UK PMs Internet Censorship Insinuation Receives Praise from China
You know your internet censorship plans are too strict when China praises you for it.
I'll say this right off the bat, if someone told me one month ago that I ...
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MPAA, RIAA Blast Google’s Pledge to Fight Net Filters
Call the move "baffling," and a form of a "corporate imperialism." Say proposed US net filter doesn't compare to China's "Great Firewall" because China's filter isn't "bi-partisan" or "narrowly ...
PSN Outage: Day 9 – Sony Threatened With Fines As World Gov’t Involvement Increases
Sony, Visa and a few others have been trying to reassure PSN (PlayStation Network) that users credit card information is still safe in spite of unverified reports that money is ...
China Authorities Threaten BitTorrent Sites with Prison Time
Country's Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate and Ministry of Public Security jointly announce that anybody guilty of illegally distributing copyrighted material that reaches 50,000 hits will face ...
Software Developers Try Lower Prices to Fight Chinese Pirates
Some finally realize it doesn't make sense to charge nearly US-style prices in a country with a paltry per capita GDP of $6,600 compared to $46,000 in the US.
The one ...
South Africa Mulls Mandatory Net, Mobile Phone Porn Filter
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba looking to institute a total ban on the digital distribution of otherwise legal pornography to "protect" the constitutional rights of women and ...
Chinese USB Wifi Crackers Make Three Strikes Laws Obsolete?
With many countries considering a three strikes law, it's interesting how privacy and copyright can go hand in hand online. With China's notoriety for online censorship, it's only interesting ...
EU Web Filtering Debate Heats Up With IT Group Denouncing It
There's already been a lot of talk about a possible web filter in the EU and now the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), a group representing a number of ...
China Reaffirms Plans to “Purify” the Internet
Says crackdown on online pornography is part of overall effort to preserve "national long-term stability," build a "harmonious socialist society," and prevent the "poisoning of ...
Chinese Turn to Pirated DVDs After BitTorrent Closures
Proves real problem is the lack of affordable and convenient content delivery services.
Last week I mentioned how China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) closed some ...
Microsoft – We Don’t Have a Monopoly in China Because of Piracy
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 ...
China’s Online Gaming Industry Performance Puts Alleged Piracy Effects in Question
For those who have heard about China being a hotbed for piracy a million times by anti-piracy organizations, there's an interesting report on just how the actual online video game ...
Google Launches Free Music Service in China
The focus in China from the world may be on the Olympics in Beijing, but Google currently has plans that has less to do with sports and more to do ...
China, piracy, and Spiderman 3
While China warns the US about WTO piracy complaints, a $1 dollar bootleg of Spiderman 3 hits the streets of Beijing two weeks before it ...
China warns US over anti-piracy action
China has rejected US claims that it is not doing enough to combat the illegal copying of music and movies, claiming that any attempt to penalize it would 'seriously harm' ...
EVD, the Chinese DVD alternative Part 2
After its previously failed attempts at attracting consumers, it was announced yesterday that the EVD, or Enhanced Versatile Disc, is being rereleased in a new massive campaign to promote ...
Online encyclopedia offline in China
China's easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived.
Users reported Friday that the site was unavailable in several parts of China, barely a ...
Microsoft considers China policy
A senior executive for Microsoft has said the firm could pull out of non-democratic countries such as China.
Fred Tipson, senior policy counsel for the computer giant, said concerns over the ...
Chinese city may fine Web surfers
A major city is threatening to fine Web surfers up to 5,000 yuan ($625) for online defamation amid a surge in short satirical Internet films, a news report said Monday.
The ...
Chinese Government Relaxes Its Total Ban on Wikipedia
The Chinese government last week appeared to lift its block on the English-language version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an unexpected move that comes almost a year to the day ...
