Global Gaming Factory close to signing deals with record labels?
Global Gaming Factory made news when they announced that they were going to acquire popular p2p site The Pirate Bay.
The company has now revealed that they are pretty close to signing a deal with a major record label.
Company chief executive Hans Pendaya said in a [...]
Eircom to disconnect pirate web users
Irish ISP Eircom has announced that they have signed a deal with four major record companies as part of a settlement.
They would now disconnect their customers who are found to be part of the online piracy.
Market sources say that this is the first deal of its kind signed [...]
MTV, MySpace aims to generate revenues from pirated media on social networks
MTV, MySpace are now working with technology company Auditude to identify pirated media uploaded on social networking sites and monetize them.
They are going to offer two options… Either the copyrighted content can be removed or they can serve ads in it to monetize it [...]
Google YouTube sued by Italian media company Mediaset
Italian media company Mediaset has announced that they have now filed a copyright violation lawsuit against the video sharing service YouTube which is owned by search engine company Google.
The lawsuit is similar to many others which have been filed against YouTube and Google.
They are claiming that the service [...]
Britain to get strict with file sharing internet users
Six of the biggest internet service providers are joining hands with the music and movie industry to tackle internet piracy in Britain.
The ISPs would now send warning letters to the customers who are involved in illegal file sharing on the web.
Analysts claim that as many as [...]
Google told to release YouTube records to Viacom
Search engine giant Google has been ordered by a US based court to provide data related to video-viewing habits of YouTube users to Viacom.
This ruling has been criticized by privacy groups. Google responded in a statement: “We are disappointed the court granted Viacom’s overreaching demand for viewing history.”
Viacom [...]
EMI sues VideoEgg, Hi5 and others for copyright infringement
EMI is targeting video sharing services like Hi5 and VideoEgg for copyright infringement.
The company claims that users of these services have uploaded media content which is owned by them.
The lawsuit includes 10 other unnamed defendants.
Market sources tell that EMI was in talks with these companies on a [...]
Google: Viacom lawsuit threatens Internet Freedom
Viacom sued Google sometime back claiming that their video sharing service YouTube infringed on their copyright.
Users are able to upload copyrighted material on the service. Google enables the content owners to complain but Viacom claims that the company needs to do more by preventing any uploads of copyrighted material [...]
Showstash and Cinematube targeted for linking to pirated media!
Showstash and Cinematube have lost a major lawsuit for linking to pirated digital media.
Motion Picture Association of America had filed the lawsuit against these two companies claiming that they were enabling web users to pirate copyrighted material.
MPAA representative John G. Malcolm said in a statement: “Our goal [...]
Japan wants to add copyright fee to Apple iPods
Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency has now proposed that the government should add a new tax on the price of Apple iPods and other media players.
This new tax would be used to compensate right holders who suffer due to massive digital media piracy.
This additional fee would be similar [...]
