Book Authors See BitTorrent As a Promotional Tool: More and more authors seem to recognize the power of BitTorrent as a means to generate more sales, and actually upload free copies onto BitTorrent themselves. Best…
Record Companies Sue Project Playlist on Copyright: “Nine major record labels filed suit against an online music provider, accusing Project Playlist of a ‘massive infringement’ of their copyrights to the songs of artists such as…
Bits: Should Anti-Spyware Programs Fight Snooping I.S.P.’s?: “An industry group is going to help figure out whether anti-spyware software should try to block Internet service providers from monitoring where their customers surf in order to…
Cartoons of a Racist Past Lurk on YouTube – New York Times: “” Published: April 28, 2008 Among the millions of clips on the video-sharing Web site YouTube are 11 racially offensive Warner Brothers cartoons…
Cracking the ‘Great Firewall’ of China’s Web censorship – USATODAY.com: “” Worth reading this detailed article on Internet censorship in China.
Ex-police chief admits child porn: “A former police superintendent admits 17 child pornography charges but pleads not guilty to rape.” (Via BBC News.)
25.04.2008 MOSCOW (AFP) — The Russian prosecutor’s office wants tough anti-extremism laws to be extended to the Internet, state newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta reported Wednesday, prompting fears of growing media censorship. The prosecutors office has proposed…
Backlash continues to encourage citizens to write to the Lords with regards to the controversial provisions (criminalizing the possession of extreme violent pornography) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. There is only until 30th…
US Federal Judges Disagree on Legality of Uploading: “A US federal judge in a record industry lawsuit against college students finds in a pretrial ruling that leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at…
Policing internet ‘not ISP’s job’: “The head of one of Britain’s biggest internet providers attacks the music industry for demanding action on pirates.” (Via BBC News.)