In a ruling that will be heard around the world, the Stockholm District Court sentenced Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundstrom, founders of The Pirate Bay, to one year each in prison, and to pay damages of 30 million kronor ($3.6 million) to several entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and...
Universal Music Group & Google Extend YouTube Deal – Launch Vevo
Universal Music Group and Google announced that they would extend their agreement to allow Universal’s music available for user-generated content on YouTube. Universal also announced the launch of Vevo which will provide Universal’s music video library to the masses in a more “controlled” environment. While the music videos are slowly...
The Pirate Bay Lobs Another File-Sharing Grenade
Even with a verdict looming next month on the copyright infringement case against the four founders in Sweden, The Pirate Bay is currently beta testing virtual private network (VPN) technology for a new pay service, dubbed IPREDator, which would allow file-sharers to use the Swedish BitTorrent tracker without leaving a data trail. IPREDator, named after IPRED,...
RIAA Circling The Drain?
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has reportedly issued pink slips to 50 staffers so far this year. Although, the music trade organization refuses to comment on the layoffs, it appears that this could be the beginning of the end for the ineffective, and much maligned, organization. The RIAA which made its living from harassing file-traders and...
Prosecution Stumbles Badly In Pirate Bay Copyright Infringement Trial
Swedish prosecutors stumbled badly on the first day of their copyright infringement trial against the founders of the BitTorrent-driven Pirate Bay. Besides having trouble with their own technology – they couldn’t get their PowerPoint presentation to work – the prosecution didn’t seem to grasp exactly how BitTorrent trackers actually work....
RIAA Reportedly Close To Solidifying Deals With Leading ISPs To Police Networks
The Recording Industry Association of America is reportedly putting the final touches on deals with the leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the States to police their networks for illegal file sharing. The RIAA announced that they were dropping their unpopular litigation campaign last month, but that may be because they have offered ISPs a sweet...
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