| Sat May 10 |
 | Take a Picture of Yourself, Help Protest Restrictive Copyright Reform (0 comments)
The Open Source Cinema is currently looking for mugshots of you for an upcoming movie that opposes restrictive copyright changes. |
 | French RIAA Announces Deadline to Ban File-Sharers from the Internet (2 comments)
The EFF points us to new disturbing demands by the French version of the RIAA known as SNEP (Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique). |
| Fri May 9 |
 | QuickSilverScreen Accused of Copyright Infringement, Temporarily Shutdown (1 comments)
Pressure from the Malaysian government causes the site's host to ask them to temporarily shutdown their main server. |
 | Canada Gets More Copyright Consultations (1 comments)
Was it something Michael Geist or a Canadian MP said or have the concerns over Copyright started spilling into more action within Canada? Whatever started this, though likely for many reasons instead of one, it seems that discussion over copyright and how to change laws for the better has seen substantial growth in the last few weeks - a growth not seen since Michael Geist's Facebook group. |
 | LA County to Hold Property Owners Responsible for Piracy (1 comments)
New ordinance holds property owners accountable for the manufacture and sale of pirated movies and music on their premises much in the same way they do drugs, prostitution, and gang-related activity. |
 | Fake MP3s Running Rampant on Limewire, eDonkey (3 comments)
McAfee Avert Labs reports of more than 600,000 VirusScan Online users detecting an executable trojan in what it calls the most significant malware outbreak since 2005. |
 | Demanding the Impossible - RIAA Demands ISPs to Fight Piracy (0 comments)
Trying to get the gatekeepers of the internet - mainly the Internet Service Provider - to fight against 'copyright infringement' is nothing new. |
| Thu May 8 |
 | Comcast Mulls 250GB Monthly Cap, Disconnecting File-Sharers (5 comments)
Insider says should only affect 14,000 of its 14 million customers, but new policy that terminates accounts who receive 4 DMCA letters in a 12 month period may have more dramatic effect. |
 | TorrentSpy to Appeal $110 Million Judgment (1 comments)
Site's attorney says the defunct BitTorrent tracker site filed for bankruptcy in England last week and can't afford to pay the amount ordered by the judge. |
| Wed May 7 |
 | MPAA Wins $100 Million Judgement Against TorrentSpy (4 comments)
Called a "significant victory" by the MPAA, but for users it was merely a brief inconvenience as they migrated to one of the tens of thousands of other BitTorrent tracker sites there are to choose from. |
 | Azureus - A Beginner's Guide to BitTorrent Downloading (0 comments)
Easy step-by-step guide that will help you start downloading movies, music, TV shows, and more in no time at all. |
| Tue May 6 |
 | Microsoft's Zune Now Offers TV Downloads, 'File-Sharing' (5 comments)
Expands online store to include video downloads and lets you share music with other "Zune Pass" subscribers. |
 | Swedish Man Convicted for Illegal-File Sharing (4 comments)
31yo at the center of Sweden’s largest file-sharing case is given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay the equivalent of 40 days' wages, the Swedish news agency TT reported. |
 | Planex DigiJike BitTorrent NAS Downlaods, Converts BitTorrent, YouTube Videos (0 comments)
Lets you download content via BitTorrent and Youtube and convert to MPEG-4, FLV, or MPEG-2 format for viewing on a PSP, iPod, Wii, or TV. |
 | NIN Releases New Album 'The Slip' For FREE (0 comments)
Continues to jolt the music industry by offering latest album as a free download to thank fans for their "continued and loyal support over the years. |
 | NY Introduces 'Piracy Protection Act' to Fight CAMs (1 comments)
First-time offenders would face up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, with repeat offenders being charged with a felony. |
 | RIAA Steps Up Campus File-Sharing War, Says Using 'Better Software, More Servers' (3 comments)
Sends out record numbers of copyright infringement notices after it apparently undergoes a “major change in the software and hardware” it uses to detect illegal file-sharing. |
| Sun May 4 |
 | Streaming Coming to UseNet? (0 comments)
UseNet has always been a network that appears to be for either people who have money or people who are able to work some of the most user-unfriendly applications around. |
| Fri May 2 |
 | 'Ono' - New Azureus Plugin Increases Download Speeds by 883%? (9 comments)
Experimental plugin uses CDN info to proactively find nearby peers, leading to a better response time and significantly improved download speeds. |
 | USA - Copyright Infringer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison! (1 comments)
Operation Site Down may be old news, but a press release from the Department of Justice about a fork project known as operation CopyCat has just entered the headlines once again. |
| Thu May 1 |
 | Anti-Piracy Czar to be Created in US Congress (6 comments)
On the heals of a critical victory for file-sharers in the United States, a new turn is unfolding that may be seen as a critical setback should it come to fruition. |
 | File-Sharing Lawsuits - Could They Be Over? (7 comments)
Recent ruling that actual unauthorized distribution must take place and not simply the act of making copyrighted material available could bring an end of P2P lawsuits as we know them. |
 | iTunes Announces Same-Day DVD Releases (2 comments)
Could the country's largest music retailer soon become the country's largest DVD retailer?
Since Apple first launched its online movie rental service back in January it has suffered from a combination of selection and availability. |
| Wed April 30 |
 | MPAA's Anti-Piracy Dogs Visit Another Elementary School (3 comments)
Lucky and Flo's North American "education" tour continues to teach children how to respect the copyrights of the multi-billion dollar entertainment industry when somebody should be teaching them how to read and write instead. |
 | Britain - Growing Calls Emerge to Make Phorm Opt-In (0 comments)
After being criticized for being illegal by many including FIPR, now there is growing calls by others to make Phorm opt-in instead of opt-out to conform with British privacy laws. |
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