News Roundup - December 2012

1. Republican staffer fired for copyright reform suggestions
2. Revisiting The Purpose Of The Copyright Monopoly: Science And The Useful Arts

News Roundup - November 2012

1. Parents Not Responsible For Their Teenager’s Music Piracy
2. Strict Copyright Law Hurts Innovation and Consumers, Republicans Say
3. Views of legal professors add weight to Google campaign against German publisher levy plans, says expert
4. ISPs will first determine whether public Wi-Fi providers are subject to anti-piracy code, Ofcom says

News Roundup - October 2012

1. “Gang War” Trial Bias Court Ruling Gives Pirate Bay Fresh Hope Of Re-Trial
2. Pirate Bay Moves to The Cloud, Becomes Raid-Proof
3. File-Sharers More Likely to Pay for Movies, Books, Games and Concerts

News Roundup - September 2012

1. Pirate Bay founder arrested in Cambodia
2. Do you own your digital content?
3. Bruce Willis to fight Apple over right to leave iTunes library in will

News Roundup - August 2012

1. ISPs' copyright obligations under treaty could infringe individuals' rights, claim groups
2. EU courts may not share enforcement body's view that linking to infringing material is itself illegal, says expert

News Roundup - July 2012

1. YouTube Network Plays Well With Latino Audiences
2. Placing duty on Google to prevent re-posting of infringing material on YouTube is prohibited by EU law, French court rules
3. Music industry body will demand removal of 12 million pirate files in 2012, says report
4. Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy
5. Music industry body will demand removal of 12 million pirate files in 2012, says report
6. To Help Dissidents, YouTube Introduces Face-Blurring Tool
7. Here's A Scoop: When News Breaks, People Check YouTube For Videos

News Roundup - June 2012

1. Neo-Nazis scoop YouTube ad revenue from UK telcos
2. Pirate Bay founders appeal to EC to save them from Swedish justice
3. All Danish ISPs will block content on single court order under proposed code
4. Lights, Camera, YouTube: Studio Cashes In On An Entertainment Revolution
5. Agreement reached on new EU copyright laws on 'orphan' works
6. Big Four Music Labels Hire Students To Chase File-Sharers

News Roundup - May 2012

1. Copyright takedown requests made in a week now number more than those made during whole of 2009, Google says
2. US Judge says IP addresses don't identify pirates
3. ACTA unlikely to come into operation, Kroes says
4. Search engines' plans to help combat piracy seek extra safeguards that existing EU law does not provide, expert says
5. Iconic Piracy Suit Against Google Dismissed, Despite $25,000 Bounty
6. File-Sharing Church Weds First Couple
7. Streaming Site ‘Admin’ Freed, But Agrees 1 Year Hiatus With HBO
8. The Pirate Bay Partners With Academic Researchers to Counter Propaganda
9. NBC Will Stream The London Olympics Live — But Only To TV Subscribers

News Roundup - April 2012

1. Commission asks ECJ to assess ACTA's compliance with fundamental rights
2. Google Co-Founder Blasts Entertainment Industry On Piracy
3. Impressions From The Pirate Parties International Conference

News Roundup - March 2012

1. O2 disclosure ruling could impact on workings of imminent new anti-piracy code, campaigners say
2. Pirate Bay plans sky-high flying proxy servers
3. Alleged copyright infringing student extradition approved
4. Google takes aim at MPAA in Hotfile case
5. Can You Be Sued For Simply Watching An Illegal Video Stream?
6. Australia considers national digital archive

News Roundup - February 2012

1. Canadians revolt over draconian internet privacy bill
2. Second hand music files trader avoids injunction as copyright case moves to full trial
3. You Can’t Copyright Porn, Harassed BitTorrent Defendant Insists

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