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| Italian police crack down on DC++ illegal p2p network - huge fines handed out by the fiscal police |
Downloading |
| Weeks of monitoring by the Italian Fiscal Police (GDF) have led to a major crackdown against an alleged illegal music file-sharing network in Italy. |
Italy |
10/01/2007 |
CIB-7-3410 |
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| China fines Schneider $45m |
Electronics |
| A Chinese court has ordered France’s Schneider Electric to pay a Chinese company $45m in damages for infringing its patent, the largest amount ever awarded in an intellectual property case in the country. |
China |
9/30/2007 |
CIB-7-3392 |
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| Cisco rebukes counterfeit trader |
Electronics |
| Cisco has reached a settlement with distributor Gen-X IT as part of its effort to crack down on counterfeit stock in the channel. |
UK |
10/01/2007 |
CIB-7-3403 |
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| Court issues $1.2m confiscation order |
Movies & Music |
| Customs has successfully made its first application to the District Court to confiscate crime proceeds of $1.2 million from a pirated optical discs syndicate mastermind. |
Hong Kong |
10/04/2007 |
CIB-7-3423 |
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| RIAA Piracy Trial Set to Begin Tuesday |
Music |
| The first piracy suit from RIAA to make it to trial starts Tuesday, with Jammie Thomas fighting accusations of sharing some 1,702 songs through the Kazaa network. |
USA |
10/02/2007 |
CIB-7-3408 |
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| RIAA Jury Finds Minnesota Woman Liable for Piracy, Awards $222,000 |
Music |
| Twelve jurors here said the Minnesota woman must pay $9,250 for each of 24 shared songs that were the subject of the lawsuit, amounting to $222,000 in penalties. |
USA |
10/04/2007 |
CIB-7-3419 |
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| Woman Ordered To Pay $9,000 For 12 Songs |
Music |
| An Upstate woman's quest for music has turned into a federal case, after a judge ordered her to pay $9,000 for downloading 12 songs off the Internet. |
USA |
10/04/2007 |
CIB-7-3420 |
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| Arrest Puts Spotlight on Guitar Fakes |
Recreational Goods |
| It's a familiar tune, a sad lament actually, about a product falling victim to counterfeiters. Lately, they've been picking on guitars. |
USA |
10/02/2007 |
CIB-7-3407 |
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| Minister pleads innocent in counterfeit goods case |
Shoes |
| Leslie Ray “Buster” White, a member of the Tony Alamo Ministries in Fouke, pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday to trafficking in 1,475 pairs of counterfeit Nike shoes and trafficking in counterfeit labels of copyrighted compact music discs. |
USA |
10/05/2007 |
CIB-7-3429 |
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| Microsoft outs another software pirate |
Software |
| Microsoft has won £35,000 in damages against a counterfeit software seller, and has forced those involved to publicise the award in an industry publication. |
UK |
10/02/2007 |
CIB-7-3409 |
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| Forgery gang jailed for 22 years in Scotland |
zCurrency |
| Six members of a counterfeiting gang have been jailed for 22 years for their part in a forgery operation capable of threatening Scotland's economy. |
UK |
10/03/2007 |
CIB-7-3405 |
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