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MEPs reject Acta online anti-piracy deal (Computer Weekly)
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Resolution was carried by 633 to 13 The EU Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.
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EU Parliament calls for openness on ACTA plans (TechWorld)
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Online giants say Internet piracy bill ‘threatens freedom of speech’ Google, Facebook and eBay are among the tech giants that have slammed the government’s plans to tackle internet piracy, claiming it will “threaten freedom of speech”.
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Facebook, Google and eBay slam Digital Economy Bill (TechWorld)
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The European Parliament defied the EU executive today (10 March), casting a vote against an agreement between the EU, the US and other major powers on combating online piracy and threatening to take legal action at the European Court of Justice.
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Parliament threatens court action on anti-piracy treaty (EurActiv)
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Illegal file-sharers should be fined, rather than have their internet connection cut off, says the boss of BT.
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File-sharing sanctions ‘unfair’ (BBC News)
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If you read this site, you probably know about legal onlinemusic services like Spotify, Pandora or Last.fm or Napster… but a stunning percentage of people don’t. They believe that the only way to get music online is illegally: the only source they know of for downloadable music is Bittorrent. Their ignorance of the legal online
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Survey: 40% of music lovers don’t know about legal online music (Geek.com)
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(Telecompaper) The number of illegal online music and video consumers in France rose by 3 percent between September and December last year, despite the passage of the Hadopi 2 anti-piracy law, according to a study by the University of Rennes. The level stood at 30.3 percent of all internet users in December, versus 29.5 percent three months earlier. Although the first warning messages will not …
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Online piracy rises in France despite new law – study (Digital Media Europe)
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The music industry is failing to promote legal alternatives to piracy, according to a leading consumer group.
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Music industry failing to promote legal alternatives to piracy (Daily Telegraph)
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Possibly more than in any other digital industry, video game companies hate piracy above all else. You think the DRM on a DVD is bad, get a load of a video game disc. These things are almost overloaded with horrendous and invasive programs designed to make sure no one copies a game — or even plays it without permission. And video game DRM is actually getting worse. After recent DRM routines led …
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Downed DRM servers take games completely offline for hours (Yahoo! Tech Advisors)
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Trade body the BPI says adding digital music to broadband packages could earn extra revenue and reduce piracy The UK music downloads market could generate up to £200m a year for internet service providers such as BSkyB and Virgin Media within three years, according to a new report. British music industry trade body the BPI estimates that the UK’s major ISPs – BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB, O2, Orange …
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‘Up to £200m for ISPs in downloads’ (Guardian Unlimited)
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