News Roundup - November 2009

Net disconnection requires involvement of judge, says Commissioner
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Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers
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Why do people keep buying CDs?
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EU waits for wise men to deliver digi-books plan
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YouTube to promote its full-length TV shows with press and bus ads
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Anti-Piracy Outfits Demand Cash Without Proof
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Mandelson Gets His Own Digital Economy Bill Protest Song
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Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes ‘Legal’
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AFACT v iiNet: Epic BitTorrent Copyright Case Concludes
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30,000 Internet Users to Receive File-Sharing Cash Demands
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File-sharer disconnection law published to continuing opposition
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Sweden sees music sales soar after crackdown on filesharing
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Barack Obama criticises internet censorship at meeting in China
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Lady Gaga Earns Slightly More From Spotify Than Piracy
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MPAA Says Copyright-Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood
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Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too
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Internet: A threat to government or the other way around?
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Military Video System Is Like YouTube With Artillery
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Google adds automatic captions to YouTube
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YouTube is profitable, says YouTube and Google founding investor
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Government confirms plan to disconnect alleged file-sharers
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Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing
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YouTube launches UK TV section with more than 60 partners
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Is Xbox Live ban the ultimate answer to piracy?
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YouTube Direct service to link citizen reporters and news organisations
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Pirate Bay Ship Hijackers Let Logo Hostage Go
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MC Hammer: STOP… The Music Piracy Crackdown
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Leaked Documents Reveal Anti-Piracy Cash Operation
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Copyright Czar Vote Heads to Full Senate
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Handy Chart Tracks Proposed Amendments to Patriot Act
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Judge Sides With RIAA in ‘Sham’ Litigation Class Action
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China heralds success of iPhone TV
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UK.gov denies innocent will be hit by filesharing regime
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Anti-Piracy Group Responds to Media, Not DRM Breaker
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Game Developer Promotes Game on Torrent Sites
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Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest
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MPAA Wants Congress to ‘Encourage’ 3 Strikes, Filtering
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YouTube tests skippable pre-roll ads
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