Online TV/Music
04 August 2008
Australian online movie fans face scrutiny The Age
Internet users who download illegal copies of the latest movies and television shows could get warning letters in the mail.
F.C.C. Vote Sets Precedent on Unfettered Web Usage New York Times
The Federal Communications Commission formally voted Friday to uphold the complaint against Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, saying that it had illegally inhibited users of its high-speed Internet service from using popular file-sharing software. The decision, which imposes no fine, requires Comcast to end such blocking this year.
02 August 2008
F.C.C. Vote Sets Precedent on Unfettered Web Usage New York Times
The Federal Communications Commission formally voted Friday to uphold the complaint against Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, saying that it had illegally inhibited users of its high-speed Internet service from using popular file-sharing software. The decision, which imposes no fine, requires Comcast to end such blocking this year.
30 July 2008
Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music industry The Guardian
This month's announcement of a back-room deal between ISPs and the big record companies to spy on suspected copyright infringers and reduce the quality of their internet connections is just the latest paragraph in the record industry's long, self-pitying suicide note, and it's left me wishing they'd just pull the trigger already and stop beating their chests and telling us all how unfair it all is.
IFPI, Italian police take down "Italian Pirate Bay" ars technica
A popular torrent tracker in Italy closed up shop today, handing the international music trade group IFPI another victory against P2P. Colombo-BT.org now points to a page that says, "Access denied in execution of an Italian Court Authority injunction."
Comcast Illegally Interfered With Web File-Sharing Traffic, FCC Says Washington Post
A majority of the Federal Communications Commission has concluded that cable operator Comcast unlawfully disrupted the transfer of certain digital video files, affirming the government's right to regulate how Internet companies manage Web traffic.
26 July 2008
uk: Net firms pledge no spying in filesharing crackdown The Guardian
Internet service providers have pledged not to "spy" on the web habits of customers as part of an agreement with the government to punish illegal sharing of music and films.
music companies to police illegal downloads The Times
No sooner had Britain's six biggest ISPs agreed to monitor illegal file sharing than the web was abuzz with suggestions to get around the scheme.
25 July 2008
uk: Illegal downloaders to get warning letter in government clampdown The Guardian
Internet service providers have struck a deal with government and the music industry to help clamp down on illegal downloading. The deal, to be announced later today, is thought to include an agreement for ISPs to send out hundreds of thousands of letters to account holders responsible for illegal downloading.
24 July 2008
UK net firms in music pirates deal BBC
Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to be backing a government plan to tackle music piracy online. The plan commits the firms to working towards a "significant reduction" in the illegal sharing of music.
Piracy: Look for the silver lining The Economist
... Companies, of course, would strongly disagree with this suggestion. Piracy is generally bad for business. It can undermine sales of legitimate products, deprive a company of its valuable intellectual property and tarnish its brand. Commercial piracy may not be as horrific as the seaborne version off the Horn of Africa. But stealing other people's R&D, artistic endeavour or even journalism is still theft.
23 July 2008
Net TV technology, P2P Next, seeks testers BBC
Testers are being sought for technology that may help TV migrate to the net. The P2P Next project has created a trial, or beta, version of software that can stream video across a file-sharing network.
18 July 2008
EU moves to free up music rights BBC
Music download stores like Apple's iTunes could soon be able to operate one shop for the whole of Europe, under new rules brought in by EU regulators.
16 July 2008
Canadian court orders Quebec file-sharing site shutdown National Post
Canada's recording industry has won a court order shutting down a popular Quebec Internet site that allowed users to share music and films free of charge.
09 July 2008
eu: MEPs back contested telecoms plan BBC
European politicians have voted in favour of amendments to telecoms law which campaigners say could be used to curb privacy online and file-sharing.
08 July 2008
Europe votes on anti-piracy laws BBC
Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels.
07 July 2008
Europe drafts law to disconnect suspected filesharers The Register
France has suggested an amendment to the pan-European Telecoms Package, which would bar broadband access to anyone who persists in illegally downloading music or films.
06 July 2008
BBC Leads the Way onto the Web BusinessWeek
For online video streaming, the BBC's iPlayer has been a huge success. U.S. broadcasters like ABC and NBC could take a lesson
05 July 2008
The internet's traffic jam The Guardian
As more and more people download albums and watch movies via the web, are we heading for an 'internet crunch'?
04 July 2008
uk: Warning letters go to Virgin Media music file-sharers BBC
Virgin Media has sent about 800 letters to customers warning them that they should not be downloading illegal music files via file-sharing sites.
30 June 2008
Dutch court rules against law that allowed file downloading PC World
A court in the Netherlands has ruled against an interpretation of local copyright law that allowed for downloading of copyrighted materials.
24 June 2008
The Pirate Bay moves to counter Swedish wiretapping law Computerworld
The Pirate Bay is adding encryption to its Web site in order to counter a new Swedish law that allows wiretapping of Internet and phone traffic.
19 June 2008
France to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet under three-strikes rule The Times
Anyone in France who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access under a controversial new law that makes the country a pioneer in combating internet piracy.
18 June 2008
Entertainment and advertising move east in a mobile world The Guardian
The global entertainment and media market is expected to expand by more than a third over the next five years, as more people in emerging markets move online and the global love affair with the mobile phone continues to flourish.
17 June 2008
Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks The Times
Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people's music ownership has found.
