LEGAL INSIGHTS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNET LAW & ONLINE BUSINESS

Movie studio executives are determined to shut-down any and all file-sharing sites. They wring their hands, claim poverty, and consistently push the meme, “movie pirates* and streamers are dirty thieves who cost the film industry millions of dollars!”
But according to a representative from well-respected, market-research firm, GfK, “pirates” and “streamers” are Hollywood’s most loyal customers.
The Secret Report That Was Buried By Movie Industry Executives
German website, Telepolis (think Germany’s Huffington Post), first broke the story. According to Telepolis, an anonymous GfK employee divulged that studio executives recently shelved a damning, comprehensive, industry study.
Why the subterfuge? Supposedly, the report revealed that people [...]

One has to wonder if Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) ever ended up watching a Cowboys’ game online when stuck at the office late at night. Or Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), do you think she’s ever tempted to download the latest episode of the Good Wife from The Pirate Bay when waiting for a phone call to come in? How about Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), has he ever watched a blow-up on The View on an “unauthorized” blog?
Sure, the scenarios above probably never happened, but if they did, do you think the named officials should do jail time for the “cyber [...]