Online TV/Music
08 September 2010
Film industry hires cyber hitmen to take down internet pirates Sydney Morning Herald
The film industry is using pirate tactics to beat the pirates - by employing "cyber hitmen" to launch attacks that take out websites hosting illegal movies.
Google TV to launch this year The Guardian
The new Google service will bring the web to TV screens - the announcement comes a week after a new version of Apple TV was unveiled
Police in Europe conduct raids over file-sharing sites Computerworld
Police across Europe conducted raids Tuesday against Internet service providers and private individuals to collect evidence against several Web sites suspected of offering content to file-sharing networks without permission of the copyright holder.
07 September 2010
Swedish authorities step up battle against file-sharers [IDG] Computerworld
Swedish police have searched houses belonging to people suspected of illegal file-sharing in Stockholm, Haparanda and Östersund in the last two weeks.
05 September 2010
Online television: Old-media firms are firmly in control of internet video The Economist
Like stallholders in a busy market, technology companies hawked their online-video services this week. In Berlin, Sony announced it would begin selling films over the internet to Europeans. In San Francisco, Apple unveiled a smaller, cheaper Apple TV, a set-top box designed to play videos. It also said some television shows would be available à la carte for 99 cents. YouTube, a video-streaming website owned by Google, is trying to cut deals with studios that would allow it to rent newly released films. Amazon too is reportedly trying to build a subscription service. But while technology companies are making all the noise, old-media firms are quietly steering the market.
03 September 2010
Apple, Google to clash in music space by Christmas Reuters
Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.
30 August 2010
iPod sales drop to lowest quarterly number since 2006 The Guardian
... The latest sales figures for the quarter to June showed 9m sold - the lowest quarterly number since 2006. In short, the iPod, launched in October 2001, looks to be in terminal decline. While Apple is unworried - sales of its iPhone and iPad are booming - the drooping figures for the digital music player market are a concern for another sector: the music companies.
24 August 2010
In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV New York Times
It is a fantasy shared by many Americans: dropping cable television and its fat monthly bills and turning instead to the wide-open frontier of Internet video. Some are finding that the reality is not that simple.
23 August 2010
Pornographic videos flood YouTube BBC News
Video-sharing website YouTube has removed hundreds of pornographic videos which were uploaded in what is believed to be a planned attack.
21 August 2010
U2 manager still thinks ISPs are freeloading CNET
This month's U.K. edition of GQ Magazine contains a fairly substantial article from U2 manager Paul McGuinness in which he blames Internet service providers and technology companies directly for the falling sales of recorded music. As he notes in the article, he made a speech on this subject about two years ago and was roundly criticized by various "anonymous bloggers." I've never been anonymous, but I did point out some of the factual inaccuracies and weird assumptions in his speech at the time.
18 August 2010
Google TV plan is causing jitters in Hollywood Los Angeles Times
Many worry that Silicon Valley will upend the entertainment industry just like the Internet ravaged the music and newspaper industries.
08 August 2010
Study: TV king in US, Asians rely on mobile video Washington Post
The Chinese watch half as much television each day as Americans do, but they are more likely to catch video on computer or mobile phones.
06 August 2010
AFACT v iiNet: Copyright holders continue to push industry code Computerworld
Both AFACT and presiding judge, Justice Emmett, have looked to an industry code of conduct to counter copyright infringement, but stalled discussions may not restart
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in BlackBerry talks BBC News
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will hold talks with the UAE over the ongoing BlackBerry dispute.
05 August 2010
iiNet v AFACT: latest updates - iiNet appeal may not solve piracy issue Computerworld
A Federal Court judge has questioned whether a decision by the court in the appeal between film studios and internet service provider iiNet will actually resolve the dispute over copyright infringement by internet users.
04 August 2010
iiNet had power to stop downloads Australian court told The Australian
Film studio lawyers say ISP iiNet had the technical ability and power to prevent customers from abusing its network for film piracy but failed to act.
02 August 2010
One Way to Save the Music Industry BusinessWeek
Given the persistence of digital music piracy, a new subscription-creation model borrowed from online gaming could aid ailing record labels
30 July 2010
YouTube Gives Users Their 15 Minutes of Fame New York Times
As of Thursday, you can subject your friends and family to 50 percent more of your baby making that cute cooing noise or your dog doing that funny dance.
28 July 2010
Torrent legality study 'horribly wrong', says TorrentFreak ZDNet
Global BitTorrent news source TorrentFreak has ridiculed the veracity of a University of Ballarat study on the legality of BitTorrent usage, labelling some of its claims "horribly wrong" and saying that "mistake after mistake" was made during its preparation.
27 July 2010
Hulu's sharp decline in viewership underscores inconsistency in measuring size of online audience Los Angeles Times
Hulu has been hailed as the future of television, but its reputation has been based in part on measurement techniques rooted in the past.
24 July 2010
ISPs battle against three-strikes rule throughout EU Network World
Irish ISP UPC said Friday that it will continue to vigorously defend itself against liability proceedings taken against it in the country's courts by music companies.
23 July 2010
Most BitTorrent files illegal: Australian study The Australian
If it were possible to scoop up an armful of files shared on BitTorrent, the overwhelming majority of it would be illegally copied or pornographic.
New Zealand behind, so we download more Stuff
A lack of timely and legal access to movies and music is encouraging New Zealanders to illegally download them, says a New Zealand entrepreneur.
22 July 2010
U.S. lawmakers demand tough action on China piracy Reuters
U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday called for tough new measures to punish China for its failure to stop widespread piracy and counterfeiting of U.S. goods ranging from music CDs to manufactured products.
20 July 2010
Booming Demand for TV on the Internet in China New York Times
Internet TV has arrived in China. Every month, about 300 million people in China are using a computer to watch Chinese TV dramas, Japanese and Korean sitcoms, and even American films and television series like "Twilight" and "Gossip Girl." Live streaming of the recent World Cup also drew a huge online audience.
