– Spanish piracy bill: The Spanish government wants to introduce a piracy-busting law. As Torrentfreak and Elpais.com report, the New Sustainable Economy Law bill is being drafted after long and fruitless discussions between politicians and ISPs. Unlike in France and the UK, the Spanish government says it isn’t threatening to disconnect individual users – it would shut down, without a court order, P2P trackers and video streaming sites. However, ISPs will be obliged to hand authorities on who is suspected of committing the copyright abuse.
– Swedish P2P ruling: Entertainment businesses may have shut down Dutch P2P site Mininova last week, but the Stockholm District Court has ruled in favour of a P2P tracker. The Open BitTorrent client, run by the Portlane ISP, can stay open despite the fact its users exchange copyrighted content. Prosecution lawyer Monique Wadstead, who acted for film studios against the Pirate Bay, says she will appeal the ruling. From SR.se.
– Global Gaming Factory: It’s the small cap Swedish games company that launched an ill-fated and sometimes bizarre bid for infamous P2P tracker The Pirate Bay, and GGF is back to tell us it’s still interested in making a bid. In its Q3 earnings report the company says it’s “improved the technical solution to be included in a successful acquisition”, though it admits revenue from a legal Bay would be less than it once expected. From the first nine months of the year revenue reportedly increased 270 percent to nearly $1.37 million. Via Torrentfreak.
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