Online TV/Music
31 July 2012
TV should switch to internet, UK peers suggest The Guardian
The switch to digital television may be only the beginning, as a Lords committee says that all TV should be broadcast via the internet, leaving the airwaves free for mobile phones
26 July 2012
In Sweden, Taking File Sharing to Heart. And to Church New York Times
People almost everywhere are file sharing these days, using computers to download music, films, books or other materials, often ignoring copyrights. In Sweden, however, it is a religion. Really.
25 July 2012
More than 2,000 British O2 'porn pirates' to be sent letters BBC News
More than 2,000 O2 customers will receive letters accusing them of illegally downloading porn films.
23 July 2012
Kiwis are still internet piracy cheats Stuff
Movie studios say internet piracy appears to have halved since the controversial "SkyNet" three-strikes copyright law came into effect in September but they are still unhappy.
Samsung and Apple Global Patent Fight Moves to Australia Bloomberg
Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc., in a global dispute over phone and tablet designs and wireless transmission technology, go to trial in Australia today in a prelude to proceedings in the U.S. and U.K.
18 July 2012
UK music industry body will demand removal of 12 million pirate files in 2012, says report OUT-LAW
A UK trade body that represents the interests of many major recording companies is expected to request that more than 12 million files be removed from the internet this year as part of its efforts to combat online copyright infringement, a report into intellectual property (IP) crime has said.
17 July 2012
Germany, French courts disagree on responsibility of ISPs for illegal content Computerworld
Courts in France and Germany differ about the way ISPs and online file-hosting services should deal with take-down requests, with Germany putting more responsibility on service providers to police content.
16 July 2012
British Pirate Bay block effectiveness short-lived, data suggests BBC News
A drop in file-sharing following a court ordered block of the Pirate Bay was short-lived, data seen by the BBC suggests.
13 July 2012
US Pursuing a Middleman in Web Piracy New York Times
Richard O'Dwyer, an enterprising 24-year-old college student from northern England, has found himself in the middle of a fierce battle between two of America's great exports: Hollywood and the Internet.
Web Video Inflames Fight Over US TV Fees Wall Street Journal
The disappearance of Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central from the TV sets of 20 million American homes on Wednesday marked a line in the sand drawn by one of the biggest pay-TV distributors in a dispute over programming fees with a major entertainment company.
12 July 2012
Europe Moves to Aid Digital Music Industry New York Times
The European Commission plans to introduce legislation on Wednesday to bolster the digital music market in Europe by streamlining the methods of agencies that collect royalties on behalf of copyright holders.
10 July 2012
Tech and Media Elite Are Likely to Debate Piracy New York Times
It's not often moguls admit they made a mistake. But lately some of the highest-paid executives at the world's largest media companies have talked a lot about the lessons they learned from a failed industrywide attempt to pass antipiracy legislation six months ago.
06 July 2012
Indonesia’s ISPs to block pirated music sites Jakarta Post
The Indonesian Internet Service Provider Association (APJII) plans to block all websites that allow visitors to download music illegally, in a bid to protect the local music business, APJII's chairman, Semmy Pangerapan, said on Thursday.
05 July 2012
YouView internet TV service launches in UK BBC News
YouView - an internet TV service that combines the UK's Freeview channels with on-demand content - has been formally launched.
China launches new campaign to fight online piracy ZDNet
The Chinese government has launched a new four-month campaign against online piracy, through a combined effort by four ministry departments to boost supervision over Internet services and content providers as well as propose guidelines for e-commerce platforms to create copyright rules and penalties.
03 July 2012
Deal to combat piracy nears for Australia The Australian
The days of Australians being able to download millions of illegal copies of movies and music on the internet unimpeded are nearing their end.
Irish court reinstates 'three strikes' anti-piracy regime after rejecting privacy concerns OUT-LAW
Four music record companies have won a court order in Ireland overturning a ban placed on an anti-piracy policy operated by the country's largest ISP.
26 June 2012
Indian High Court says block links, not websites Times of India
If you are sick and tired of your internet service provider frequently blocking some popular websites, you can relax now. The Madras high court has ruled that its April 25 order against internet piracy should not be used to block the entire website; only specific web links should be blocked.
25 June 2012
Google joins smart TV battle for the British living room The Guardian
Google is making its long-expected assault on the UK television market with the launch in July of its first product - made by Sony - to let Britons surf the internet, play games and watch videos on TV.
23 June 2012
India unblocks The Pirate Bay and other sharing sites BBC News
Web users in India are once again able to access video and file-sharing sites, including The Pirate Bay.
22 June 2012
Japan Passes Jail-for-Downloaders Anti-Piracy Law Wired
Japan's legislature has approved a bill revising the nation's copyright law to add criminal penalties for downloading copyrighted material or backing up content from a DVD. The penalties will come into effect in October.
All Danish ISPs will block content on single court order under proposed code OUT-LAW
ISPs and copyright holders in Denmark have agreed on a framework that would see all ISPs in the country block access to copyright-infringing content if one of the providers is ordered to do so by a court.
Google, ACCC head to Australian High Court ZDNet
Google will take the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to the High Court, in the hopes of overturning a previous ruling that said it had misled consumers through its advertised search results.
21 June 2012
The Pirate Bay says BT block already breached BBC News
BT has joined other UK ISPs in blocking access to The Pirate Bay, a ban the group says users have already circumvented.
18 June 2012
'Censorship creep': Pirate Bay block will affect one-third of UK CNET
Nearly 10 years ago, "Cleanfeed" was designed to protect the British public from child abuse imagery. A decade later, the same system is used to enforce ISP blocks on sites like The Pirate Bay. How did the U.K. fall into "censorship creep"?
