The reason isn’t currently clear at this time. There’s an interesting report on CNET which suggests that over 10% of the MPAA work force might be laid off. A spokesperson confirmed that layoffs are happening, but didn’t confirm the extent of how much of the workforce would be laid off. From the report: The MPAA’s [...]

Many things have been happening surrounding your rights on the internet and a number of these things are occurring in Britain. We interviewed Open Rights Group to get a better idea of what things have been like and what things might be like in 2009. It’s been quite a year in 2008 for British citizens. [...]

There’s been a development in the RIAA lawsuit where a Harvard Law professor decided to step in. There’s an interesting report from a Connecticut news site that discusses the latest developments in a case where a Harvard Law professor stepped in to intervene in a file-sharing lawsuit that probably would have otherwise ended up like [...]

While a victory, the EFF notes it may also just be a footnote in a long list of lawsuits against user generated sites. The EFF is currently highlighting a new legal victory for video sharing sites. The case is known as the UMG vs. Veoh case where UMG sued video sharing site Veoh for the [...]

There are reports surfacing that says that the RIAA has fired a so-called p2p investigator. Ray Beckerman says that they were being sloppy. The report comes from CNet which cites the Wall Street Journal. MediaSentry is a company the RIAA hired to, among other things, to investigate alleged copyright violations. The company was brought under [...]

If it’s the job of the government to safeguard the interests of citizens, it’s sure hard to tell these days with moves like this. Fresh on the heals of India adopting new surveillance techniques that make privacy one step closer to becoming history in that country, the Home Office of Britain has adopted a plan [...]

What would it be like if all those anti-privacy laws you keep hearing about passed? Just ask someone who lives in India. When it comes to countries in North America, it’s not often that India reaches the headlines unless a Canadian or an American is involved in the story. Then again, there is the occasional [...]

After the internet filtering trial, there will be no such thing as opting out of the internet filters. The internet filtering plan from Australia seems to keep getting more and more disturbing. Clear back in 2007, the word from Australia said that the internet filters will become mandatory for all Australians following the trials currently [...]

In the face of another major slump in CD sales, the major record labels say they have other streams of revenue as well. A report from the New York Times has some interesting comments from the major record labels. Neilson Soundscan reports that CD sales have slumped this year with the top selling album selling [...]

It’s the end of 2008 as we know it, but what will 2009 bring? We look at the past for clues into the future. There’s been plenty of ups and downs just like any other year, but as we march on into 2009, what can we expect to see in what could shape up to [...]

‘Please don’t log on to tvants,com and watch our major exciting games live for free’. There’s an interesting story on the New York Times recently about stream piracy which is where someone manages to get a stream from a major sports event pirated online live for free. The strange part is the fact that they [...]

Just about everything is quick on the internet unless you’re a Canadian and have a complaint about a telecommunications giant. For those who thought that the new complaints commission in Canada was a marvelous plan that would go off without a hitch, they may want to hit the back button on this next story. A [...]

Researchers want to know how teens in Sweden develop their morals and social norms through websites like MySpace and ThePirateBay. Over the years, ThePirateBay developers have gone from having a single BitTorrent website to a multi-purpose website that has been subject to anything from overall praise to illegal attacks from anti-piracy organizations. Now, it’s drawing [...]

Windows 7, a beta of it’s up and coming operating system, has reportedly been leaked on BitTorrent. Beta testers and some media outlets have apparently had access to Windows 7 for some time now, but the recent beta release of Microsofts next generation operating system has been leaked onto BitTorrent sites like The Pirate Bay. [...]

While it’s something occurring in Britain, it also could affect talks between Britain and the United States too. Controversy erupted yesterday over a plan to classify internet websites in an effort to supposedly “save the children”. Now, Open Rights Group is pointing out that a British MP is now seeking feedback on the proposal. Since [...]

The Jammie Thomas case has recently took a turn for the worse for the RIAA. Is merely putting a song in a shared folder copyright infringement in the United States? That’s what the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) was hoping for, but at seemingly the last possible moment, the precedent that would dictate such [...]

It may very well be one of the most well-known file-sharing cases of 2008 and as the year comes to a close, it seems only fitting that the entire transcript has been posted. A recent posting on Recording Industry vs. People shows the transcript of the Capital Records vs. Jammie Thomas case. The transcripts aren’t [...]

It may be another way to prove the futility of an internet blacklist mandated by the government. With governments like Britain and Australia pushing for blacklisting websites under the guise of “protecting the children”, it seems as though the leaking of Thailand website blacklist couldn’t have come at a better time. The report from Wikileaks [...]

Britain and the United States next in line to filter the internet while saying the internet is nothing more than a broadcaster? Last week, we posted a relatively thorough piece on why the internet should not be considered little more than a broadcaster mainly because we saw the government using the description to push internet [...]

Two major websites are currently under the legal gun for allegedly assisting copyright infringement. It is suppose to be a first of it’s kind case – at least, that’s what a Korean news site is reporting currently. The report says that two website operations were not complying with copyright complaints, so the local copyright industry [...]