breakingnews
21.04.2009, 11:06
A U.S. student could face a $1 million fine for his passion for music. In a landmark case, he's being sued for illegally downloading just seven songs. One of the country's top law schools is ready to defend him.
15.10.2010, 22:57
2 comments
Russia's leading Internet players are calling on lawmakers to make pirates, not providers, responsible for illegal downloads.
26.03.2010, 08:50
2 comments
Hackers in Latvia claim the country was selling arms to Somalia in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. They say they obtained copies of documents proving a top Latvian official supplied weapons to pirates.
15.11.2009, 10:42
3 comments
Russia's Interior Ministry is investigating charges of police corruption made by Russian police officer Aleksey Dymovsky. Meanwhile, more revelations are surfacing on the Internet of corruption in the police.
02.07.2010, 07:55
A year on since the ban on gambling came into effect in Russia, there is a growing disappointment that the business is still prospering.
06.03.2009, 19:43
The lawyers defending former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, have appealed to a Moscow court to drop the charges against their clients, claiming absence of corpus delecti.
17.03.2009, 18:18
A Moscow court has turned down all appeals filed on behalf of former Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner, Platon Lebedev.
09.05.2009, 15:04
A Saint Petersburg investigator might stand trial for helping a convict escape from prison. The woman is said to have acted in ‘personal interests.'
25.06.2009, 23:15
A cash collector is suspected of stealing around $8 million that he was supposed to deliver to a bank. Officials say this is the largest robbery ever committed in central Russia's Perm region.
29.07.2009, 09:11
Pyramid schemes have been around for more than 100 years, sucking people in and spitting them out financially crushed when the pyramid collapses. The greatest con in Russia's recent history left millions penniless.
Published: 08 June, 2009, 16:19
Global recording companies are suing a U.S. student for allegedly downloading 7 songs from a file-sharing website. The music lover could end up paying a high price for his passion - US$1.5 million
Well, we're seeing the ugly face of the music industry. Seems that making an example out of this guy is what all this is about. Moral of the story? Steal from the big mafia like guys, you end up in cement shoes. Don't you just love capitalism? Imagine, they rip you off, then kill you when you steal from them.