• ISPs and Tracking Company Ready to Start Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme
  Soon, five large U.S. Internet providers will begin to warn and punish alleged copyright infringers as part of the “six strikes” anti-piracy scheme. While details are still scarce, TorrentFreak is informed that MarkMonitor will be responsible for tracking down alleged infringers, and that an independent expert review of the evidence gathering technology has been completed. ISPs have also been making progress and several are now ready to start sending out warnings, although none of them wants to go first.

  Source: ISPs and Tracking Company Ready to Start Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Scheme

• Movie Pirates Handed Jail Sentences, Ordered To Pay 1.1 Million Euros
  Five men have been sentenced for their role in releasing pre-release copies of Hollywood movies onto so-called Internet ‘top sites’. A court handed out suspended sentences of between three and six months to individuals from two Internet release teams said to be responsible for causing Disney, Warner Bros. and Universal millions of dollars in damages. Together they will have to pay damages totaling more than 1.1 million euros.

  Source: Movie Pirates Handed Jail Sentences, Ordered To Pay 1.1 Million Euros

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