Negotiations have been speeding along with ACTA and public advocacy organizations are losing their patience over how long it’s taking for ACTA to finally be made public. There’s no shortage of criticism for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), but one of the biggest criticism is that it’s been kept out of the eyes of the [...]

Is blogging a crime if you hold a certain opinion? Apparently so according to the RIAA who plans on litigating the famed lawyer. Some may disagree with his opinions, but very few dispute the fact that Ray Beckerman has maintained the biggest and most valuable resource regarding litigation brought on by the copyright industry. According [...]

With the release of a new tool that allows people to play backed up copies of games available on Nintendo Wii, some are suggesting that this is really little more than a gateway to piracy. There is word recently on TehSkeen that a software tool has been developed for the Nintendo Wii that allows gamers [...]

It may be one of the biggest P2P media disasters this year and now the media outlet responsible for a debate between The Pirate Bay has apologized for the incident. SVT blames an internal communication error. There has been a development over at The Pirate Bay – and this development has caused them to cut [...]

Over 100 public interest organizations have demanded that ACTA, the notoriously secret treaty being negotiated by numerous nations around the world, to finally be made public. The EFF points to a very interesting news release which announces that several organizations from around the world are demanding that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement be made public. The [...]

We noted a very interesting case in Germany where an artist sent 70,200 forms to GEMA in a truck – the whole thing is currently available on YouTube. When we first reported on the story, we had only the information on what had happened. Now it seems as though videos of what had transpired is [...]

Making copyright an election issue has been largely an underground movement. That could change in later legs of the Canadian election if meetings as scheduled in Calgary continue. Can copyright be an election issue? That’s a tall order considering how other issues like the economy, gas prices, the televised debates and job security have been [...]

Apparently, keeping your fingers crossed is good enough for the Australian government who plans to use ISP-based filtering technology despite evidence saying it’s a waste of time and money. There’s an interesting report from Australian IT which says that the Australian government has allocated $125.8 million in taxpayers money to help internet security initiatives – [...]

Should the Irish police be burdened with getting a warrant whenever there is a suspicion of piracy? According to Dermot Ahern, the Irish Justice minister, the answer appears to be “no” as he pushes for tougher anti-piracy laws. It may be a first in Europe. There is a new effort to combat piracy (it appears [...]

There’s some more anti-p2p propaganda starting to circulate as news in Britain, but an investigation into the law firm reveals that there is a connection between the law firm and the RIAA. It seems to be the latest thing for the Recording Industry Association of America – hire different firms to pretend to be an [...]

With ever-present news of a possible election in Canada coming, the death of the current incarnation of the Canadian DMCA is no longer a question of if, but when. There’s been no shortage of coverage on the very real possibility that Canada will be headed into an election very soon. We’ve covered the issue before [...]

Here’s a relatively unique way to blame piracy – say that it’s the reason you don’t have a monopoly to avoid anti-trust fines. There are those that hear the same old tired scapegoat. Profits down? Blame piracy. Sales down? Blame piracy. Sales up? It’s in spite of piracy and there could be more sales. Profits [...]

Boldly going where no ISP has gone before. Some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like some of the ones located in Britain have ended up being bullied into or willfully accepting content filtering of the internet. Other ISPs like ones located in Australia will openly disagree with content filtering. One ISP in France, called “Free”, appears [...]

You’d think that with the passage of the Higher Education Act, which forces colleges and universities in the United States to block P2P and promote authorized music stores, that companies like Napster would have it made – obviously, that’s not the case. It is starting to look like Napster may once again become a symbol [...]

Protests against over-reaching surveillance powers isn’t just for Europeans anymore – the campaign appears to be expected to make it all the way to the United States among other countries. After an unusually long time without announcements, EDRI posted observations of the ‘Freedom, Not Fear’ campaign. The report contains the following: After last year’s demonstration [...]

There’s been quite a lot of evidence to support the idea that copyright term extension in Europe is a bad idea, yet the people tasked to determine whether or not it’s a good idea seems to simply think otherwise. Many suggest that the evidence has been ignored in favor of lobbying. The Open Rights Group [...]

It seems that one political party in New Zealand has some bold plans for the future of New Zealand’s technology sector. There’s an interesting report over on Stuff which suggests that one of the political parties of New Zealand, namely the Green Party, is pushing for bold plans for New Zealand’s technological future. The policy [...]

Sometimes, news reports end up being merely propaganda for anti-piracy efforts. Sometimes, these efforts spread blatantly false information – we look at one of the latest efforts out of Australia. There’s a difference (some say social, others say financial and a few say there’s no difference at all) between burning and selling DVD’s of movies [...]

You got to hand it to the Germans, they know how to protest. News is surfacing that a German artist, who was fed up with copyright laws, decided to protest by creating a song that required 70,200 forms to be filled out. It may not be quite as funny as Sony BMG being raided and [...]

The computer industry has, no doubt, been a huge success in the last 50 or so years – including the hardware side of things. Has all that success been largely thanks to piracy? The CEO of ID Software seems to think so. CustomPC is pointing to an interesting interview on GameIndustry.biz where the issue of [...]