On May 25th a lawyer of Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij told a Swedish newspaper his client seeks to appeal the recent Stockholm District Court ruling which granted the Swedish government control over the company’s domain names “piratebay.se” and “thepiratebay.se”. For those who do not know, The Pirate Bay facilitates the online sharing of data…

Il dieci marzo, i giurati di un tribunale di Los Angeles hanno imposto agli autori Pharrell Williams e Robin Thicke il pagamento di 7,3 milioni di dollari alla famiglia di Marvin Gaye. Secondo i giurati, una canzone di successo di Thicke e Williams, “Blurred Lines”, ha violato il copyright di una canzone di Gaye del…

On March 10th a jury in Los Angeles ordered songwriters Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke to pay $7.3 million to the family of Marvin Gaye. The jury found that Williams and Thicke’s hit song, “Blurred Lines”, infringed on the copyright of Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up.” While Thicke and Williams have previously…