Supporters of a proposal say it would give copyright holders the tools to tackle piracy at the supply and demand levels.
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A Plan in Britain to Block Sites Offering Pirated Music (New York Times)
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Internet companies and civil liberties groups contend the powers it would give the British authorities would be a move toward censorship.
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British Put Teeth in Anti-Piracy Proposal (New York Times)
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France’s three strikes anti-piracy law has actually increased the amount of piracy in the country, a new study has revealed. Despite the threat of being permanently disconnected from the Internet in the country, frequent downloaders increased their activity 3 percent since the law, also known as Hadopi, passed last fall. While BitTorrent use did drop from 17.1 percent to 14.6 percent, any who …
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Piracy up in France despite three strikes law (MacNN)
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The EU Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), in a 663-to-13 vote, arguing that ACTA contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.
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EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness (ARNnet)
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Schools must devise new ways to teach children the importance of intellectual property, says the FDA president The Oscar-winning head of the body which distributes films in the UK today called for new methods to be employed in the battle to defeat internet piracy. During a keynote speech as president of the Film Distributors’ Association , Lord Puttnam said young people needed to be educated at …
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Film piracy: Lord Puttnam targets tween curriculum (Guardian Unlimited)
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California startup OnLive plans a June 17 launch for a service that streams videogames over the Internet, meaning players can avoid buying expensive consoles or packaged software.
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OnLive taking videogames into the Internet "cloud" (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Computerworld UK – The European Union’s Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ( ACTA ), voting 663-to-13 vote that ACTA contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.
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EU Parliament rejects secretive ACTA in vote for openness (Computerworld)
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With Nintendo’s successful federal court case in Australia against an online retailer that sold the R4 — a device notoriously used to store pirated Nintendo DS games — most of the news around the R4 has been centered on the piracy controversy.
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R4 DS Reveals Top 10 Nintendo DS Homebrew Applications (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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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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