It alleges that Mr Dotcom was head of a group of Megaupload employees that made millions from copyright piracy.
The SDMI claims that the public release of the information would put industry efforts to combat copyright piracy in jeopardy.
But with the exploding growth of the Internet and related technological advances, new methods have been developed to make copyright piracy easier.
And although the court said that firms will not be held responsible if they discover only after launching a product that it is being used for illegitimate ends, there is considerable scope for interpretation over what may constitute encouraging copyright piracy.
Noting ASEAN's commitment to the ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Action Plan 2011-2015, we looked forward to the progress resulting from cooperation and capacity-building in fighting trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy and to the development and strengthening of intellectual property rights regimes.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
Trade organisation the Recording Industry Association of America sued Napster in December, claiming that the website promotes piracy and copyright infringement.
Representatives from Books On Tape Inc. (link below) and Audible, two of the leading recorded book sites, say concern over piracy, copyright and reduced royalties may keep accredited book publishers and authors from licensing their property for use on MP3 players.
"We take pride in the work we've created and are committed to helping reduce copyright infringement and software piracy, " said a spokesperson, who claimed that the firm handled many complaints from gamers who have been exposed to malicious software or fraud after joining a private server.
This is to prevent copyright violations and reduce video piracy.
In my view, additional enforcement efforts above this point are likely to be subject to rapidly diminishing returns, both in reducing the rate of piracy and increasing copyright holder revenues.
The action was taken by the country's Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC), known locally as TTVK, which contacted the father after it discovered his ISP account had connected with The Pirate Bay.
Professor Harnad argues that what is at issue is what he calls 'self piracy': copyright was drafted to protect the author from theft of his product - but academics would be dealing with their own work, so comparisons with the widespread net piracy of music, text or software do not apply.
Medvedev recognizes the ongoing fight against piracy and protection of copyright laws, but says that many people also have an interest in sharing information freely.
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The point of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was to protect content holders and prevent piracy.
The makers of the first VCRs, the first MP3 players, and YouTube all faced civil copyright litigation from content companies accusing the firms of promoting piracy.
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The question whether such use constitutes "piracy" and should be treated in the same way as traditional piracy is at the heart of the current copyright debate.
The San Francisco company's peer-to-peer data transfer technology has been blamed for helping online piracy to flourish, thanks to its use by several copyright-infringing media sites.
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"Piracy" includes the reproduction and distribution of copies of copyright-protected material, or the communication to the public and making available of such material on on-line communication networks, without the authorisation of the right owner(s) where such authorisation is required by law.
Copyright owners blame the peer-to-peer networks for enabling rampant piracy, and say they're responsible for slumping music sales and lost revenue.
The fight against online piracy just gained a new weapon in the form of the Copyright Alert System (CAS) aka the " six strikes" policy.
These groups and others, like the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), convinced Congress that copyright interests trumped innovation on the Internet, leading to the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House and Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate.
Warner Brothers is a staunch supporter of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and keeps a keen eye out for infringement of its own copyright and trademarks.
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But Congress has for centuries recognized some form of copyright, the Constitution explicitly authorizes the legislature to do so, and even Salam and Ruffini concede that piracy is common and increasing.
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