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IFPI wants another stab at OiNK
Squeeze owner till he squeals One of the world’s top music trade bodies warned today that the fight against UK BitTorrent tracker OiNK won’t end with the recent acquittal of its creator and administrator, Alan Ellis.…
Continue reading »etc: Facebook’s changes to its privacy settings have led a han…
Facebook’s changes to its privacy settings have led a handful of privacy groups to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. They accuse Facebook of deceptive trade practices among other things. Read More: Paid Content , Scribd What is an “etc post?”
Continue reading »Smashing China’s Great Firewall… through trade disputes?
During the Beijing Olympics, 40 athletes bought a pro-Tibet charity album through iTunes. This was such a threat to national security that the Chinese government, never shy with a bit of well-placed censorship, completely blocked iTunes, even after repeated promises to cut down on Internet censorship during the Olympics. China has shown little interest in relaxing most of its Internet restrictions, but a new paper asks whether a novel approach to the question of censorship might force China—and many other countries—to curb their blacklisting ways.
Continue reading »RIAA bailout radio tax approved
p2pnet news view Radio | P2P | Politics:- The RIAA comes across as an honest trade organisation representing thousands of separate US recording industry companies. It’s responsible for producing statistics, ‘certifying’ attaboy awards for contracted performers who’ve made lots of money for the labels, arranging soirées so politicians can mix with, and be influenced by, vested interests. And so on.
Continue reading »Special Interests See ‘Classified’ Copyright Treaty; You Can’t
Want to know the language of the ever-transforming proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? It’s classified. And, according to the Obama administration, it carries national security implications .
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