Norwegian Broadcaster Puts Popular TV Show on BitTorrent
Experiments with making content widely available to its viewers without expensive server costs by using good old-fashioned P2P.
P2P and file-sharing services continue to change the dynamics of content and media distribution as we know it. There are a number of movies that suffered from poor box office sales or straight to DVD hell but [...]
EU’s Top Court: ‘ISPs Don’t Have to Name File-Sharers’
European Court of Justice ends dispute between a Spanish music copyright group and a Spanish ISP.
In a big blow to copyright groups’ attempts in fighting online piracy, the European Court of Justice ruled today that in civil cases member countries can refuse to provide the names of suspected illegal file-sharers.
The case [...]
German District Court Orders Rapidshare to Block Copyrighted Content
Wants site to somehow inspect every single uploaded file to make sure that it’s not copyrighted.
There’s some interesting news out of Germany today whereby the District court of Dusseldorf has recently ordered the popular web hosting site Rapidshare to immediately begin blocking the uploading of copyrighted material to the site.
The decision isn’t [...]
U2 Band Manager: ‘Ban Music Pirates from the Internet’
Wants ISPs to adopt a “three strikes and you’re out” enforcement policy.
Paul McGuiness, the manager of Irish rock band U2 for some 30 years, is now calling for ISPs to ban those who illegal download music from the internet.
In a recent speech titled “The Online Bonanza: Who is Making All The Money and Why [...]
Qtrax Announces First Legal P2P Music Service, But 3 Major Record Labels Deny Deal
Press release heralds new ad-supported P2P music downloading model supposedly embraced by the music industry, but EMI, Time Warner, and Universal now deny agreeing to license their music libraries in this way.
Over the weekend a new and innovative free and legal P2P music service called Qtrax was announced. Using an ad-supported downloading model that [...]
uTorrent 1.7.7 Stable Released
Fixes security issue that allowed hackers to execute DOS attacks via WebUI and the potential to do so with extension protocol.
Earlier this month it was reported how the uTorrent BitTorrent server server was vulnerable to a remote crash bug via WebUI.
Luigi Auriemma, the security expert who discovered the flaw, pointed it out in [...]
The Pirate Bay to be Charged by Swedish Prosecutors
Case partly based on evidence collected in the 2006 server raid.
This Thursday, the 31st of January, Swedish public prosecutor Hakan Roswall plans to charge The Pirate Bay with being an accessory and conspiracy to break that country’s copyright law, which could lead to fines or up to two years in prison.
The real [...]
Copy Music and Movies From Any iPod to Your Computer
It’s easy enough to get all your music and movies onto your iPod, but have you ever tried to get them off? It’s nearly impossible, and IS impossible using iTunes. You will have to use a third party application like Podmaxx.
Podmaxx lets you copy music from ANY iPod to your computer without hassle. Not only [...]
Warner vs. Seeqpod – Testing The DMCA Safe Harbour Provision
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is pointing to the Warner v SeeqPod (PDF) copyright complaint, suggesting that the safe harbor provisions in the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) could be tested in the courts
In essence, there are search engines online today that operate under the idea of ‘if it’s illegal, tell me and we’ll take [...]
IFPI: Digital Music Sales Up 40%, Total Music Sales Down 10%
Releases 2008 Digital Music Report which says, among other things, that govts and ISPs must begin to “take responsibility” and protect creative content.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI) released its annual Digital Music Report yesterday and it paints a somber picture of an industry still in crisis mode. It says that the music [...]
