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In the majority of cases, rightsholders avoid pursuing BitTorrent users in Sweden since it’s technically problematic to prove more than an individual case of unauthorized sharing, such as that of a single movie, TV show, or music album.

Small infringements like this aren’t generally considered worthy of criminal prosecution.

In their lawsuit against Patricia McIlvaine (also known as P.J.

McIlvaine) and Does 1-10, Hollywood giant Fox said it would be seeking damages and injunctive relief for copyright infringement and contributory copyright infringement.

David Schumm points us to the news that the makers Dice Age, a strategy game involving some very funky and different dice, which was successfully funded via Kickstarter, has run into a bit of a stumbling block in trying to trademark its name.

Legal procedures against file-sharing related sites and services are regular events and hardly a week goes by without a handful of stories appearing online.

Most are the usual affairs with sites hosting illegal material directly or, as is most often the case, offering links to material, or even links which link to material.

In its quest to stamp out piracy, the MPAA continues to pump money into its lobbying activities in the hope of planting the seeds of legislative change.

While the debate over whether corporations should be allowed to lobby crime-fighting organizations such as the police and FBI will rage on, at least there is an enforced level of transparency which allows the public to see where lobbyists are spending their money.

While all kinds of piracy are a thorn in the side of Hollywood, when illicit movies appear on the Internet at the same time as theatrical releases, this particularly draws the ire of studios.

By now the beginning of the Wolverine leak story is a well-worn tale.

In April 2009 an unfinished ‘workprint’ copy of the movie appeared online and spread like wild fire, a month before it was due its official release.

Not surprisingly, Fox – the studio behind the production – went ballistic.

The villain behind this crime would be made to pay dearly, they vowed.

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Following two adjournments, the trial of file-sharing site operator Vincent Valade got underway in France today.

Scheduled to run for 3 days, the Paris Criminal Court will hear evidence that claims between 2005 and 2006, Valade “provided films without the permission of copyright holders.”