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Wednesday, 08 November 2017 12:02
MPAA unhappy with Australia over proposed copyright changes
The Australian Government's pledge to extend safe harbour copyright provisions and consult on fair use has met with disapproval from the Motion Picture Association of America, a lobby group for film studios.
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Friday, 05 August 2016 11:49
Anti-piracy body's fund cutbacks lead to lawsuit
The Australian Screen Association, formerly known as the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, has been sued by its former managing director Mark Day.
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Entertainment
Friday, 14 June 2013 16:01
Kim Dotcom joins the freedom brigade
And then there were four. While the names Manning, Assange and Snowden are raising hackles in political power circles, Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is having the same effect among the corporate elites.
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Beerfiles
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Friday, 09 July 2010 14:42
Pirate Bay user database hacked
Reports have emerged in the past few days of a successful hack against The Pirate Bay which 'liberated' the entire user database.
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Security
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Thursday, 04 March 2010 11:36
Real throws in towel on RealDVD case
RealNetworks has given up its effort to sell the DVD backup product RealDVD and will refund its customers' money and pay the movie studios' legal expenses.
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Strategy
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 22:59
RealNetworks' day in court ends in loss
A U.S. District Court judge has enjoined RealNetworks from selling its RealDVD software that copies DVDs to the user's hard disk.
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Development
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Sunday, 02 August 2009 16:12
Why can't I just play DVDs in Linux?
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Business Telecommunications
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 23:53
RealNetworks ups ante in DVD backup case
RealNetworks has added a new countersuit in its battle with the movie industry over the company's RealDVD disc backup software.
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Development
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 01:23
Real demos "TiVo for DVDs" in court
As part of its court defense of RealDVD, Real Networks displayed in court a possible future product: a set-top box to hold ripped DVDs.
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Business Telecommunications
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Monday, 09 March 2009 11:09
Does watching pirated movies make you a terrorist?
You might consider movie piracy a victimless crime, but some folk are now directly linking pirates to terrorists.
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Technology Regulation
Tuesday, 17 February 2009 07:48
Is The Pirate Bay Still a Safe Harbour?
Although occurring in Sweden, the commencement of the trial of the four founders of The Pirate Bay will help to answer many of the murky legal questions regarding the legal standing of Torrent index sites.
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Networking
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Saturday, 24 May 2008 17:21
The Autodesk case makes sampling legal
The music industry is in deep dog-doo. They just haven’t figured out which breed the dog is. Or where it went!
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Business Telecommunications
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 16:08
RIAA, MPAA: Be Careful what you Wish For
Schemes are being hatched to make it harder and harder to download copyrighted material across the internet. Seems they will be just as successful as the method to stop people recording CDs to tape in the “old days.” And just as ludicrous.
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