Online TV/Music
06 September 2012
French antipiracy authority 'happy' it has sent just 14 cases to court in the last year Computerworld
Just 14 of the 1.15 million emails warning of copyright infringement sent out by the French online antipiracy authority have resulted in a case file being sent to a court -- but Mireille Imbert-Quaretta, president of the Commission for Rights Protection, is happy with that.
05 September 2012
Pirate Bay co-founder Warg to be deported from Cambodia BBC News
One of the founders of the popular file-sharing The Pirate Bay website is to be deported from Cambodia.
CRTC paints picture of Canada's Netflix boom Globe and Mail
Canada is rapidly becoming a Netflix nation. A report issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Tuesday showed 10 per cent of Canadian adults subscribed to the online on-demand movie and TV show service as of last fall, up from 6 per cent the previous spring. That amount has jumped even higher since then, industry observers say.
04 September 2012
BitTorrent study finds most file-sharers are monitored BBC News
Anyone using file-sharing service BitTorrent to download the latest film or music release without paying is likely to be monitored, UK-based researchers suggest.
Bruce Willis to take on Apple over iTunes inheritance (actually, no he's not!) CNET
Reports that veteran Hollywood actor Bruce Willis is reportedly looking to take on Apple in a bid to pass on his vast music collection to his children after his death have been disputed. The claims, which were originally reported by The Daily Mail have been debunked by Willis' wife via Twitter.
03 September 2012
Pirate Bay co-founder Warg arrested in Cambodia BBC News
One of the founders of the popular file-sharing Pirate Bay website, has been arrested in Cambodia, the local police have announced.
29 August 2012
UKNova made to halt television and radio torrent links BBC News
UKNova has stopped offering BitTorrent links after becoming the latest file-sharing site to be targeted by copyright defenders.
25 August 2012
US music file-sharer must pay damages BBC News
Joel Tenenbaum must pay $675,000 in damages awarded to the major US music labels after his request for a retrial was turned down.
24 August 2012
German 'porn pirates' to be named BBC News
A German law firm that has been pursuing net pirates says it is going to begin naming some of those accused.
23 August 2012
How Hollywood Is Encouraging Online Piracy: The death of the DVD is pushing users to piracy Scientific American
Face it, movie fans: the DVD is destined to be dead as a doornail. Only a few Blockbuster stores are still open. Netflix's CEO says, "We expect DVD subscribers to decline steadily every quarter, forever." The latest laptops don't even come with DVD slots. So where are film enthusiasts suppose to rent their flicks? Online, of course.
20 August 2012
Fact's victory over Surfthechannel is a decisive blow in the copyright wars The Guardian
Anton Vickerman probably didn't want to enter the history books in this way. As the founder of surfthechannel.com, a website that provided links to TV and film content - in a significant number of cases, unlicensed and illicit - the 38-year-old last week became the first person in Britain to be jailed for running a site linking to pirate material. He was jailed for four years after a private prosecution brought by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, AKA Fact, funded by the TV and film industries.
18 August 2012
Google's anti-piracy move prompts file-sharers' reply BBC News
Two file-sharing websites have suggested that Google's decision to demote in its search results websites linked to copyright-infringement complaints would not harm them.
17 August 2012
Google Sinks Internet Pirates Domain Name Strategy
Google is taking a big step towards combating online piracy, announcing a change in its search algorithm that will favor legally downloadable content over pirated materials. The search engine will begin taking into account the number of valid copyright removal notices when determining the rank of pages in a specific search, thereby theoretically pushing sites that receive the most notices to the bottom of the heap.
Surfthechannel owner launches furious attack on anti-piracy prosecution The Guardian
Anton Vickerman, the Briton sentenced this week to four years in jail for running a website that linked to pirated US TV and film content, has launched an 18,000 word attack on the anti-piracy organisation that ran a private prosecution against him.
15 August 2012
German ISPs Must Hand Over File Sharer Info to Rights Holders, High Court Rules CIO
German ISPs must hand over to content rights holders the names and address of people connected to an IP address used for sharing material illegally, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled, a court spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Surfthechannel owner sentenced to 4 years jail after piracy conviction BBC News
The owner of Surfthechannel.com - a site that provided links to illegally copied TV shows and films - has been sentenced to four years in jail.
YouTube is teens' No. 1 pick for music listening CNET
Gone are the days of teenagers buying albums and listening to them all the way through, as are the days of following beloved radio DJs and tuning in at the appropriate times. The new generation is opting for their own music curating by means of YouTube, according to a new study released today by consumer research firm Nielsen.
11 August 2012
Google alters algorithm as Hollywood lobbyists win latest copyright battle The Guardian
Google is to make a significant change to its search algorithm from Monday, downgrading websites that persistently breach copyright laws.
06 August 2012
French illegal downloads agency Hadopi may be abolished CNET
The French Government is set to shut down its police service into illegal downloads, after the new government described the service as "expensive", "disproportionate" and failing to achieve its aims.
05 August 2012
Internet Pirates Will Always Win New York Times
Stopping online piracy is like playing the world's largest game of Whac-A-Mole. Hit one, countless others appear. Quickly. And the mallet is heavy and slow.
31 July 2012
Olympics fans find ways to circumvent NBC's online control Reuters
It took Jason Legate, a Walnut Creek, California-resident, all of 10 minutes to connect his computer to a London-based server and access BBC's coverage of the Olympics Saturday, thereby circumventing NBC's lock on coverage in the United States.
TV should switch to internet, UK peers suggest The Guardian
The switch to digital television may be only the beginning, as a Lords committee says that all TV should be broadcast via the internet, leaving the airwaves free for mobile phones
26 July 2012
In Sweden, Taking File Sharing to Heart. And to Church New York Times
People almost everywhere are file sharing these days, using computers to download music, films, books or other materials, often ignoring copyrights. In Sweden, however, it is a religion. Really.
25 July 2012
More than 2,000 British O2 'porn pirates' to be sent letters BBC News
More than 2,000 O2 customers will receive letters accusing them of illegally downloading porn films.
23 July 2012
Kiwis are still internet piracy cheats Stuff
Movie studios say internet piracy appears to have halved since the controversial "SkyNet" three-strikes copyright law came into effect in September but they are still unhappy.
