October 8, 2008
- Warner Bros Forces Wua.la to Close Down Its Largest User Group
Warner Bros is trying to increase its vigilance regarding digital piracy and now is watching closely the social file sharing and storage network Wua.la., Netzwelt.de reports. (…)
September 29, 2008
- MTV Networks and Visible Measures to Collaborate
Visible Measures, a Web video metrics company, made an announcement today according to which it has reached an agreement with MTV Networks whose outcome will be the deployment of Visible Measures’ metrics technology in all of MTVN’s 340 destination video sites. (…)
September 22, 2008
- YouTube Gets Tough on Copyright Content
On September 17 we reported Nexicon’s plan to launch a system that collects revenue from illegal file sharing. (…)
September 21, 2008
- Find Your BitTorrent trackers with TorrentKing
If you’re into BitTorrent trackers and don’t settle for little info, TorrentKing.org may be the place for you. (…)
September 19, 2008
- MiniNova Introduces Free Content Distribution
There’s no such thing as too much money you talk about the industry – the Big 4 have proven it – their ongoing battle against P2P piracy has had, in their own words, “devastating” effects upon their businesses. (…)
September 16, 2008
- Better Late than Never: IMDb Offers Full-Length Movies
If you’re at least a bit into movies then you must’ve visited IMDb to find out more about a certain movie. (…)
September 15, 2008
- iPhone App Store Tenses Its Muscles- Twice as Fast in Expansion as iTunes
Let’s take a look at some download statistics from the iPhone application store, and the iTunes store's first year of operation for the sake of comparison – it seems that iPhone apps are spreading twice as fast as iTunes at its launch. (…)
September 12, 2008
- Here We Are Now Inter-taining
It’s already an established fact for many that online videos have become the most popular form of entertainment especially if we consider the numerous resource sites available. (…)
September 10, 2008
- Marillion Promises Next Album for Free Download
Alea iacta est or The dice are cast for the music industry as it definitely won’t be the same again with regard to distributing content. (…)
September 9, 2008
- RealDVD – A Solution to P2P Movie File Sharing?
The fuss around RealDVD software is partly due to it being promoted as a legitimate alternative to applications that rip DVD to unprotected formats such the popular MPEG or AVI which fill the file sharing sites and network (as they can be easily uploaded), and you can only imagine the irritation of the movie studios seeing their content distributed this way. (…)
September 6, 2008
- Metallica Album Leaked to BitTorrent – The Band Doesn't Complain
It seems that Metallica distances itself more and more from the band it was back in 2000 when it carried the flag against illegal file-sharing. (…)
August 10, 2008
- Metallica’s New Album Tracklist Made Public
The upcoming Metallica album, “Death Magnetic” is scheduled to be released on a Friday (September 12), for fear of piracy (leaking advance copies ) some say. (…)
July 15, 2008
- Olympic Games Covered by Chinese P2P Video Provider (via CCTV)
2008 Summer Olympics which will be held in Beijing are an international multi-sport event with millions of fans worldwide. (…)
July 7, 2008
- Blockbuster: a Relic of Old Times?
Blockbuster, the company used to rule the world of video and DVD rentals sees itself forced to admit obliteration.
Not more than six years ago the value of Blockbuster shares was as high as $30. (…)
June 30, 2008
- U.K. to Become the Second Country to Launch Legal P2P Service
We previously announced you that legal broadband subscription services that would allow file sharing are likely to emerge on the market by the end of the year. Now the prospects seem within reach. (…)
June 18, 2008
- Kid Rock Encourages File Sharers - iTunes boycotted
Kid Rock adds to the (not so large) number of artists that advocate file sharing and distributing music through p2p networks. (…)
- Study Reveals: Young File Sharers Willing to Purchase Their Music
A recent study conducted at the University of Hertfordshire UK (based on respondents aged 14 to 24), proves teenagers who indulge in illegal file sharing are, nevertheless, willing to use legal file-sharing services and pay for the desired content. (…)
June 15, 2008
- Isohunt Collaborates with Jamendo
This really seems to be the age of fusions and mergers. The p2p phenomenon had everybody in the industry re-think their own standpoint. (…)
June 12, 2008
- Metallica Scolds its Own Management for Having Censored Reviews
The last couple of days Metallica (already made notorious by its stance against Napster some time ago which cost it a great number of fans back then) was targeted again in the news as a result of what seemed another highly uninspired move from the band with regards to its relationship with the Internet. (…)
June 11, 2008
- Qtrax Announces Free and Legal Downloads Starting June 18
After Qtrax made a deal with EMI to create a device that would enable Qtrax's P2P features allowing users to download free music in a pro-ad environment, the company promised an early date for its offer of downloads. (…)
