News Roundup - June 2009

1. Copyfraud: Poisoning the public domain
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2. Google's real YouTube strategy
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3. ISPs vs BBC iPlayer: Missing the point?
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4. Great Australian Firewall to censor online games
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5. Firms must go to court to stop all counterfeit hauls
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6. YouTube reports exponential growth; issues viral video challenge
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7. TV's future: the partnerships are forming now
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8. YouTube XL: Designed for viewing on HDTVs
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9. Gov. to pirates: we'll slow you down, not cut you off
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10. Napster and the "The more things change" rule
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11. DRM licensing group plan to plug analog hole
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12. New Thomas trial opens with advantage to RIAA
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13. Virgin mulls suspensions of file sharers
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14. ISP spying begins in UK, as Universal, Virgin ink a deal
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15. Rapidshare stung with €24m fine
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16. Boxee launches on Windows; new apps from CurrentTV, Digg, MLB.tv
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17. Qik rolls out live video streaming for Google Android
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18. The media is dead. Long live the media
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19. Having forced one Irish ISP to adopt three strikes rules, labels sue to force others to match policy
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20. 'Insane' $1.9 million verdict could prove RIAA's downfall
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21. RIAA's $1.92 million victory: more about message, less about money
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22. Wow! Jury verdict in Capitol v Thomas-Rasset: $2 million
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23. Data and software both want to be shared
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Rare Good News Day for Irish Company

The world economy is in freefall, and Ireland has been particularly vulnerable to the downturn due to an over-reliance on foreign multi-nationals, i.e. Dell's Limerick Plant closure. However, one piece of good news is that Microsoft has licensed its anti-piracy technology to a Dublin based company, IrishTech. The better news for that company is that Microsoft intends to be a customer. Congratulations, IrishTech, and thanks for the brief respite from the doom and gloom.

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Microsoft sheds its third-party anti-piracy technology
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The real cost of Dell blow
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The "piratebay" Situation, Yet Another Update

Two brief updates for you:

1. Arguments have been made that the judge in the case is not biased, despite being a member of pro-copyright groups. The Swedish Court of Appeals will rule on the matter.

2. One of Sweden's eighteen seats in the European Parliament has been won by the Pirate Party, who garnered 7.1 per cent of the vote. Certainly an interesting development, although one that is unlikely to have a direct impact on the case in hand.

Source

Yo, ho ho! Sweden sends a Pirate to Parliament
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Court says Pirate Bay judge not biased
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