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It's one of 2011's more troubling, if less sexy developments: that of major publishers and platform holders finding ways to stop customers taking them to court if something goes wrong with their product or service.

A few moments ago Sweden's Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant leave to appeal in the long-running Pirate Bay criminal trial. This means that the previously determined jail sentences and fines handed out to Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström will stand.

The 24-year-old student from Seattle, whose murder conviction and eventual acquittal became a media sensation, has signed a book contract.

A dispute over whether a Swedish ISP can be forced to hand over the details of one its subscribers to an anti-piracy group has just received its long-awaited ruling from the Europe's highest court. A few moments ago the ECJ announced that there are no EU barriers which prevent the ISP handing over its customers' private...

Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana) is a World Heritage Site near Tivoli, Italy. The Region of Lazio is proposing to install a landfill nearby for garbage

By Antti Vilpponen, February 01, 2012, Leave a CommentTorrentFreak has come out with an article on the situation with the legal problems of the Pirate Bay founders. The Swedish Supreme Court has rejected the leave to appeal in the trial. This essentially means that the sentences in place given to the founders of the file-sharing...

Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, has filed legal documents seeking an appeal fo

The United States Supreme Court has declined to review the murder conviction of Phil Spector. The producer's attorneys argued that his constitutional