Judges Injunction Dissolved, WikiLeaks.org Domain Returned
The controversial decision to issue an injunction on the wikileaks website has been dissolved. Just a little over a week ago, ZeroPaid covered the original decision. Now, the best possible outcome to the circumstance has occurred for the website.
The websites .org domain was shut down due to an injunction issued by a Californian [...]
NBC to Distribute Shows via P2P
Teams up with Pando Networks to become the first US TV broadcaster to legally use P2P to distribute content.
Pando Networks, the leading provider of peer-assisted content delivery services and NBC Universal announced today that Pando has been selected to provide video delivery services for the new NBC Direct service.
NBC Direct [...]
CIPPICs Video on Time and Format Shifting in Canada
Last week, CIPPIC released an interesting video on how existing copyright laws today effect Canadians on a day to day basis
The video argues that there is a reasonable expectation on Canadians part to expect that acts such as format shifting and time shifting is legal in Canada. The video suggests that under Canadian copyright [...]
Artist Managers Demand RIAA Shares Settlement Money
7 years after Napster, 2 years after KaZaA, and 1 year after Bolt, music artists have yet to see a cut from the money intended to compensate them for the damages these services allegedly caused.
There’s a storm brewing among artist managers angry over what it sees as the usual theft of money owed to [...]
Study: More Teens Not Buying CDs
48% of US teens did not purchase a single CD in 2007, compared to 38% in 2006.
According to The NPD Group, a market research firm in Port Washington, NY, the amount of music that US consumers acquired last year increased by 6%. However, despite a sharp increase in legal digital download revenues [...]
Tennessee Proposes Own Crackdown on College Campus File-Sharing
New bill prohibits the “infringement of copyrighted works over the school’s computer and network resources.”
Despite a lack of evidence that the widespread “theft” of copyrighted works is occurring on college campuses in the state of Tennessee, or the absence of any real entertainment industry interests like California, lawmakers there are considering a new bill [...]
Australia Continues Plan to Have ISPs Filter ‘Inappropriate’ Content
Will soon conduct tests on system intended to have ISPs filter porn and other content deemed inappropriate for kids.
Forces around the world continue to try and get ISPs to become the gatekeepers of content. It’s been well publicized how the entertainment industry has been lobbying govts around the world with varying degrees of success to [...]
Leaked Official RIAA Training Video Links Music Piracy With Crack Dens
Produced with the National District Attorneys Association, tells viewers that cracking down on music piracy will lead them to murders, drug dealers, and even terrorists!
An official RIAA training video has been leaked that is every bit as humorous as you’d expect it to be. The same group of uber intellectuals that brought you raids and [...]
FREE Music Download of the Day – SXSW 2008
Annual entertainment festival releases new compilation with more than 3GB of music from emerging artists.
Last year I stumbled accross a worthwhile music compilation made available for free BitTorrent downlaod by teh folks over at the annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference & Festival event in Austin, Texas. It’s that time of year [...]
UK Govt to ISPs: ‘You Have Until April ‘09 to Punish File-Sharers’
Releases new report outlining its strategy for becoming the world’s “creative hub,” and in which it warns of legislation unless ISPs voluntarily adopt anti-piracy measures.
Last Friday the UK govt released a new report that outlines its strategy for becoming the world’s “creative hub,” whereby the local economies in its biggest cities are “driven [...]
