News Roundup - January 2012

1. Polish lawmakers don Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA
2. Most EU states sign away internet rights, ratify ACTA treaty
3. Anti-piracy code of practice for search engines proposed by rights holder representatives
4. Mega Aftermath: Upheaval In Pirate Warez Land
5. Other File-Sharing Sites: 'We're Not Megaupload'
6. UK student faces extradition to US after piracy case ruling
7. BBC mulls iPlayer fees for archives, repeats
8. EMI takes Irish Government to court over website blocking delays
9. Government urged to introduce Digital Economy Act anti-file-sharing code
10. White House Speaks Out Against SOPA/PIPA, Sort Of…
11. A War To Watch: YouTube Takes On Television
12. Vint Cerf: 'The internet is not a human right'
13. Official: File-sharing is a religion... in Sweden
14. Study finds piracy withering against legal alternatives
15. How SOPA Can Kill Reddit and Many Other US Sites

News Roundup - December 2011

1. Irish ISP ordered to stop using 'three strikes' system against illegal file-sharers
2. Council of Ministers backs EU signing of ACTA
3. Facilitating website piracy can lead ad networks to be liable for infringement, US court says
4. UK's first intellectual property attaché to begin work in China this week
5. Wikipedia Mulls Total Blackout to Oppose SOPA
6. Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties
7. Online Video Sites Go Pro And Get Original

News Roundup - November 2011

1. Courts cannot force ISPs into broad filtering and monitoring for copyright-infringing traffic, ECJ rules
2. Grooveshark Prepares To Unmask Anonymous ‘Whistleblower’

News Roundup - October 2011

1. Google report reveals YouTube takedown requests... by country
2. Google exec: 'Corporations ignore human rights'
3. Scope of Ofcom copyright code to be determined by appeals body
4. EU database of IP infringers needs more clarity to comply with law, says watchdog
5. Controversial IP rights treaty signed by eight countries
6. China to step up social media censorship
7. Piracy and Copyright Challenges in 1841 Mirror Those of Today

News Roundup - September 2011

1. RapidShare Lobbies Lawmakers Against PROTECT IP Act
2. Hunt: Online file-sharing is a 'direct assault on freedoms'
3. Gov removes 'general appeal' rights for accused freetards
4. Google in freetard-friendly copyright infringement update
5. Russian Minister: YouTube and Google Should Be Shut Down For Copyright Infringement

News Roundup - August 2011

1. IPO is training prosecutors on IP crime
2. Hey, Music Industry. You're suing the wrong people
3. Free Ride: Disney, Fela Kuti and Google's war on copyright
4. Government scraps plan to block illegal filesharing websites
5. Two solicitors fined and suspended for file-sharer letters
6. Government broadly backs Hargreaves recommendations to change IP frameworks
7. US Court order could force online DVD distributor to shut down
8. 

News Roundup - July 2011

1. High Court forces BT to block links to pirate site
2. Star Wars helmets did not infringe copyright because they are not art, Supreme Court rules
3. Clippings ruling could derail much online publishing, says expert
4. Clippings services users must have licence or infringe newspapers' copyright, says court
5. Pirate Party Launches Movie Download Sites As “Declaration of War”
6. Fox Will Boost U.S. TV-Show Piracy
7. Wal-Mart Dives Into Video Streaming
8. Music rights body wants 'traffic light' indications of infringing material in search results
9. AMD, Dell and YouTube team up to stream major concerts
10. Judge: Pirate Party Name-Ban Decision Stands
11. Internet disconnection breaches free expression rights, says co-operation body
12. High Court asks ECJ if streaming service breaks copyright laws
13. French copyright enforcers unable to keep up with complaints, reports claim
14. Yahoo! does not have to delete copyright-infringing search results Italian court rules
15. UK investment in IP-protected assets reached £65bn by 2008, research finds
16. Netflix, NBC Universal renew contract; more shows for streaming
17. Google’s Anti-Piracy Filter Is Quite Effective
18. ISPs, Academics and Citizens Oppose EU Anti-Piracy Legislation
19. Legal protection should only be given to artists who sign up for copyright exchange, says musicians' rights campaigner
20. US could use extradition agreement to force UK copyright infringing suspects to face trial in the US, media reports say