News Roundup - July 2013

Google accounts for quarter of US internet traffic – report

Premier League wins injunction against website facilitating illegal football streaming
Finland Writes History With Crowdsourced Copyright Law
U.K. Cracking Down On Porn, Blocking It Unless Users Opt In 
UK economy to lose £198m if BBC and pals lose EPG slots - Ministry of Fun



Irish watchdog won't probe Apple, Facebook over PRISM... but COULD IT?


Google Chromecast: Here's why it's the most important smart TV tech ever

Dotcom Extradition Battle Hits New Zealand Supreme Court

News Roundup - June 2013

1. Indian govt blocks 40 smut sites, forgets to give reason
2. Think you're streaming Superman? Think again, punk
3. New copyright laws give researchers right to conduct 'electronic analysis' of copied content
4. File-Sharers Have Right to Anonymous Speech, Court Hears
5. How The Copyright Industry Pushed For Internet Surveillance 
6. Plugs and 3D Printing – Hollywood’s Piracy Problems in Perspective 
7. AT&T Gets Patent to Monitor and Track File-Sharing Traffic
8. UK Government Announces New Intellectual Property Crime Unit
9. U.S. Army Restricts Access To 'The Guardian' Website 
10. Q&A: On The Death Of Google Reader And The Future Of Reading

News Roundup - May 2013

1. Streaming music works for us, say US and UK indie labels
2. Nintendo throws flaming legal barrel at YouTubing fans
3. Congress: It's not the Glass that's scary - It's the GOOGLE
4. Pirate Bay cofounder to run for European Parliament
5. Copyright minister: Google has better access to No. 10 than me
6. Individuals can be identified despite IP address sharing, BT says
7. Copyright owners to help set meaning of 'diligent search' in orphan works reforms, says IPO
8. Pirate Bay Proxy Now Included in Secret ISP Blocklist
9. Canadian Police and Government Caught Pirating Movies and TV-Shows
10. P2P badboy The Pirate Bay sets sail for the Caribbean
11. DreamWorks spends millions on teen YouTube network

News Roundup - April 2013

1. isoHunt Verdict Endangers Innovation, Google Tells Court

News Roundup - March 2013

1. Online retransmission of TV programmes protected by copyright, rules CJEU

News Roundup - February 2013

1. New Zealand court hands out second peppercorn downloading penalty
2. 3 million Freesat receivers now out there, and boxes to get YouTube
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4. Hargreaves supportive of Government copyright reforms but questions limitations to private copying exception
5. Anonymous State of the Union threat is official: What you should know

News Roundup - January 2013

1. Antigua’s Legal “Pirate Site” Authorized by the World Trade Organization
2. Top Gear isn't TV, not when it's on YouTubeThe re-sale of digital music and video files in the EU may not be found to infringe copyright, says expert
3. Media organisations question Government's legal basis for copyright reforms
4. Kim Dotcom's back with a new 50GB free storage service: Mega
5. Pirate Party Australia focuses on Senate for federal election
6. The 16th Century Religious Wars And Today’s Copyright Monopoly Wars Have More In Common Than You Think