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International
by jeff goldman on December 19, 2009
Harris Interactive has conducted a study commissioned by the British Phonographic Institute (BPI), which finds that P2P use is not declining in the UK, despite government efforts to block it.
"Y...
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International
by jeff goldman on October 16, 2009
A study by Arbor Networks has found that P2P traffic is decreasing dramatically worldwide, from 40 percent of all traffic two years ago to 18 percent today.
"Why the change? For the most part...
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International
by Jordan Grodecki on October 26, 2007
As I previously wrote, the private music torrent tracker OiNK.CD was taken down by the industry, but The Pirate Bay team have no intentions of letting it lie dead. Much as they did with SuprNova, TP...
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International
by Marc on August 29, 2007
An article in NewTeeVee covers "Asia's P2P Boom" and reminds us that P2P is a worldwide phenomenon. It's not just 50 million US Internet users and Bit Torrent.
The piece does a nic...
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Commentary
, International
, RIAA, MPAA
by Marc on August 10, 2007
IFPI, the international version of RIAA, released "Ten Inconvenient Truths About File Swapping". It's bizarre propaganda that conveniently confuses physical piracy with digital downloads...
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DRM
, International
, Legal
by Marc on July 25, 2007
A Finnish Court rules that effective means effective. The issue is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the European counterpart, the European Copyright Directive (EUCD), which says it'...
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International
, Stats
by Marc on July 11, 2007
Italian researchers surveyed the country's consumers to study the relationship between P2P and CD sales. They found that only a minority of file sharers, 30 percent, reduced CD purchases, while an...
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Analysis
, International
, Internet
by Marc on June 13, 2007
The U.S. fell further behind in world broadband according to the latest OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) survey. The report rated the U.S. 15th out of 30 countries. The U....
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Business
, International
, Video
by Marc on May 10, 2007
The Mexican phone company TELMEX will see. TELMEX is launching Prodigy Media with streaming and downloadable video initially for free. TELMEX is the dominant telephone provider and so is restricted in...
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International
, Legal
by Marc on May 8, 2007
The Dutch web stie dsb-tracker.org has been shut down by BREIN, a Dutch anti-piracy organization. dsb-tracker.org was a Dutch language BitTorrent site with 8,300 registered users that stored torrent f...
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Government
, International
by Marc on May 1, 2007
First it was PiratPartiet (the Pirate Party) in Sweden. Now it's Venstre, the Norwegian Liberal Party, which passed a P2P resolution that supports personal file sharing. The resolution also propos...
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International
, Legal
by Marc on February 14, 2007
We previously reported the ruling "Italian Court Rules Personal Downloading Legal." Er, not so fast. Our good friends at IFPI, the international companion to RIAA, say the case was based on ...
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Consumer rights
, International
, Legal
by Marc on January 28, 2007
In a rare loss for the recording industry, an Italian court ruled that copyright infringement is not a crime as long as the downloader or sharer does not profit. The decision is sure to draw the atten...
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International
, Legal
, RIAA, MPAA
by Marc on January 8, 2007
A French court ruled in favor of personal privacy over record label intrusion. The court said that copyright holders that conduct unrestrained searches on p2p networks engage in illegal data invasion....
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International
, Legal
by Marc on November 4, 2006
Australia has had a relatively reasonable and flexible copyright policy. But a free trade agreement between Australia and the U.S. is changing that. The Agreement requires Australia to change its law ...
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International
, Legal
by Marc on October 26, 2006
In its most ambitious action yet against consumer P2P copyright infringement, IFPI, RIAA's international counterpart, has sued 8,000 more people across the world.
IFPI is spreading its message o...
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International
, Legal
by Marc on October 16, 2006
The Swedish Court of Appeal ruled that a consumer's IP address, typically the only evidence provided in P2P consumer copyright infringement lawsuits, is insufficient proof of illegal activity. The...
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International
, People
by Marc on October 13, 2006
Emblematic of the struggle in Sweden over file sharing, high profile file sharer Ivar Wenster said that the evidence against him was destroyed when lightning struck his computer.
Wenster is head of ...
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Companies
, International
, Legal
by Marc on October 2, 2006
There is progress in the SonyBMG rootkit case in Canada (SonyBMG Rootkit: Canadian Injustice). The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic intervened with the support of the EFF to improve...
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International
by Marc on September 28, 2006
malaysia is fed up with slow Internet access to the rest of the world and is not going to take it anymore. Leading area technologists met to discuss the problem. They believe 73% of usage is from P2P ...
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Companies
, International
, Legal
by Marc on September 20, 2006
File sharing developer FashionNow, developer of Kuro software in Taiwan agreed with IFPI to stop distributing its software, close the service by Oct. 15, and operate instead a legal music download sit...
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Companies
, International
by Marc on September 20, 2006
PPLIVE claims it is the largest P2P streaming broadcast service. The bulk of its users are in China. It's unknown in the U.S. But that should change.
PPLIVE has partnered with ZIM Corporation to...
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Companies
, International
, Legal
by Marc on September 19, 2006
Sony BMG has settled with Canadian customers regarding its rootkit DRM damages. The settlement is similar to that in the U.S. but provides no commitment that it won't happen again. So if you live ...
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Companies
, International
, Legal
, Marketing
, Stats
by Marc on September 7, 2006
South Korean P2P service Soribada was forced to close its free P2P service. It re-opened as an authorized subscription service in July with signed contracts with 350 music rights holders.
At its pea...
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Companies
, International
by Marc on September 7, 2006
Japanese ISP Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) will roll out a P2P service to reduce network traffic, such as that from video web sites. The P2P software will be based on Winny P2P software also develop...
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Consumer rights
, International
, Legal
, RIAA, MPAA
by Marc on August 9, 2006
The Netherlands District Court of Utrecht affirmed the judge's decision in Foundation v. UPC Nederland. The court held that the entertainment industry's evidence in the form of reports generat...
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Companies
, International
, Legal
, RIAA, MPAA
by Marc on July 27, 2006
Sharman Networks, developer of Kazaa P2P file sharing software, has settled with both the major labels and studios in a global agreement with RIAA, IFPI, and MPAA. Sharman will pay $115 million and us...
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Consumer rights
, International
, Privacy & Security
by Marc on July 25, 2006
Digital Rights Ireland has formed to fight for digital, civil, and legal rights. The group fights for consumer privacy, fair use, private copying, and laws that reflect how people use digital media. D...
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International
, Society & Public Policy
by Marc on July 21, 2006
Profits trump freedom ... even on the Internet. Let censorship ring on the Net, in your P2P, and through your music and video files.
amnesty International came out with a report called "Undermi...
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International
, Legal
by Marc on July 18, 2006
A ZDNet commentary called "The Internet is not the music industry's plaything" starts with the following:
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? no it's...the British Phonographic Institute. A...
