed the plans. During the coming months millions of BitTorrent users will be actively monitored by copyright holders. After repeated warnings, Internet subscribers risk a heavy reduction in download speeds and temporary browsing restrictions.

  Source: “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Starts Monday

• Scammers Extort BitTorrent Users Posing as Law Enforcement
  A mysterious company using the name “Internet Copyright Law Enforcement Agency” is sending letters to home addresses of alleged BitTorrent users, asking them to pay a settlement fee of hundreds of dollars or face jail time. The outfit claims to work with law enforcement and says it protects the rights of popular artists such as Skrillex and Cee Lo Green . The sophisticated scam goes beyond what we’ve ever seen before, and suggests that there may be people at the ISP level involved.

  Source: Scammers Extort BitTorrent Users Posing as Law Enforcement

• Pirate Party Will Fight Anti-Piracy Group, Inside or Outside Court
  This week the Swedish Pirate Party came under attack from a movie and music industry-backed anti-piracy group. Rights Alliance informed the party that if they continue to work with The Pirate Bay, legal action will follow. With a demonstration and protest set to take place in Stockholm tomorrow, Pirate Party leader Anna Troberg is promising her adversaries a fight, whether that be inside or outside court.

  Source: Pirate Party Will Fight Anti-Piracy Group, Inside or Outside Court

• Google Fails to Punish “Pirate” Sites in Search Results, RIAA Says
  Following mounting pressure from international rightsholders, last year Google finally caved in and said it would start making ‘pirate’ sites more difficult for its users to find. But, according to the RIAA, this was a false promise. The music group says that sites for which Google receives thousands of DMCA notices still outrank legitimate services. To correct this problem the RIAA is now urging the search engine to “immediately make the necessary changes so its pledge becomes a reality.”

  Source: Google Fails to Punish “Pirate” Sites in Search Results, RIAA Says

• Pirate Bay Bandwidth Supplier Disconnected, But The Ship Sails On
  This week the Swedish Pirate Party and one of its bandwidth suppliers were told that they must stop servicing The Pirate Bay or face legal action. It now appears similar threats were extended to Portlane, another Internet provider even further up the connectivity supply chain. TorrentFreak has learned that in a move designed to protect Portlane, The Pirate Bay is no longer utilizing bandwidth from this provider. This shows that even if Portlane had complied, the site would have remained online.

  Source: Pirate Bay Bandwidth Supplier Disconnected, But The Ship Sails On

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