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ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News UK internet service providers have joined forces with the UK record industry to crack down on illegal file sharing. ISPs are obliged to work with the music industry and rights' holders to bring about a "significant reduction" in illegal file... [24 Jul 2008]
Microsoft widens its Live Mesh web
News The vision for Live Mesh is broader - envisioning people sharing data among Macs, PCs, and various devices, as well as opening up the possibility for desktop applications to add online components, and web apps to add offline components. [18 Jul 2008]
Businesses ignoring social networking potential?
News Gartner found that social networking websites, instant messaging email, chat and file sharing are attracting significant levels of interest online. Businesses need to be more aware of the potential benefits and risks of social networking, according... [10 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News Such a law would force ISPs to warn, then disconnect, those customers they think have been sharing copyrighted material online. A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes... [09 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. Virgin Media recently became the first ISP to voluntarily address the problem of file sharing by agreeing to send out... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News Almost two thirds (63 per cent) of respondents surveyed said they download music on peer-to-peer file sharing networks, while 42 per cent allow others to download their music. But there is evidence users want a legal file sharing service and 80 per... [16 Jun 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended. The spokesperson said: "People downloading from sites, often they don't know that it's... [14 Apr 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News Illegal music downloads are being fuelled by file-sharing applications that allow people to share tunes online, the UK record industry has warned. Benn said that increasing numbers of people are sharing music over clients such as LimeWire in the... [27 Mar 2008]
ISPs' traffic handling in the spotlight
News The high-profile squabble over Comcast's slowdown of BitTorrent file-sharing traffic - and broader questions of network handling by ISPs - is set for public scrutiny at a federal hearing today. BBC iPlayer: all the coverage BBC signs up... [25 Feb 2008]
Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough
News The government has unveiled plans to tackle illegal file sharing along with steps to protect intellectual property and promote broadband. Legal Eye on illegal file-sharing Although the government has a preference for voluntary action by ISPs to... [22 Feb 2008]
Woman hit with $220k bill in file-sharing case
News The ensuing legal battle marked the first time the recording industry has argued a file-sharing case before a jury. Accused of sharing music with peer-to-peer file-sharing service, Kazaa, she argued that she didn't even own a Kazaa account. [05 Oct 2007]
TorrentSpy out of luck in email hacking suit
News The MPAA's acknowledgement is significant because it comes at a time when the group is trying to limit illegal file-sharing by imploring movie fans to act ethically and resist the temptation to download pirated movies. [29 Aug 2007]
Is social networking a threat to your security?
News Meanwhile, a quarter of SME staff surveyed said they could not live without P2P file-sharing during their work day and 17 per cent said they use free software download websites at work. Social networking sites could be exposing consumers and... [23 Jul 2007]
ISPs: 'Don't blame us for illegal activity'
News The Internet Service Providers' Association (Ispa) has repeated its assertion that ISPs should not be responsible for any illegal file-sharing that takes place over their networks. Speaking yesterday in the wake of a controversial ruling in a... [12 Jul 2007]
YouTube copyright battle hots up
News France's top football league and its national tennis organisation are the latest to join legal action against video-sharing site YouTube. Robert Tur, a Los Angeles-based journalist, was the first to file copyright claims against YouTube last July. [06 Jun 2007]
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