3 Count: Un-Rapidshare

Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Rogers Gets Supreme Court Win in Movie Piracy Case First off today, The Canadian Press reports that the Supreme Court of Canada has handed a victory to area ISP Rogers by saying that service providers should be paid a reasonable fee for their efforts in looking up subscribers suspected of committing copyright infringement. The case pitted Rogers against Voltage Pictures, which has been famously aggressive in suing those it suspects of pirating its movies. When they sought subscriber information from Rogers they agreed to provide it, but only if Rogers agreed to pay $100 per hour of work plus tax. Voltage balked and sued Rogers, saying that Canadian law obligated them to turn over the information without payment.  However, the Supreme Court sided with Rogers, saying that the ISP was entitled to reasonable payment for the effort needed to compile the information. However, it said…

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