home about us contact us recent sampling of cases filed 305 748 2102 welcome prenda law is a law firm that provides legal services to content producers and creative professionals . our focus is purusing individuals and businesses who infringe on the copyrights associated with our clients creative works . our practice includes addressing the unique legal issues posed by internet based piracy where the vast majority of infringement occurs under the cover of internet protocol ip addresses . in addition our firm pursues hackers that break into our client s pay websites to steal digital content . prenda law actually pioneered this litigation . pirate code modern day intellectual property pirates practice many of the customs of their sea faring forebearers . by way of example both groups abide by a set of rules i.e. a pirate code to provide a structure intended to enhance the effectiveness of piracy operations . a description of pirate codes associated with the likes of such buccaneers as captain henry morgan can be found on wikipedia here the pirate codes of modern day intellectual property pirates are more focused on assuring that everyone is participating in the distribution of pirated content . for example the principles embedded in the bittorrent protocol assure that every downloader is also an uploader . the rules of some bittorrent websites take this principle to more extreme heights . for example certain private bittorrent websites require users to maintain a minimum upload download ratio . failure to abide by these principles can result in a lifetime ban which is not the worst fate considering the consequences of crossing blackbeard . google fights piracy according to an article published on digital trends google is taking steps to implement several anti piracy measures which will ideally make it more difficult for searchers to located pirated material . first google is increasing its responsiveness to takedown requests of so called reliable copyright holders . second its autocomplete function will filter out greater amounts of infringing results . third google s adsense program will attempt to reduce its presence on websites associated with piracy . finally google indicated that it would tweak its search algorithm to promote search results linking to legitimate requests . pixar s president discusses copyright laws according to a recently published article in the salt lake tribune ed catmull president of pixar studios linked international copyright protection to pixar s ability to continue investing in the cutting edge technology that s brought us such movies as wall e monster s inc. and up all of which are presumably registered trademarks of pixar animation studios . at his utah valley university speech catmull singled out russia and china as nations where copyright protection is particularly lacking estimating that up to 90 percent of the value of pixar s recently released movies were lost due to poor copyright protection . according to catmull if the global community values continuing innovation in the computer animation field it must allow studios to recoup the value of their investment in such innovation . links berne convention copyright office copyright overview copyright statutes creative commons resources patry blog geist blog canadian law ip watch digital piracy 101 digital piracy occurs through several channels . each of these channels offers trade offs between likelihood of detection convenience and content availability . direct file sharing this most basic form of piracy involves friends simply transferring files directly to one another via an instant messaging program e.g. aim e mail or other similar means . direct file sharing is difficult to detect but content availability is limited to the files held within the peer group . file locker sites this form of piracy occurs when an individual uploads content to one of the many file locker sites e.g. rapidshare and shares the link typically via a content specific forum with the general internet population . third parties then follow that link to a site where they download content . file locker piracy is relatively easy to detect but is not an extremely convenient means of sharing files . nor is content availability as high as in other channels though this is changing fast . peer to peer piracy this form of piracy occurs when individuals use a peer to peer protocol e.g. bittorrent to transfer files . the typical steps in this process involve using a search function to locate the desired content and then running a software program that implements a given protocol to download the desired content . p2p piracy suffers from easy detection but is extremely convenient and the content availability is breathtaking . virtually any form of content published in the past 20 years is available via p2p networks.test test test home about us contact us current litigation information copyright 2011 prenda law inc. . all rights reserved.web design by no. 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