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  • Copyright law makes format shifting legal. Online, Copyright, Filesharing, Digital Britain, Audio 0

    Copyright law makes format shifting legal

    Also good news for YouTube spoofers 3 August 2011 16:50 GMT

    The Government has announced that it is to make changes to copyright law, legalising the practice of transferring video and audio files from one format, say a CD, over to another - in this age most likely being a digital file.

    The current...

  • Hargreaves Report call for legalised DVD ripping

    DVD and CD ripping to become legal in UK - thanks to Hargreaves Report

    Review suggests changes in copyright law 18 May 2011 9:50 GMT

    A review into the UK's copyright laws has been completed, and it proposes several changes that will bring the country more in line with the digital age.

    The report presented by Professor Ian Hargreaves was commissioned by the Prime Minister...

  • Premier League teams up to take on ISPs in Digital Economy Act row

    Premier League teams up to take on ISPs in Digital Economy Act row

    Rights holders and ISPs go toe-to-toe 31 January 2011 12:41 GMT

    The Digital Economy Act - you remember that, right? (it caused quite a fuss when it was introduced last year)?

    Well, it looks as if the fuss is set to return as the Premier League has teamed up with eight other organisations including the Producers'...

  • Pirate Bay sunk in raids... For a couple of hours. Online, Pirate Bay, Torrents, Torrent sites, Copyright,  0

    Pirate Bay sunk in raids... For a couple of hours

    They get knocked down, but they get up again 8 September 2010 11:17 GMT

    Hugely popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay, was completely down for a few hours yesterday after police in up to 14 countries raided numerous locations believed to contain its servers. The bulk of the action was undertaken in Sweden, although the UK,...

  • Google wins copyright lawsuit

    Google wins copyright lawsuit

    Take on the big G at your peril 24 June 2010 10:47 GMT

    Google has won its high profile legal battle with media giant Viacom in a ruling that could have major ramifications for copyrighted content. 

    Viacom, who owns MTV and Comedy Central amongst other things, had filed a $1 billion lawsuit against...

  • Pirate Bay's ISP receives Hollywood injunction

    Pirate Bay's ISP receives Hollywood injunction

    Company behind Pirate Bay's bandwidth could face more legal action 13 May 2010 16:07 GMT

    The Motion Picture Association of America has obtained a preliminary injunction from a German court for CyberBunker, the ISP responsible for hosting Swedish website The Pirate Bay.

    According to Torrent Freak the injunction, taken out against...

  • Limewire loses in copyright case. Software, Internet, P2P Software, P2P, Limewire, Copyright 0

    Limewire loses in copyright case

    Ruling could have been implications on creative copyright 13 May 2010 12:14 GMT

    Limewire has lost its case with 13 major US record labels, in a lawsuit which originally began in 2006. Lime Wire LLC, the parent name for the P2P sharing software, and its founder Mark Gorton, were judged to have infringed upon copyright and engaged...

  • Pirate Party fails to score electoral success

    Pirate Party fails to score electoral success

    Across 9 seats, fewer than 250 votes in any constituency 7 May 2010 10:17 GMT

    While the UK wakes up to a hung parliament in the wake of May 2010's general election, many commentators are suggesting that none of the main parties achieved much electoral success. That includes one of Britain's newest and geekiest parties - Pirate...

  • RIAA & MPAA propose anti-infringement software

    RIAA & MPAA propose anti-infringement app

    To scan for copyrighted content 16 April 2010 11:31 GMT

    The RIAA and MPAA - trade bodies for the USA's major music labels and film studios respectively - have proposed the creation and use of anti-copyright-infringement software, based on the antivirus software installed on most PCs.

    In a submission...

  • Image credit: Salon.com

    Bono demands greater web copyright policing

    U2 frontman wishes for more monitoring and more enforcement 4 January 2010 11:05 GMT

    Bono has weighed into the filesharing debate on the side of the major labels, in an editorial marking the beginning of a new decade in the New York Times. The musician lists 10 things he'd like to see in the 2010s, including a desire for the internet...

  • BlueBeat claims it owns copyright in Beatles tracks

    BlueBeat claims it owns copyright in Beatles tracks

    Company owner says "psycho-acoustic simulation" means he can sell songs 5 November 2009 18:03 GMT

    Hank Risen, the owner of BlueBeat.com, which was found last week to be selling MP3s of the Beatles' catalogue for as little as 15p per track, has defiantly stated that he owns the copyrights in the songs that he's selling.

    EMI filed a lawsuit...

  • Disney sells millions through iTunes . Biz, Software, Disney, Apple, Copyright, LocationFree 0

    Disney sells millions through iTunes

    23.7 million TV shows and 2 million movies to be exact 11 May 2007 13:17 GMT

    Figures have been released from The Walt Disney Company's most recent fiscal quarter, and the company have reported very strong sales through Apple's iTunes store, totalling 23.7 million television episodes and two million movies, according to Disney...

  • Viacom orders YouTube to take down 100,000 clips. Biz, Lawsuits, Copyright, YouTube, Viacom, Video on demand, Sony BMG 0

    Viacom orders YouTube to take down 100,000 clips

    All infringe of Viacom channels' copyright 6 February 2007 14:27 GMT

    Cable channel provider Viacom has demanded that YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips that it says violates its copyright after talks between it and Google proved fruitless.

    The clips are from Comedy Central shows as well as those...

  • YouTube user claims to have cracked HD DVD copy protection. Software, PC software, Utilities Software, Copyright, HD DVD 0

    YouTube user claims to have cracked HD DVD copy protection

    AACS was supposed to be safer than DVD's DRM 28 December 2006 11:54 GMT

    A YouTube user claims to have done what no one has done before by cracking the AACS copy-protection used on both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

    Going by the name of Muslix64, the hackers has posted a video on YouTube advertising his code cracking...

  • Makers of Roxio sue rival Nero over patent infringement. Biz, Lawsuits, Copyright, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, Nero, Software, Censorship, YouTube 0

    Makers of Roxio sue rival Nero over patent infringement

    Claims of copying technology 17 November 2006 10:02 GMT

    SONIC Solutions, makers of the Roxio disc burning software has reported that it has filed a Patent Infringement Complaint Against its German competitor Nero AG and Nero Inc. for infringement of one of Sonic's video editing patents.

    The...

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