Teachers sell notes on P2P network
For all those teachers who take work home at night, creating lessons they hope kids will like, the reward is a good day in class. Now there could be another payoff: cash.
Teachers are selling their original lectures, course outlines and study guides to other teachers through a new Web site launched by New York entrepreneur [...]
MTV says it will sell videos on iTunes
Viacom Inc.’s (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) MTV Networks on Thursday said it has begun selling more of its shows at Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iTunes digital media store.
Original programs from Viacom’s Spike TV, TV Land, MTV and Logo channels can now be purchased for $1.99 per episode. Earlier, Viacom’s Comedy Central network [...]
Virgin France cops €600k piracy fine
Virgin France has been slapped with a €600,000 fine for illegally downloading Madonna’s Hung Up for resale on its site – in the process ignoring an “exclusive deal reached by Warner Music France with France Telecom and Orange”, the BBC reports.
France Telecom had inked a €500,000 deal with Warner, which allowed it to exclusively offer [...]
P2P Legal Insurance Available in Sweden
Such an obvious idea, but what perfect timing. According to Slashdot, a Swedish company is now offering insurance against possible P2P lawsuits.
“A new insurance company in Sweden is offering a new policy to protect you from the RIAA [Swedish]. For a mere 140 SEK ($19 USD) per year, they will pay all your fines and [...]
Camcorder piracy probe nets arrests
FBI raids Wednesday led to the arrest of 13 members of an international movie-piracy ring suspected of being responsible for half of all camcorder copies of films available on the black market and on the Internet in the U.S., according to the MPAA.
It was estimated that the New York-area group is responsible for 25 percent [...]
Senate deals blow to Net neutrality
A U.S. Senate panel narrowly rejected strict Net neutrality rules on Wednesday, dealing a grave setback to companies like eBay, Google and Amazon.com that had made enacting them a top political priority this year.
By an 11-11 tie, the Senate Commerce Committee failed to approve a Democrat-backed amendment that would have ensured all Internet traffic is [...]
Senators target Net, phone taxes
Americans will pay less in Internet, mobile and local telephone taxes in the future, according to multiple proposals approved by U.S. Senate committees Wednesday.
One set of tax changes comes from the Senate Committee on Finance, where Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, won approval of legislation that would rescind a 3 percent telecommunications tax on [...]
Court refuses to return (Pirate Bay) servers
A Stockholm court today rejected an application to return servers seized in raids against file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.
Internet hosting company PRQ had demanded the return of both paperwork and computer equipment seized by police, saying that the material had no significance for the investigation and arguing that it was vital for PRQ’s work.
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Spain outlaws P2P file-sharing
A Spanish intellectual property law has finally banned unauthorized peer-to-peer file-sharing in Spain, making it a civil offense even to download content for personal use.
The legislation, approved by Congress on Thursday, toughens previous provisions. An early May circular from Spain’s fiscal general del estado, or chief prosecutor, allowed downloads for purely personal use.
Now Spaniards caught [...]
US Congress joins ‘Internet neutrality” debate
Congress has plunged into a multi-million-dollar debate over Internet usage fees that are feared by computing giants like Google and Microsoft and championed by the phone companies.
Opponents of the new usage toll — predominantly the IT heavyweights — demand nothing less than “Internet neutrality” where all traffic remains free in the spirit of democratic usage [...]
