Sion Simon, a Labour MP from Birmingham and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State … lesson of iTunes and Spotify is that what people want is ease of use and convenience and cheapness. And you only have to look at the decrease there has been in filesharing since the …
… week, UK ISP BT Broadband made the headlines when their consumer division boss John … nothing about the problem. BT says that if the industry wants action against these individuals it should prosecute them, but BPI said … material but do nothing,” Taylor told The Mirror. “If you operate a commercial service and know it is being used to break the law, …
… Canadian Pirate Party is one of the youngest Pirate Parties around but they are not too shy to make a statement. … in the weeks to come. If you‘re Canadian and you want to support the Pirate Party you can do so by signing up for a free …
… we found out that Lily Allen copied an article from Techdirt without attribution or permission to prove why … millions. Please Lily, explain to us why it is okay for you to copy, paste and pirate others work, while you label people who do the …
… “copyright hypocrite” Lily Allen attacked a group of artists who opposed the … detrimental effect on musicians, and particularly young musicians and those composers who are not performing artists,” Sir Elton … advantage. The next generation of music fans may no longer want to pay for music, but they are still hungry to hear it. The challenge to …
… Lilly Allen’s new blog “It’s Not Alright” musicians such as Gary Barlow from … are somewhat different. Still, Lilly, glad we could help you make a point… even if it wasn’t the one you thought you were making,” … who will be ‘protected’ under this legislation you want so badly. But measured by your colleague James Blunt’s standards, just …
“Sir, I want to put my hand up in support of Lily Allen. She’s asking British musicians … to realize this and instead provide some high quality all-you-can-eat music services at a price that everyone can afford. And as UK …
… The Pirate Bay team announced they were selling the site, many BitTorrent fans … contents of The Pirate Bay on other places in the Net. We want to show in a very physical way that the Internet is neither a machine nor … network will cause some logistical problems, unless you live in Weimar, Germany. But then again, everyone can setup a similar …
LimeWire is by far the most used filesharing application, with a market share of approximately … a way to work with Facebook to re-enable the features that you guys continue to ask for and we sincerely apologize for having to remove … the LimeWire ban but it is likely that the company doesn’t want to be associated with file-sharing applications or sites, even though they …
… post by Michael Geist. Seven weeks ago, the Canadian government launched the first … DMCA-style anti-circumvention rules, a three-strikes and you’re out system that could see users cut off from the Internet, and a … and process submissions. If you already know what you want to say, simply send an email to info@copyrightconsultation.gc.ca. Once you …
While the music industry paints a picture where file-sharers are criminals who refuse to pay … non-pirating friends. True music enthusiasts simply want to consume, sample and discover as much new music as they possibly can, …
