News Roundup - January 2010

1. Baidu gets out of jail free
2. Aussie censor balks at bijou boobs
3. Sky 3D to launch in April
4. Virgin Media to monitor music piracy
5. Copyright, companies, individuals and news: the rules of the road
6. Neutralize UK File-Sharing Legal Threats – Join TalkTalk
7. 3 Strikes Coming To The United States Via The Back Door?
8. Settlement Rejected in ‘Shocking’ RIAA File Sharing Verdict
9. Med Student Turns to Test-Prep Piracy
10. YouTube and Hulu dabble in for-pay vids
11. MPs frozen out of super-secret copyright talks
12. Piracy continues to cripple music industry as sales fall 10%
13. ‘Piracy Isn’t Killing Music’ Radiohead’s Guitarist Says
14. Pirates Are The Music Industry’s Most Valuable Customers
15. US Military BitTorrent Users Targeted By MPAA/RIAA
16. Court Reduces ‘Shocking’ File Sharing Award
17. Obama Supports $675K File Sharing Verdict
18. Government amends plan for ministerial power to change copyright law
19. Avatar expands 3D TV interest
20. China throws rotten tomatoes at IMDb
21. The truth about Guatemala's YouTube murder
22. Watching Porn Online More Acceptable Than Pirating Music
23. French 3 Strikes Group Unveils Copyright Infringing Logo
24. Group Needs Guns To Enforce Intellectual Property Rights
25. U.S. Courts Split on Internet Bans
26. Justices Block Same-Sex Marriage Trial on YouTube
27. Judge Slams MPAA ‘Cartel’ Allegations
28. ACLU challenges US laptop border searches
29. News Corp is foolish to block linking
30. Music Sales Increase In Sweden For First Time Since 2000
31. Europe’s Second Pirate MP Still Not in Office
32. China Blocks Wired.com With ‘Great Firewall’ - Updated
33. CES 2010: Sony to bring 3D concerts live to the living room
34. Spain seeks fast track for pirate site shutdowns
35. Tech vendors turn to Brussels as copyright levy talks fold
36. Prosecutors claim BitTorrent admin had $300K
37. France floats Google music-and-movie tax
38. Baidu launches (legal) online video company
39. Netflix imposes 28-day waiting period on Warner Bros. films
40. Prove Piracy Losses Says Digital Economy Bill Amendment
41. Furious Copyright Holder Harasses Torrent Site Admins
42. Senator Demands IP Treaty Details
43. Web Censor Seeks $2.2 Billion for China Hack
44. $675,000 RIAA File Sharing Verdict Is ‘Unreasonable’
45. Bono accuses ISPs of 'reverse Robin Hooding' over piracy
46. Stay away, Washington; Let "TV Everywhere" grow, evolve
47. USA: Internet media continue to evolve, old media flirt with extinction
48. Australian internet censorship - at last, the game version
49. Record Label Stops Signing Artists Because of Piracy
50. Money Expert: Industry Should Compete With Music Piracy
51. Six Ways File-Sharers Will Neutralize 3 Strikes