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BMG Cracks Piracy Whip
By Reuters, May. 31, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67696,00.html
"NEW YORK -- As part of its mounting U.S. rollout of content-enhanced
and copy-protected CDs, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is testing
technology solutions that bar consumers from making additional copies of
burned CD-R discs."
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Lawyers, others questions radio TIVO-like devices
By Sue Zeidler, Reuters, May 27, 200
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8631845
"LOS ANGELES- It's like Tivo for radio, but is it legal? Various devices
that enable listeners to record Internet radio streams and then convert
them into MP3 files are catching on and making Web radio and streaming
services more appealing to the general public."
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Google Print Goes Live
By Susan Kuchinskas, Internet News, May 27, 2005
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3508536
"Google opened the door to its online library late Thursday with the
launch of a book-specific search page."
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This week in copyright infringement
By Steven Musil, CNET News.com, May 27, 2005
http://news.com.com/This+week+in+copyright+infringement/2100-1026_3-5722887.html?tag=alert
"The federal government doesn't mind if the Force is with you, but it
does have a problem if you have a copy of the newest "Star Wars" movie."
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Terrorist link to copyright piracy alleged
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, May 27, 2005
http://news.com.com/Terrorist+link+to+copyright+piracy+alleged/2100-1028_3-5722835.html?tag=alert
"Counterfeit DVDs and cigarettes may be funding terrorists. That's what
the Senate Homeland Security committee heard Wednesday from John
Stedman, a lieutenant in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
who's responsible for an eight-person team of intellectual property
(IPR) investigators."
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RIAA takes new shots at Internet2 swappers
By John Borland, CNET News.com, May 26, 2005
http://news.com.com/2110-1027_3-5721864.html
"The Recording Industry Association of America filed lawsuits against
people at 33 university campuses accused of using the high-speed
Internet2 network to swap music files, the group said Thursday. The
actions follow a first set of lawsuits focusing on this network last
month."
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Reuters Summit - Europe keeps watchful eye on U.S. Grokster case
By Jeffrey Goldfarb, Reuters.com, May 27, 2005
http://www.reuters.co.in/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:429631a3:67c3386a9cd5b64f?type=technologyNews&localeKey=en_IN&storyID=8619285
"PARIS (Reuters) - A key ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on
file-sharing networks used to download copyrighted songs and movies has
American entertainment executives keeping their fingers crossed, but
Europeans are also keeping a watchful eye as policy takes shape over the
new technology."
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Tough times ahead for a proud record label
By The Telegraph, 26/05/2005
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/05/26/bmjules26.xml&sSheet=/arts/2005/05/26/ixartright.html
"Hyperion find themselves in a difficult and expensive position, after a
High Court ruling went against them, writes Julian Lloyd Webber"
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Press Release: The Uncopyrighting (sharing) of your work Copyright:
Its Grey, Black, White and In-Between.
Osceola, WI 54020 May 26, 2005
http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=9123
"Yes, Copyright is a colorful subject. Its also controversial,
especially when you are involving artists, photographers, writers -- the
whole intellectual properties community, in the discussion arena."
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Pursuing Copyright Infringers
By Scottie Claiborne, Search Engine Guide, May 17, 2005
http://www.searchengineguide.com/claiborne/2005/0517_sc1.html
"There was a time when I thought imitation was the sincerest form of
flattery. But when it comes to copyright violations, it's not flattering
at all."
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U.S. Jacks Torrent Site
By Kevin Poulsen, Wired.com, May. 26, 2005
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67645,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
"Acting on detailed information provided by the motion picture industry,
federal agents descended on administrators and users of a popular
pirate-friendly file-sharing site Wednesday in what the government is
calling the first criminal law enforcement action against BitTorrent users."
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New Swedish law to ban downloading of films, music
By Reuters, May 25, 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8606639
"STOCKHOLM () - Sweden's parliament approved a law on Wednesday that
bans the downloading of copyrighted material such as films and music
from the Internet after being singled out for criticism by Hollywood."