Damaged Undersea Cables Prompt Egypt to Ask File-Sharers to Take it Easy
Wants priority to be given to businesses and other, more important interests than downloading movies and MP3s, after damage to 2 undersea cables forced all traffic onto a single cable backup system.
Egyptian users of P2P and file-sharing services are being asked to help out after two of three cables that carry Internet [...]
STUDY: 26% of Kids Still Using Limewire
Proves that despite the music industry’s best education efforts and scare tactics, illegal file-sharing among kids is here to stay.
There’s a new study out that was conducted by market research firm NPD on the music downloading habits of “tweens,” youths aged 9 – 14, and it paints an interesting picture of what the future [...]
The Pirate Bay: ‘We’ll Keep Operating Even If We Lose Copyright Case’
New blog posting on the site says that no matter what “We’ve been here for years and will be here many more.”
Today Swedish public prosecutor Hakan Roswall formally charged four people responsible for operating The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker site, for accessory and conspiracy to break that country’s copyright [...]
Swedish Movie Industry Exaggerating Losses from Illegal File-Sharers?
Brokep of The Pirate Bay breaks down the alleged annual losses his country’s entertainment industry is claiming and the numbers just don’t add up.
Since early last week everybody’s had a field day with the MPAA’s mea culpa about how their 2005 piracy study erroneously blamed US college students for being responsible for 44% of its [...]
Canadian MP – Debate WIPO Before Copyright Ratification
A member of the New Democratic Party of Canada is essentially calling on the government to stay true to its own election platform. Charlie Angus is calling for debate before new Copyright legislation is tabled
One of the talking points by Maxime Bernier, the minister of Canadian Industry who took the reigns of the copyright [...]
French File-Sharers to Begin Receiving E-Mail Warnings this Summer?
Is part of that country’s new "3-strikes-and-you’re-out" policy for suspected illegal downloaders.
Several months ago I noted how France was creating a new 3-strikes-and-your-out policy for those repeatedly accused of illegal file-sharing.
The agreement forges together music producers, audiovisual producers, ISPs and public authorities, each pledging to do their part in fighting internet [...]
MPAA’s Still Not Changing Attack on College Students After 300% Mistake
Still says that those responsible for a mere 15% of domestic and 3% of global piracy must still be pursued and held accountable – even if it means going after federal education funds.
Last week I reported how the MPAA had a mea culpa of sorts and announced that it had "mistakenly" overstated total domestic [...]
IFPI Praises Raid on 335 Internet Cafes with 600 Cops to Make 1 Arrest
Meanwhile real criminals run free and more music fans feel the wrath of a copyright group growing increasingly desperate in its war on piracy.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) must be hard pressed for tangible success stories these days with a recent report out of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo [...]
Report – Some Video iPods Incompatible With iTunes Video Rentals
A report on Wired says that some iPods are not compatible with the iTunes video rental store. Not good news for fifth generation iPod owners planning on using the service.
“We just have to make [piracy] as difficult and as tedious as possible,” Dan Glickman, Motion Picture Association of America said during an interview on [...]
US State of the Union Address – Give Telecoms Immunity
The debate over whether or not telecommunication companies should be given retroactive immunity for wiretaps has been one of the hottest topics in the American technology industry today. In the recent State of the Union Address, George W. Bush commented that telecommunication companies which holds sensitive information should be protected.
The comments given may likely [...]
