France passes controversial antipiracy bill
News The measure supported by French president Nicolas Sarkozy punishes digital pirates by suspending internet service if they are caught illegally sharing copyrighted material. At least one major ISP in the US, AT&T, has already agreed to work with the...
[May 13, 2009, 11:06]
Record industry accuses BT of aiding pirates
News The music industry body, which blames file-sharing for falling CD sales, told the BBC that BT has consistently refused to discuss the phenomenon of file-sharing and the online distribution of copyrighted material which first came to prominence...
[March 18, 2003, 10:27]
Techies wage war on copyright cartels
News The copyright law is replete with balances so that the public can access copyrighted material -- protections to offset the benefits that copyright holders are given," said Frederick Weingarten, director of the Office for Information Technology...
[May 19, 2000, 15:06]
Google vs US immigration policy
Blog Comment Now moving into the exploitation of copyrighted material (which could be a big mistake if content-provider lawsuits are successful) Lazlo Block, a good talking head, but my first hand experience shows that Google uses h-1b body shop to find workers.
[June 7, 2007, 18:00]
US firm puts pressure on overseas ISPs
News MediaForce, a US digital copyright solutions company claiming to act on behalf of Warner Bros, has reportedly sent a letter to at least one Australian ISP listing a series of IP addresses it claims have been used to illegally access copyrighted...
[January 14, 2003, 10:18]
EC: New net-neutrality law is unnecessary
News The Commission was reacting to the French Constitutional Court's ruling that Hadopi — the so-called 'three-strikes' anti-piracy law that would force ISPs to cut off persistent file-sharers of copyrighted material — is unenforcable.
[June 12, 2009, 16:17]
Microsoft accused of staking claim to the Internet
News Further, it unfairly implies the authors may have illegally [sic] incorporated Microsoft copyrighted material without giving the authors a chance to refute such implications. Larry Blunk, a developer and researcher for Merit Network, wrote an email...
[November 10, 2004, 11:43]
RIAA apologises for Penn State copyright warning
News The incident also shows just how easily automated programs that search for copyrighted material can be fooled, as well as how disruptive such notices can be on college campuses. Spokesman Tysen Kendig said Penn State "remains committed to working...
[May 13, 2003, 8:36]
