Qtrax music service delays debut - CNN.com
A distributor of Internet file-swapping software has abruptly postponed the launch of its free online music service until it can finalize music licensing deals.
Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright case | Technology | Internet | Reuters
Sweden plans this week to charge the people running Pirate Bay, one of the world's most visited Web sites, with being accessories in breaking copyright law.
Closings?: Is Rapidshare Going Down For Real This Time?
The general idea, however, is that if the court has decided that Rapidshare is responsible for pre-policing user-uploaded content, the effort involved will prove too great for the site to remain profitable for its owners.
Whoops—Italy inadvertently legalizes some P2P music
Italian copyright attorney Andrea Monti told Italian paper la Repubblica (Google translation dug up on Slashdot) that whoever authored the law failed to take into account that the word "degraded" has a "very precise meaning."
bit-tech.net | European Court issues new file sharing directives
The European Court of Justice decided earlier this week that EU law does not force the disclosure of file sharer’s details in copyright infringement cases.
Pacnet ordered to turn over customer records - Business - News - ZDNet Asia
A High Court judge has ordered Internet service provider Pacific Internet (Pacnet), to turn over details of its subscribers who had previously downloaded anime titles illegally.
RIAA sees a 99.6\% capitulation rate from students at UT
Over half of those students—54.7 percent—apparently decided to avoid a lawsuit and settle with the record labels for at least 3,000 (netting the RIAA 261,000 in the process). 72 students ignored the settlement letters, but the overwhelming majority of those, too, settled once a John Doe lawsuit was filed.
Radio host uses copyright lawsuit to silence Muslim critics; EFF fights back
CAIR posted a four-minute excerpt of this show on its website along with a rebuttal, and Savage then filed a lawsuit against the group, alleging copyright infringement.
Ludacris Accused of Stealing Track by Music Producers
The line of rapper forced to engage in legal battle is getting longer as Ludacris has become the latest one hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by a trio of Pennsylvania-based producers called the Boogiii Men.
RIAA: No need to force ISPs by law to monitor piracy | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
But here's one area where he says the government need not intervene at this point: forcing Internet service providers to be more proactive in curbing pirated content on their networks.
Silicon Valley's hippy values 'killing music industry' | News | Guardian Unlimited Music
U2's manager yesterday called on artists to join him in forcing the "hippy" technology and internet executives he blames for the collapse of the music industry to help save it.
Please pirate my Sundance film. - By Tim Wu - Slate Magazine
But the experiment failed. Not a single 2008 Sundance film is on any major pirate site that I could find. That might be accounted for by anti-piracy measures, but here's the kicker: There are also almost no 2007 films on leading pirate sites, and none of last year's Sundance "hits."
Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) makes popular series available DRM-free via BitTorrent
As one of many ways to reach people with our content we have decided to do an experiment and make one of our most popular television series available through BitTorrent.
Rambo’s Armed Guard Anti-Piracy Measures Torn Apart By Industry Insider | TorrentFreak
Just days after Sylvester Stallone had an armed guard deliver an advance screener copy of the new “Rambo” movie to Howard Stern, it’s shown that even these type of security measures can be rendered useless.
Torrentz Shuts Down Torrent’Em For Copyright Infringement | TorrentFreak
Torrentz.com, the largest and fastest BitTorrent meta-search engine has shut down Torrent’Em for alleged copyright infringement. It turns out that the flash based search engine we wrote about a few days ago, was using Torrentz’ data, without permission.
Across The Universe: Space Aliens First to Get DRM-Free Beatles Music?
And finally, a message to the Crab people: Don't trust these downloads. You'll see the file streaming into your antenna array and you'll be like, "Sweet! Free music!" But then you open the file, and you get this message on your Crab Nebula equivalent of Windows Media Player 11,
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