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

News Roundup - December 2011

1. Irish ISP ordered to stop using 'three strikes' system against illegal file-sharers
2. Council of Ministers backs EU signing of ACTA
3. Facilitating website piracy can lead ad networks to be liable for infringement, US court says
4. UK's first intellectual property attaché to begin work in China this week
5. Wikipedia Mulls Total Blackout to Oppose SOPA
6. Copyright Regime vs. Civil Liberties
7. Online Video Sites Go Pro And Get Original

News Roundup - November 2011

1. Courts cannot force ISPs into broad filtering and monitoring for copyright-infringing traffic, ECJ rules
2. Grooveshark Prepares To Unmask Anonymous ‘Whistleblower’

News Roundup - October 2011

1. Google report reveals YouTube takedown requests... by country
2. Google exec: 'Corporations ignore human rights'
3. Scope of Ofcom copyright code to be determined by appeals body
4. EU database of IP infringers needs more clarity to comply with law, says watchdog
5. Controversial IP rights treaty signed by eight countries
6. China to step up social media censorship
7. Piracy and Copyright Challenges in 1841 Mirror Those of Today