Posted by Simon Perry on 27 January 2006 | Tagged as: Business, UK, P2P, Music, Legal
For the first time, the UK record industry has gained a legal judgement against music file sharers. They now face considerable legal costs.
Posted by Simon Perry on 28 June 2005 | Tagged as: Business, USA, P2P, Legal
Having started in 2001, and having passed through case and appeal, the US Supreme Court yesterday ruled that companies can be held liable if their products are used to infringe copyright. We review the history of this case and survey its impact.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 13 April 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized, Business, Copy Protection, UK, P2P, Legal
October’s campaign continues, as BPI (British Phonographic Industry) announces another 33 legal cases against illegal filesharers in the UK.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 22 March 2005 | Tagged as: Archive, Podcasting, Content, P2P, Video on Demand (VoD), Cross platform, Open Source, User Generated Content (UGC), IPTV
Vlogging (video blogging) hits mainstream as OurMedia announces free community site for publishing and sharing multimedia content.
Posted by Simon Perry on 21 December 2004 | Tagged as: Business, Uncategorized, P2P, Legal
The heat goes up on BitTorrent and associated sites. We hope the MPAA are also seeing the opportunities this technology brings.
Posted by Simon Perry on 6 December 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, P2P, Music
In contrast to the US recording industry, this survey finds musicians don’t fear P2P networks.
Posted by Christian on 24 November 2004 | Tagged as: USA, Business, P2P, Web, Legal, DVD, Regulation
Federal Judge in California blocks movie studios’ approach to lawsuits targeting film file-sharers.
Posted by Christian on 23 November 2004 | Tagged as: Content, Copy Protection, P2P, Music
Universal’s new record label will sell and promote digital-only releases.
Posted by Andrew on 18 November 2004 | Tagged as: Business, USA, P2P, Legal
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announces pursuit of film file-sharers with legal action and software applications.
Posted by Simon Perry on 16 November 2004 | Tagged as: Distribution, P2P, Music
Grokster Radio by Mercora to be the product of this P2P tie-up.
