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The latest on the STLR radar:

Ephemeral Law takes a look at the court documents in Microsoft’s challenge to the Waledac botnet, which it describes as on the “cutting edge of legal efforts to shut down hacking operations.”

The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Department of Justice is stepping up its [...]

In a decision delivered on February 4, 2010, the Federal Court of Australia (see Wikipedia entry here) ruled that Australian Internet Service Provider (ISP) iiNet could not be held liable for unauthorized downloads of copyrighted movies by its customers (Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Limited (No. 3)). The applicants were a coalition of thirty-four [...]

This week on the STLR radar:

Freedom to Tinker conducts a “census” of files shared through BitTorrent, finding 99% of them to infringe copyright.

From Business Week: a Pittsburgh couple is suing Google for trespass because Google posted pictures of their residence, including their pool and driveway.

Italy will hold YouTube liable for uploads that infringe copyright or [...]