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Simon Cowell Asks for FBI’s Help in File Sharing Issue

Last month Simon Cowell has taken another step against illegal file sharing with “his first piece of UK political lobbying” – now the music mogul has called in the FBI to stop hackers stealing music produced by his label. Apparently, Cowell’s Syco label, part of Sony BMG, has been the target of many attacks lately, perhaps owing to Cowell’s recent moves against piracy. Alexandra Burke's forthcoming single has found its way to p2p networks, and the same thing happened to the new material from 2005 X Factor winner Shayne Ward.

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Friday, March 19th, 2010 P2P News No Comments

‘Google TV’ plants Chrome on Android set-top

Sony and Intel join plan to rule world with ads Google has joined forces with Intel and Sony to build a television set-top box based on its Android mobile operating system and Chrome web browser.…

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Thursday, March 18th, 2010 P2P News No Comments

Sony launches ‘WiiMote for PS3′

PlayStation Move to debut… just as Wii begins decline It’s not Arc, it’s Move, Sony revealed yesterday when it took the wraps off its Wii-style motion controller system for the PlayStation 3.…

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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 P2P News No Comments

Sony coughs to PS3 stock shortfall

Demand too high, spins console giant Sony has admitted it is not shipping enough PlayStation 3 consoles into the UK.…

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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 P2P News No Comments

Movie Studios Lose Landmark Case Against Aussie ISP

The Federal Court has today ruled in favor of Aussie ISP iiNet following a copyright infringement case instigated by AFACT, the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft. Last year several studios including Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Disney Enterprises, Inc. and the Seven Network took legal action against iiNet, claiming that the ISP did nothing to stop its customers from sharing copyright media via BitTorrent.

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Thursday, February 4th, 2010 P2P News No Comments