News Roundup - May 2011

1. Hargreaves' Digital Copyright Exchange will never happen
2. Competition Czar weighs into copyright, trademarks
3. Architect of Great Firewall of China 'takes shoe to face'
4. France Halts ‘Three Strikes’ IP-Address Collection After Data Leak
5. Streaming Movie Service Zediva Countersues MPAA
6. Wikileaks: Canadian piracy arrests were favor to movie biz man
7. Why poor countries lead the world in piracy
8. IP-Address Is Not a Person, BitTorrent Case Judge Says

News Roundup - April 2011

1. YouTube to launch paid video-on-demand service
2. UK Digital Economy Act complies with EU law, judge rules
3. ICE Uses Seized Domains for Best Anti-Piracy Video Ever
4. Belgian ISP does not have to filter out copyright-infringing traffic, says ECJ advisor
5. U.S. Eyes Global Internet Freedoms
6. Beyond Cute Babies: How To Make Money On YouTube
7. BitTorrent plays nice with content
8. Google plans cheapo YouTube programs
9. Time Warner and Viacom go to court over iPad streaming row
10. Feds, RIAA Ask $22,500 in Damages Per Song
11. Appeals Court Strengthens Warrantless Searches at Border
12. U.S. Eyes Global Internet Freedoms
13. Studio Suing BitTorrent Pirates Does Not Own the Movie, Records Show

News Roundup - March 2011

1. Judge to music industry: 'Worth trillions? Forget it'
2. US court derails Google book-scan plans
3. Russia Refuses to Recognize Pirate Party, Because of Its Name
4. The Copyright Monopoly Is a Limitation of Property Rights
5. Download data versus piracy claims: the figures don’t add up
6. Google's copyright review: Google lays down the Google law
7. Facebook was fourth for online video in February 2011
8. Paramount Pictures Partner With BitTorrent Release Movie
9. White House: Streaming Should Be a Felony, Wiretap Infringers
10. Competition For Online Video Content Heats Up
11. Following AFACT v iiNet, Internet Industry Formulates Copyright Code of Conduct
12. Game Changing Study Puts Piracy in Perspective
13. 5 Reasons Why the US Domain Seizures Are Unconstitutional
14. Google guilty of copyright wrong
15. Fox DMCA Takedowns Order Google to Remove Fox DMCA Takedowns
16. Supreme Court Deciding Whether Congress May Copyright Public Domain Works
17. Turkey bans Google Blogger over pirated football feeds
18. Credit card squeeze looms for pirate music sites

News Roundup - February 2011

1. Google prepping YouTube movie service for UK, says report
2. The real winner at the Oscars this year
3. Radiohead surprises fans with early online album release
4. Update copyright law for pre-industrial era, says law professor
5. Google Gets Involved in BitTorrent Search Engine Lawsuit
6. Hotfile Goes To War Against Copyright Infringers
7. Google's Travel Deal Faces Regulatory Turbulence
8. nNothing New Under The Copyright-Eclipsed Sun
9. RIAA Labels Spain and Canada As Piracy Havens
10. Feds Seize 18 More Domains in Piracy Crackdown

News Roundup - January 2011

1. ACS:Law turns back on file-sharer court case
2. Government lays ISP copyright notification plans before Parliament
3. Academics urge EU bodies to reject ACTA
4. Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More
5. Obama Nominates RIAA Lawyer for Solicitor General
6. Net neutrality fundamental to fairness, says BBC boss
7. Do You Prefer Copyright or the Right to Talk in Private?
8. Piracy Horrors and The Music Industry’s Twisted Reality
9. Europe and America host most IP-infringing sites, claims consultancy
10. Why young people pirate (Pssst: It's not just about money)
11. EU wants to erect opt-in hurdle for creators
12. More Music Sold Than Ever Before, Despite Piracy
13. Oz net filter jams up with smut, may be pulled out altogether
14. EU law not tough enough for online piracy, says Brussels
15. Copyright comes a cropper in the digital age
16. European Commission may compel ISPs to combat users' IP infringement
17. RapidShare’s Measures Against Piracy Are Sufficient, Court Rules
18. Operation in Our Sites Paperwork Shows Perils of Linking To Movies

News Roundup - December 2010

1. Images: See YouTube's new 'experimental homepage'
2. Porn Site Says Revealing Takedown Notices Infringe Copyright
3. EFF Demands Copyright Troll Pay for Suing Democratic Underground
4. ISP 3 Strikes Anti-Piracy Strategy Rewarded By Big Four Music Service
5. Wikileaks Cable Shows US Involvement in Swedish Anti-Piracy Efforts
6. Google in 'better' copyright protection vow
7. Viacom Says YouTube Ruling Will ‘Completely Destroy’ Copyright
8. BBC iPlayer international subscription service first headed to iPad
9. RapidShare Gets 150,000 Euro Copyright Infringement Fine
10. Apple patents glasses-free, multi-viewer 3D
11. Netflix strikes deal to stream first-run movies, elbows in on the pay TV release window

And finally - for the last post of 2010 here's the Top 10 YouTube Videos For 2010 as compiled by NPR. Happy New Year!

News Roundup - November 2010

1. Supreme Court Won’t Hear RIAA File Sharing Case
2. Start-up pitches low-cost no-glasses 3D for iPad
3. YouTube shakes hands with French artists
4. EU Parliament backs ACTA with few reservations
5. Indian piracy arrests bother Bollywood BitTorrenters
6. The Pirate Bay Appeal Verdict: Guilty Again
7. Dutch Artist Unions Call Government to Legalize File-Sharing
8. No Ghostriding Allowed on Army’s SFW YouTube
9. Content 'made available' in jurisdiction where server is located
10. The real cost of free: a response
11. Google signs French book deal
12. Harry Potter studio to investigate Deathly Hallows leak
13. Google takes indirect jab at China over Internet limits
14. Hulu Plus now available on Roku boxes for $7.99 per month
15. ACTA draft falls from skies
16. Usenet Community Not Guilty Of Copyright Infringement
17. Irish Government Wants File-Sharing Compromise, or Legislation Will Follow
18. Hulu CEO: New ad innovations offer more choice to TV watchers
19. Man Fined For Publishing Links To Legal Sports Broadcast
20. European Commissioner Lambasts ‘Copyright Middlemen’
21. Government announces new IP law review
22. The government shouldn't hang on Google's every word
23. Cooks Source Copyright Infringement Becomes an Internet Meme
24. Cable Subscribers Flee, But Is Internet To Blame?
25. EC lobs grenades at copyright's Ancien Régime
26. Lessig calls on WIPO to lead copyright reform
27. Time Warner CEO: New movies to your living room for $50 by mid-2011
28. World's dumbest file-sharer guilty for third time
29. 'Pervy' private chat case springs back into life
30. Google needs to flag up terror videos
31. YouTube Yanks Jihadi Videos; Terror Wannabes Mildly Inconvenienced
32. Testy Turkey re-blocks YouTube over naughty hotel romp clip
33. Web filtering, the Scottish startup and the wrath of UK teenagers
34. Anti-Piracy Tool For Cinemas Will Recognize Emotions
35. "An Anonymous, Offline, Peer To Peer File-Sharing Network In Public Space"
36. RIAA and Anonymous sites both downed by DDoS assaults
37. Hollywood ruling sends piracy chill through Google
38. YouTube founder quits
39. BBC Builders: Vicky Spengler prototypes the future of TV