"Streaming and BitTorrent Sports Links Site Declared Legal"
Streaming and BitTorrent Sports Links Site Declared Legal Written by enigmax on July 24, 2009 A site which carries links to both live streaming sporting events and BitTorrent downloads has had the case against it kicked out by a judge. Rojadirecta.com was initially reported for copyright infringement by sports rights holder AudioVisual Sports back in 2007, but it’s been decided they have no case to answer. In 2007, Rojadirecta, which describes itself as one of the world’s major Internet sports broadcast indexes (linking to many soccer events plus NBA, MLB, NFL, NPB, IPL etc), was reported for copyright infringement by sports rights holder Audiovisual Sport. The company, a subsidiary of Spanish communications group PRISA (which owns Canal+, SportMania, various satellite channels, radio stations and newspapers), accused Rojadirecta of facilitating copyright infringement on various sports broadcasts by providing access to them via the Internet. [...] http://torrentfreak.com/streaming-and-bittorrent-sports-links-site-declared-... ciao, juan carlos
http://torrentfreak.com/napsters-10-million-bid-for-the-pirate-bay-rejected-... Global Gaming Factory (GGF), the company planning to acquire The Pirate Bay, has received a bid of $10 million from John Fanning, the former Napster CEO and uncle of its founder, Shawn. Other interested parties have contacted GGF in recent weeks, but thus far, they have all had their multi-million dollar offers rejected. Earlier this week Wayne Rosso cast doubt over the ability of GGF CEO Hans Pandeya's ability to raise the funding for the Pirate Bay takeover. In a response to these allegations the board of GGF has revealed that there is more interest than some had expected. One of the parties that offered a 2 million dollar investment in the acquisition is John Fanning who operated Napster, one of the first mainstream file-sharing applications. In addition, the board revealed that Fanning offered GGF 10 million dollars for The Pirate Bay itself. John Fanning discussed his plans with Hans Pandeya in London but they did not reach an agreement. The 10 million bid on the site and its assets has been rejected and thus far there is no official deal closed on the 2 million investment offer. In addition to Fanning's offer, GGF has also received an informal bid of 16 million dollars for The Pirate Bay by an unnamed Russian company. This offer has also been declined, GGF's board announced. "The basis for a legal site has been placed and contracts are expected to be concluded shortly with a leading player in the entertainment industry. The development of the company is very positive, and goes as planned," Hans Pandeya said in a comment.
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