Archive for 2011/06/29

MPA Chief Senator Chris Dodd pays visit to Dutch State Secretary Fred Teeven

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Legislation, New Business Models, Public Policy

Senator Dodd feels that the upcoming legislation in The Netherlands can function as an example to the other European Union Member States as the Dutch government plans to introduce:

1. A ban on downloading from an illegal source;

2. Site blocking by Internet Service Providers;

3. More legal downloading initiatives (new business models) for consumers.

Dutch language news article: http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/tech/2011/06/hollywood_blij_met_teeven.html

Previously:

Dutch State Secretary Fred Teeven: “Copyright contract law must strike a balance between the interests of creators and copyright holders. The preliminary draft by the previous government was a little too much in disadvantage of publishers and producers”
http://vrritti.com/2011/06/24/dutch-state-secretary-fred-teeven-copyright-contract-law-must-strike-a-balance-between-the-interests-of-creators-and-copyright-holders-the-preliminary-draft-by-the-previous-government-was-a-little/  and http://vrritti.com/2011/04/11/dutch-government-to-prohibit-downloading-from-an-illegal-source/

Draft OECD Statement Calls for Broadband ISPs to Police Internet Copyright

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/06/29/draft-oecd-statement-calls-for-broadband-isps-to-police-internet-copyright.html

BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) and BT have succeeded in forcing a campaign website (www.stopthebroadbandcon.org), which had been run by their arch rival Virgin Media UK, off the internet

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Blocking, Litigation

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/06/29/uk-asa-bans-stop-the-broadband-con-campaign-website-from-virgin-media.html

Civilizing the ‘Net: ISPs told to play copyright cop

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness

A major Internet conference ended today in Paris with the publication of an official “Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/civilized-high-level-global-conference-wants-isps-to-play-copyright-cophigh-level-global-conference-wants-isps-to-play-copyright-cop.ars

FarmVille creator Zynga plans $2bn IPO this week

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/29/farmville-creator-zynga-ipo

Swedish telecom giant Ericsson sees copyright abuse as the underlying cause of the piracy problem

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Copyright, Education / Awareness

http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharing-symptom-not-problem-110629/

Following file-sharing complaints filed earlier this year, a Finnish court has now issued orders for the ISPs of three subscribers to disconnect them from the Internet

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence

http://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-isps-to-disconnect-file-sharers-110629/

Google+, the attempt to unify everything

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/28/google-plus/

Mortal Kombat reveals for-pay future of fighting game DLC

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/mortal-kombat-reveals-for-pay-future-of-fighting-game-dlc.ars

Paramount Pictures’ lawyers sent me a cease and desist letter for a model I uploaded, and told me to take it down. It was a replica white funky cube shaped object from their new movie. I complied. I don’t want to sit in a courtroom for the rest of the year. I am no longer offering these for sale, and am complying with Paramount’s demands

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

Paramount Cease and Desist Targets 3D Printer ‘Pirate’

http://torrentfreak.com/paramount-cease-and-desist-targets-3d-printer-pirate-110628/

ISP Survey: Three Strikes Won’t Deter Pirates

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports, Three Strikes

http://torrentfreak.com/isp-survey-three-strikes-wont-deter-pirates-110628/

Attorney-General at Dutch Supreme Court: “Taking away someone’s virtual property should be regarded as theft. Virtual goods can represent an economic value”

Posted: 2011/06/29 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Future Developments?, Jurisprudence, Litigation, Tech Evolution

13-year-old steals virtual Runescape amulet

Dutch language news article: http://www.nu.nl/internet/2551245/diefstal-virtuele-goederen-strafbaar.html