Tagged: Copyright & News
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Twitter introduces two-factor authentication, Kim Dotcom threatens to sue (video) News
23.05.2013 Following a string of high-profile Twitter hacks, the microblogging network has introduced two-factor authentication for enhanced security. However, controversial entrepreneur... -
Nintendo exerts its right to profit from user-generated videos on YouTube News
17.05.2013 Videos of gameplay on Nintendo video games uploaded by YouTube users will, in some cases, be accompanied by advertising that generates revenue for Nintendo only, with nothing... -
Pirate Party founder warns 10pc of private equity gets wasted in patent defence News
05.04.2013 A considerable portion of business angel and private equity investment in promising young technology companies – as much as 10pc – often gets wasted on defending against patent... -
UK court orders ISPs to block access to file-sharing websites News
28.02.2013 Six ISPs including Sky, Everything Everyhere, BT, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin have been ordered by a UK court to block access to file-sharing websites KAT, H3T and Fenopy.Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Legal, Internet, Intellectual Property, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Twitter launches transparency report site on Data Privacy Day News
28.01.2013 In the spirit of an open and safe internet – and to mark international Data Privacy Day, a day focused on raising awareness and promoting data privacy education – Twitter has... -
Mega, Kim Dotcom’s new file-sharing site, already has half a million users News
21.01.2013 In less than a day, Kim Dotcom claims that his new file-sharing site has already reached 500,000 registered users following a PR spectacle to mark the site’s launch in New Zealand. -
National Newspapers of Ireland outlines position on use of hyperlinks News
04.01.2013 National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI) said today it made a submission to the Copyright Review Committee to the effect that it believes the display and transmission of links under... -
SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and the battle for freedom on the internet News
03.01.2013 At the beginning of 2012, there was an online blackout as prominent sites protested what they believed to be unfair copyright legislation about to be enacted. This led to... -
Project X tops list of 2012’s most pirated movies News
02.01.2013 TorrentFreak has issued a list of the 10 most shared movies on BitTorrent in 2012 and Project X, a found footage comedy about an out-of-control house party, has come out ahead... -
European Commission sounds ACTA’s death knell News
20.12.2012 The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is dead in the eyes of European legislators who have withdrawn a request for the treaty to be examined by the... -
UK student Richard O’Dwyer avoids jail in US over copyright infringement News
07.12.2012 Richard O’Dwyer. A 24-year-old UK student who faced extradition to the US over alleged copyright infringement through his website TVShack.com has escaped a 10-year jail term... -
UPC denies plans to block The Pirate Bay in Ireland - 'our position has not changed' News
24.10.2012 Cable TV and internet giant UPC has dismissed reports that it plans to block users of torrent sharing site The Pirate Bay and suggested that Irish users who got notices warning... -
Apple loses copyright appeal against Samsung News
18.10.2012 Consumer tech giant Apple will have to place ads in UK newspapers and magazines, explaining that Samsung did not copy its iPad tablet computer, following a ruling from The Court... -
OPINION – Authors vs Google – search giant may yet win the right to scan the world’s knowledge News
13.10.2012 Google wants to scan and publish all the books in the world. But this ambitious goal has met with opposition from authors and publishers guilds in the US and Europe. Now, in the... -
Google strikes settlement with publishers News
04.10.2012 Internet search giant Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) have ended seven years of litigation by having reached a settlement that will provide access to... -
Japanese law threatening jail terms for illegal downloaders comes into effect News
01.10.2012 Earlier this year, as a result of lobbying from the music industry, politicians in Japan voted to change the legislation around illegal file sharing to impose prison terms of up... -
Samsung gets a win over Apple in Japanese court News
31.08.2012 Samsung’s shares are recovering following a ruling in Japan that two of its smartphones and one tablet did not infringe on Apple’s patents regarding the technology used to sync... -
Court date for Apple’s request to ban Samsung devices set at 6 December News
29.08.2012 Apple will have to wait until December to see its request to ban eight Samsung devices in the US reach the courts, a schedule that will perhaps inflict the least amount of... -
The jailing of Anton Vickerman – recording industry wants to make harsh examples News
16.08.2012 Yesterday the first person in the UK for linking to pirated copies of TV shows and movies was jailed for four years. To many advocates of net freedom this is an injustice since... -
Google’s new search algorithms crack down on piracy, but YouTube is unscathed News
13.08.2012 On Friday, Google announced an update to its search algorithms that will roll out this week. This update now takes copyright infringement into account, and sites found in...Tags: The Pirate Bay, Piracy, YouTube, Algorithms, Search, Google, Copyright Infringement, Copyright