Posted by Simon Perry on 21 May 2009 | Tagged as: Distribution, Germany, Legal, TV related
Disappointing to see that two Hollywood studios, Universal and Warner Bros, have taken legal action against Zattoo, a service that streams live TV to computer screens.
Zattoo isn’t a fly-by-night operation and has legal agreements with the TV channels that it shows over its service.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 18 May 2009 | Tagged as: Legal, Music, UK
Nearly one in ten people in the UK downloaded music last year.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 16 April 2009 | Tagged as: Google, Legal, UK
UK’s Information Commissioner brushes aside complaints by Privacy International
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 2 March 2009 | Tagged as: Companies, Legal
Rights issue sees Amazon implementing optional disable of speech feature.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 25 February 2009 | Tagged as: Legal, Music, UK
Naughty Brits helping themselves to fistfuls of free sounds online.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 19 February 2009 | Tagged as: Legal, Licensing, Social software, Web 2.0
Virtual people power sees off Facebook’s dodgy new Terms Of Service clause.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 February 2009 | Tagged as: Distribution, Industry Trends, Legal
You may remember that the four of the people behind Pirate Bay had copyright violations charges brought against them about a year ago.
Today their trial started with them facing the accusation of “promoting other people’s infringements of copyright laws,” and earning money from advertising on the site.
The representatives of the film, music and video games [...]
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 16 February 2009 | Tagged as: Legal, Photography, UK
Hundreds of media gatherers assemble to protest against Section 76
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 February 2009 | Tagged as: Government, Legal, Regulation, UK
There’s been a lot of concern in the UK about members of the public and journalists being restricted in where and what they can take photographs of in public places.
Where previously there hasn’t been any significant limitations, there is now much concern that the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 contains a clause that allows for the arrest [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 18 December 2008 | Tagged as: Business, Legal, Music, Services
If you haven’t heard, mxiwit, the great Web service that lets people create their own online mixtape, complete with a player that looks like a real old compact cassette tape with rotating reels, is closing, describing their situation as being “between a rock and a hard place.”
There’s two pieces of good news to add to [...]
