EU Gives ACTA The Finger – In No Uncertain Terms (Updated!)
News like this makes us proud to be in Europe, and proud to have voted for the Pirate Party thus putting two of our reps in Parliament.
Three stories, two trom TD and one from BB, starting first with TD:
EU Politicians Get Serious Demanding ACTA Transparency And No Three Strikes
Last week, there were reports that the [...]
How RealNetworks Just Screwed Us
From Boing Boing:
RealNetworks just screwed us all by settling lawsuits in which it might have lost–but which might also have given some new life to fair use for digital media.
The post-RealDVD world means that unless there’s a major change to the law surrounding copy protection, there will never be a legal way to perform [...]
The DMCA Is Bad.. But We Want You To Use It!
The DMCA is one horrible piece of legislation badly slanted towards big content, everyone (US) knows this and nearly everyone admits this… but still want to shove it down the throats of other countries!
From TD:
A Look At Twelve Years Of Dangerous Unintended Consequences From The DMCA
The DMCA has been in place for a dozen [...]
UseneXt in hot water…good!
As we wrote a lonnng time ago… we dont like useneXt, so its with quite a bit of joy that we welcomed the news of useneXt getting into hot water but…we are cautious about the farther reaching consquences…
From TF:
Performing rights group GEMA has won an injunction against newsgroup outfit, UseNeXT. A court has forbidden the [...]
Europe Unites Against ACTA!
From Ars and Nate Anderson
The European Parliament is fed up with the secrecy surrounding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Today, representatives from all the major parliamentary coalitions introduced a resolution demanding that the European Commission release all negotiating texts, inform Parliament about the negotiating process, and absolutely refuse to countenance any sort of “three strikes” [...]
3 Strikes Not Working In France. No Surprise. (UPDATED)
We wonder what the industry is going to cry for next..
In the first few months following the adoption of the three-strikes anti-piracy legislation in France, online piracy has increased significantly. Instead of stopping, file-sharers are seeking alternatives to bypass the new law. Perhaps even more striking is that new research reveals that disconnecting file-sharers [...]
Wanted to Know How Apple Throttles Its Developers? Now you can! (UPDATED)
Get the skinny on how Apple literally “uses” its developers.
The first rule of the iPhone developer program is: You do not talk about the iPhone developer program.
Before you create software for the iPhone, Apple demands that you sign away a laundry list of rights, including the ability to sell rejected apps through other channels, [...]
Time to Invest In Customer Awareness.. Not Lawsuits or Draconian Measures
From Zeropaid
Consumer Focus also says that 85% can only name two, iTunes and Amazon, but UK music industry, in typical fashion, emphasizes that more than 35 exist and touts own study that found 96% awareness of iTunes and Amazon.
Consumer Focus, the UK govt-backed consumer advocacy group, has long tried to illustrate the deficiency of [...]
Finished With Slavery, RIAA Are Back To Fairy Tales
Just a little while back we linked to an article on how the music industry were shamelessly equating free radio play to slavery, and a long time back we linked to articles on how the RIAA/IFPI/BPI (MAFIAA) were trying to brainwash little kids. Now with a slight twist the RIAA are back with fairy tales [...]
Music Industry Going Back To Basics – Trying To Bribe Their Way Through (UPDATED 2)
With nearly every underhanded, under the table or slimy move of the music industry (ACTA or Digital Britain anyone?) almost instantly posted on blogs and tech sites around the world, and with ISPs refusing to be the industries lap dogs the industry has gone back to basics… hoping to bribe their way into the ISPs [...]
