Easily one of the most interesting developments in technology from this past week was the release of the beta version of Flash 10.1. What makes this version of the almost ubiquitous, and often annoying, browser plug-in so earth-shaking? The latest iteration of Flash promises to make a huge leap in the technology’s usability by enabling [...]
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Will now only send one warning letter to those accused of illegal file-sharing before it implements technical measures that include Internet disconnection.
UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson and his Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has apparently been quite successful in lobbying for legislation to implement its “evolved” measures for tackling illegal file-sharing.
So successful in [...]
Will offer streaming music videos and concert footage from select artists.
Hulu, the ubiquitous free streaming video on demand site, has announced that it’s teamed up with Big 4 music label EMI to begin offering free streaming of music videos and concert footage with select artists.
“We think Hulu is an excellent, high-quality environment and a great [...]
Revenue earned by artists from both concerts and recorded music sales has risen steadily over the past 5 years as revenue earned by labels has declined dramatically, therefore making the case that the only real loser from illegal file-sharing has been the record labels themselves,
Music labels have been the most vocal critic of file-sharing, doing [...]
“Secure Federal File Sharing Act” would bar government employees and contractors from downloading, installing, or using file-sharing software without official approval.
Finally somebody in Congress has realized that there is a real problem when govt employees install P2P software on the same PC that contains sensitive information.
U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY), Chairman [...]
Swedish BitTorrent site tracker site further decentralizes content distribution, and in fact decides not to run a tracker anymore.
Swedish BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay has taken content distribution to the next level with the introduction of site-wide magnet links that let you download a torrent directly into your BitTorrent client, instead of your browser.
The [...]
Despite a great deal of evidence to the contrary, the MPAA and its allies in the content industries constantly declare that it is, “impossible to compete with free.” As recently as this September, Frederick Huntsberry, the Chief Operating Officer of Paramount Pictures declared before an FCC hearing that, “ultimately no industry can compete with [...]
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Second largest phone company in the US agrees to forward notices of copyright infringement on behalf of the entertainment industry, perhaps hinting at a sign of things to come as ISPs slowly enter the world of content distribution.
Perhaps hinting a sign of things to come, Verizon Communications will reportedly begin forwarding notices of copyright [...]
Given chance to appear before the Swedish Court of Appeal and argue against order requiring it to cut off bandwidth to Swedish BitTorrent tracker site after it was convicted for copyright infringement.
Back in early August, Sweden’s Stockholm District Court ordered Black Internet, The Pirate Bay’s largest bandwidth provider, to cut off service to the [...]
From 6pm to midnight file-sharing traffic will be slowed, but not blocked.
Starting today, UK-based mobile phone provider 3 will begin throttling network P2P traffic during peak hours, which a spokesman says is generally between 6pm and midnight.
“In busy areas, at busy times customers using mobile broadband can experience a slower service,” it told ZDNet [...]
