Online TV/Music
01 December 2012
BitTorrent's Plan for 2013? Go Legit New York Times
BitTorrent, the start-up behind the popular peer-to-peer file-sharing system of the same name, has an unusual resolution for 2013: to align itself with the entertainment industry and legally distribute movies, music and books online.
30 November 2012
UK music industry group BPI demands pirate proxy closure BBC News
The UK's music industry body is demanding that a service offering a workaround to access banned site The Pirate Bay is shut down by its owner.
US 'six-strike' anti-piracy campaign postponed until 2013 CNET
The "six strikes" copyright enforcement plan that aims to curb illegal downloads and peer-to-peer file-sharing has been postponed until 2013.
29 November 2012
Smart TVs ... dumb use: study Australian Financial Review
Global sales of Internet-connected smart TVs are set to soar to 220 million in 2017, but more than half of the owners of these sets will continue to use them the same way they used older unconnected devices, a study has found.
Canada preparing for major crackdown on Bittorrent movie pirates O Canada
If you're watching an illegally downloaded movie, someone could be watching you.
23 November 2012
ISPs will first determine whether public Wi-Fi providers are subject to UK anti-piracy code, Ofcom says Out-Law
Internet service providers will decide whether libraries, cafes and other public Wi-Fi network providers should be served with letters warning them that their service is being used to infringe copyright, Ofcom's head of copyright has said.
21 November 2012
Fewer than a quarter of British infringers would be put off by internet access suspension threat, Ofcom report says Out-Law
Fewer than one in four UK internet users that engaged in copyright infringing activity during a three month period earlier this year said they would be put off from repeating the offence if they knew they would receive a letter to tell them that their internet access was to be suspended as a result of the behaviour, according to a new study commissioned by Ofcom.
17 November 2012
Verizon to choke pirates' browsing speeds BBC News
US net firm Verizon has declared war on illegal downloaders, or pirates, who use technologies such as BitTorrent to steal copyrighted material.
Help wanted on O2 porn piracy cases BBC News
A digital rights group is seeking financial help to stop an adult film-maker contacting Britons suspected of pirating pornographic movies.
16 November 2012
US cable companies say they won't disconnect accused pirates CNET
Verizon and Time Warner Cable said today they won't pull the plug on customers accused of piracy through a forthcoming "six strikes" program.
Are parents responsible for kids' file-sharing? Germany decides no ZDNet
The German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) ruled on Thursday that parents cannot be held responsible for the illegal downloads of their children, provided they have previously explained to their kids that the practice is illegal.
06 November 2012
Google pledge to downgrade piracy sites under UK review The Guardian
The government is to review Google's pledge to downgrade illegal filesharing websites in its search results, after entertainment groups accused the internet giant of dragging its feet over the issue.
03 November 2012
Pornographic films on BitTorrent: Flava Works gets huge damages BBC News
An American man has been hit with a $1.5m fine for pirating 10 gay porn movies via BitTorrent.
01 November 2012
IT pricing: Illegal downloading acting as market force, Australian regulator ACCC says Computerworld
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has told a parliamentary inquiry that consumers' use of illegal download sites to access content is a backlash against suppliers.
25 October 2012
Irish ISP UPC temporarily blocks The Pirate Bay BBC News
Confused customers of Irish internet service provider (ISP) UPC are asking whether it is planning to block access to The Pirate Bay file-sharing website.
23 October 2012
More piracy sites faced with blocking as BPI contacts UK ISPs BBC News
The UK's major internet service providers have been asked to block three more file-sharing websites, the BBC can reveal.
22 October 2012
French Music Streaming Service Is Taking On the World, but Omitting America New York Times
Most of the biggest Internet companies got their start in the United States or expanded there quickly. One of the most successful European start-ups, on the other hand, hopes to turn itself into a global powerhouse by ignoring America.
19 October 2012
US ISPs to begin warning customers who pirate content CNN
It is about to get a bit more difficult to illegally download TV shows, movies or music online. A new alert system, rolling out over the next two months, will repeatedly warn and possibly punish people violating digital copyrights.
18 October 2012
The Pirate Bay moves to the cloud to avoid shutdown BBC News
File-sharing website The Pirate Bay has moved its servers to the cloud to frustrate attempts to take it offline.
17 October 2012
Pirates buy more music than legal downloaders, study shows Tech Hive
Here is a not-so-far-fetched irony. Music pirates that pilfer and plunder music from file-sharing websites actually buy 30 percent more tracks than people who only download music legally, a comprehensive study into the media sharing and consumption habits has found.
South Korean IPTV Operator Integrates Google TV with its Service CIO
South Korean Internet TV operator LG Uplus has become the first IPTV provider to offer an integrated Google TV set-top box that combines its own TV subscription service with the Google TV platform, Google said Monday.
15 October 2012
Microsoft Makes New Push Into Music With Xbox Music New York Times
Music fans have often viewed Microsoft as something like a bad cover band, one that pumped out uninviting facsimiles of Apple's iPod and iTunes with its Zune music players and service.
11 October 2012
Hollywood blamed for Australian piracy-negotiation delays ZDNet
Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton has said that Hollywood is reluctant to find a co-regulatory solution to deter copyright infringement, because it doesn't want to set a precedent of being reasonable.
10 October 2012
US judge orders piracy trial to test IP evidence BBC News
A landmark case in the US will test whether internet piracy claims made by copyright firms will stand up in court.
Watching TV online becomes mainstream for Australians Australian Communications and Media Authority
Watching TV online has become mainstream, with 5.2 million Australians looking at professionally produced video online in the last six months, according to a new research report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
