ZeroPaid Interviews the Pirate Party of Canada
If you asked a file-sharer in, say, 2005, if there would be a political party with a focus on, among other things, copyright and internet rights issues, you were more ...
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Canadian Copyright Consultation – Transcript of Round Table 1 Online
The first round table on the copyright consultation has concluded and its subsequent transcript was posted online. There was plenty being said including scepticism over the existence ...
Has the Transcoding Problem Worsened Thanks to YouTube?
If you're a hardcore rock fan, the name "Deadmau5" might not really ring a bell - unless you know someone who is familiar with the "rave" scene. One of ...
EU Commissioner Wants to Overhaul Internet Download Regulations
It seems only a month or so ago when we were talking about the battle in the European Union to stop an EU-wide three strikes law. Apparently, ...
BPI Exec – Industry Shouldn’t Have Fought Napster
It may have taken 10 years for one executive to come up with this revelation, but the head of the British Phonographic Industry, or BPI, has recently admitted that the ...
‘Study’ By Online Music Licensing Org – File-sharing Makes Pop Music More Popular
Does file-sharing help make pop music popular? That debate has been going on for years, but a study appears to have sided with those that believe that file-sharing is ...
Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement
It seems that every year, a high profile anti-piracy entity winds up being on the wrong end of a copyright violation – this year did not disappoint.
This may very well ...
Canadian Copyright Board Increases Blank Media Levy Rates
Says that it's the economy stupid.
A report today on Exclaim Magazine says that the Canadian Copyright Board has raised the levy on CDs up 40 percent. That ...
British Government Announces Support for Copyright Term Extension
In a move that sent shock waves around the internet, Culture secretary Andy Burnham announced that he supports extending the UK copyright term from 50 to 70 years.
It's been a ...
Legal Questions Raised Over MP3 Resale Website
Is it really legal to sell your DRM-free music files?
Here's the scenario: you have a hard drive full of MP3s you don't really listen to anymore. The standard response ...
Sony Music Sued for Breaching US Privacy Laws – Fined $1 Million
It could negatively affect web developers this time.
There's an interesting report on Wired's Threat Level which details Sony getting sued by the FTC for $1 million. While ...
RIAA Sued for Price Fixing – 6 Years Later
It has been a little over 6 years since the Recording Industry Association of America settled a case where they were accused for price fixing. The ...
ZeroPaid Interviews FilesTube – a Web Search Tool for Files
There's a website currently growing in popularity that might be able to find that song you are looking for without installing a p2p client. This website is called FilesTube.
As ...
Scratch: The Ultimate DJ a Rip Off of Beatmania?
Guitar Hero has become a successful product in North America for quite some time. While the basic ideas about the game isn't entirely new, apparently, this was lost on ...
Nokia Thinks a DRM Based Online Music Business Model Will Work
In light of major music stores selling DRM encoded music collapsing, Nokia apparently thinks that they can somehow reverse the trend and make a successful business model out of it. ...
Another DRM Music Store Scheme Bites the Dust – Wal-Mart Shuts Off DRMed Music
Sometimes, it's just plain difficult to be an honest customer these days. This was proven again with the shut down of Wal-Mart's DRM music server.
There is a ...
German GEMA Copyright Protest Posted on YouTube
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 ...
Artist Sends Truckload of Forms to GEMA to Protest Copyright Laws
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 ...
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 ...
Large Private BitTorrent Site Deep Bass Nine Back Online
After about a week of being offline, one of the largest Drum N' Bass private BitTorrent websites is finally back online. The news comes as relief to many fans ...
