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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up And he dismissed claims that the current generation of file-sharing and song-swapping is the same as the taping of cassettes and copying of CDs of older generations. Not because of a dodgy tummy, oh no -... [20 Jun 2008]
Music industry launches fresh file-sharing assault
News According to the IFPI's spokesman, illegal song-swapping is "being contained", while legal activity continues to grow. Music industry body the IFPI has announced a new wave of lawsuits against music pirates, with more... [18 Oct 2006]
Unwired: Prepare for the next generation
Comment Instant Messaging (IM) is the backbone of a teen's digital communications, for both chat and file swapping. Young people use technology like no previous generation. Unwired's Richard Leyland explains... [10 Oct 2006]
Is BitTorrent moving into the mainstream?
News The entertainment industry has for some time feared that file-swapping services would allow users to violate the studios' copyrights and engage in piracy of music and movies. Peer-to-peer technology took... [10 May 2006]
Skype and Kazaa hit with Rico lawsuit
News StreamCast Networks, creator of the Morpheus file-swapping software, has filed a lawsuit naming Kazaa and Skype Technologies, among others, as defendants. Also named as defendants are Skype founders... [28 Mar 2006]
Hollywood buddies up with Bram Cohen
News Hollywood studios announced an agreement with Bram Cohen, the creator of the popular BitTorrent file-swapping technology, that will keep him from helping users find pirated copies of movies online. Cohen... [23 Nov 2005]
Grokster signs out
News File-swapping company Grokster has agreed to stop distributing its peer-to-peer software, following a $50m legal settlement announced on Monday with Hollywood studios and record labels. Under the terms... [08 Nov 2005]
P2P pirates face more time in the slammer
News Another change in the sentencing guidelines alters the definition of "uploading" to make it clear that merely having a copyright file available in a shared folder - such as those used by popular... [21 Oct 2005]
Parents and employers targeted in anti-P2P drive
News Dan Glickman, the president of the MPAA, said in a statement: "Digital File Check is easy to use and can help people prevent their employees, children and others from illegally downloading and swapping... [23 Sep 2005]
Kazaa copyright ruling "a milestone", says music industry
News Today there is a resounding signal to other unauthorised file-swapping networks: they should adapt their systems and go legitimate now. Sharman Networks has announced it will appeal a Federal Court... [06 Sep 2005]
P2P file-sharers shun music for software and games
News It surpassed Kazaa last year for music-swapping users, following a series of high-profile lawsuits aimed at fining illegal file-sharers for their activities. BitTorrent was also favoured by legal... [11 Aug 2005]
No iPod tax for Canada, court rules
News The Canadian Supreme Court won't hear a case involving extra fees for iPods and other MP3 players in that country, ending a dispute over a so-called iPod tax but rekindling debate over the legality of file... [29 Jul 2005]
BitTorrent gets Opera's support
News Norwegian web browser company Opera has released a new test version of its software that supports the BitTorrent peer-to-peer technology, one of the most popular tools in the file-swapping world. Unlike... [08 Jul 2005]
Podcasting set to skyrocket?
News In addition to his work for The Diffusion Group, Freedman is the CEO of file-sharing software start-up RazorPop, which facilitates the swapping of media files, including podcasts, over the web. The... [07 Jul 2005]
Little chance of Grokster overrule
News The US Congress appears reluctant to step into the long-simmering debate over file swapping that received new fuel from a landmark court ruling on Monday. Key politicians from both major political... [28 Jun 2005]
