EU and US clash over ACTA
As we wrote just a littttle while back the EU has given the parts Big Content wanted most the finger.. and here’s another part in the saga:
From Ars
Europe trashes ACTA as Obama praises it
Earlier this week, we noted that the major parties in the European Parliament had all agreed on a resolution trashing the Anti-Counterfeiting [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hollywood: ThePirateBay Tracker Is Not Dead-Its A Zombie!
As most people already know, in what can be said to be an epic end of an era, ThePirateBay shut down it’s tracker… for ever.
While TPB’s ex-admin Peter Sunde says the tracker was shut down because its time to move on to more de-centralized p2p and a tracker is no longer needed,
rumors abound that it [...]
Secret Copyright Treaty 101(Video)
Hardcore, to the point crash course on ACTA: Whats in it, what lies ahead and what it means to you, jammed into a 20 minute video/audio presentation. Not to be missed.
Visit Michael’s blog for more as well as commentary.
Verizon to Forward RIAA Warning Letters
Nate Anderson Writes:
Verizon looks set to forward RIAA copyright infringement notices to its subscribers, but it has actually been forwarding similar notices for years—and it refuses to implement sanctions or start playing “copyright cop.”
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“Verizon receives notices from owners of copyrighted works (such as movies and other content) that identify Internet connections they believe are being [...]
Comcast: Catching The Donkey By The Tail
Comcast Corp.’s chief operating officer, Steve Burke, issued a warning to those content providers who sit by idly and complain about online viewing without doing something to change the TV business model. “An entire generation is growing up, if we don’t figure out how to change that behavior so it respects copyright and subscription revenue [...]
Ex-PirateBay Bandwidth Supplier Appeals
Black Internet, the ISP that was previously a supplier of bandwidth to The Pirate Bay, was threatened with large fines earlier this year if it did not disconnect the world’s largest tracker from the Internet. Now the ISP has been given leave to take the case to the Court of Appeal.
pirate bayPending the outcome of [...]
