Los Angeles - Police in as many as 14 European countries launched a coordinated series of raids on suspected file-sharing network operations on Tuesday, according to published reports. Belgian authorities reportedly spearheaded an investigation that led to the raids against companies including Sweden's PRQ -- the new Web host of whistleblower site WikiLeaks -- but Swedish prosecutor Frederick Ingblad confirmed for the local Expressen.se that WikiLeaks was not  a target of the operation.read more

Los Angeles - It took the maker of a documentary about Swedish file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay just three days to raise the $25,000 he needs to finish production from online donations, TorrentFreak reported. A campaign on the Kickstarter crowd-sourced fundraising platform has thus far raised $30,525 for filmmaker Simon Klose's "TPB AFK," described as "an observational, character driven film about three guys whose hobby homepage became the embryo of a global political movement." read more

Lots of good stuff here - check it out. Food for thought, indeed. Thanks, Johanna. View the PDF of Johanna Blakley's TEDxUSC talk about fashion and IP.

Duluth, Minn. - A federal judge has set a date of Oct. 4 to begin a third trial for convicted file-swapper Jammie Thomas-Rassett, following the breakdown of mediation talks on copyright infringement damages with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Duluth News Tribune reported. The judge previously reduced a $1.92 million jury verdict against Thomas-Rassett to $54,000, and then ordered the parties into the mediation on damages, which both sides told the judge was unsuccessful. read more

Los Angeles - A federal judge will not freeze the assets of file-sharing service LimeWire and its founder Mark Gorton, rejecting a request from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which recently won a copyright infringement case against the company, CNET News.com reported.read more