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Report: Former Sen. Bob Kerrey Picked to Head MPAA
Los Angeles - Former U.S.
Sen. Bob Kerrey, a Democrat from Nebraska who
currently serves as president of the New
School University
in New York,
has been chosen as...
Media Trading Service Swaptree.com Lands $6 Million
Boston - Swaptree.com, an online service that lets users
trade books, CDs, DVDs and video games, announced on Monday that it has raised
$6 million in...
Judge Orders Isohunt File-Sharing Search Engine Shut Down
Los Angeles
- A federal judge yesterday issued a preliminary injunction against BitTorrent
file-sharing search engine Isohunt, ordering the site to stop hosting,
indexing, linking to or...
U.S. Court Says File Host RapidShare Not Violating Copyrights
Los Angeles - A federal court
in California
ruled this week that file-hosting service RapidShare is not violating the
copyrights of an adult entertainment purveyor. The company...
Swedish Court Orders ISP to Identify OpenBitTorrent Operator
Los Angeles
- A Swedish court has ordered Internet service provider Portlane to identify
the operator of OpenBitTorrent, which in the wake of The Pirate Bay's...
Pakistan Adds YouTube to List of Newly-Blocked Websites
*Update: Pakistan has un-blocked YouTube, after the company removed the "blasphemous" video(s) referred to below.
Islamabad,
Pakistan - Following
a country-wide block of Facebook, the Pakistani government...
Movidius Secures $7.5 Million for Mobile Video Chips
Dublin, Ireland - Movidius, a chipmaker
focused on mobile 3D video, has secured a $7.5 million second round of funding.
Previous backers including Celtic House Venture...
Newzbin Shutters Usenet Index After Copyright Court Loss
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- Usenet newsgroup index site Newzbin, which the U.K. High Court in February
found liable for copyright infringement, shut itself down on Wednesday,
TorrentFreak reported.
...
Google WebM Project to Develop Royalty-Free Video Codec
San Francisco
- Google (NASD: GOOG) on Wednesday announced the launch of the WebM Project, a joint
initiative with partners including Firefox developer Mozilla and mobile browser
developer...
Court Sides With MobiTV Over ASCAP in Streaming Fee Dispute
San Francisco
- A federal court has rejected a proposed licensing structure from performing
rights organization ASCAP that would have greatly increased royalties paid by
MobiTV for...
