Copyright

‘Fake’ Apple Stores Not Just a Chinese Phenomenon

Phoney Apple stores are cropping up around the world, highlighting the scale of the problem facing the brand

13 years ago

Chinese Counterfeiters Rip-off An Entire Apple Store

Three copycat Apple stores have been discovered in a small Chinese city by a US blogger

13 years ago

Digital Cold War Breaks Out Between Web Sheriffs

A 'digital Cold War' has been declared between British and Russian anti-piracy companies

13 years ago

YouTube: Profits Still In The Pipeline

YouTube is growing at a staggering rate, but its profits are always just round the corner, says David Jamieson

13 years ago

Vaizey Says ISPs’ High Court Challenge Is ‘Odd’

Communications Minister Ed Vaizey is not amused by High Court challenges from BT and TalkTalk to the DEA

13 years ago

Silicon Roundabout Asks For Copyright Overhaul

British tech firms have urged the Coalition government to change copyright law

13 years ago

US Calls For Extradition Of UK Web Pirates

A US agency official has said that .com or .net addresses fall under their jurisdiction in piracy battle

13 years ago

Court Date As Hollywood Seeks BT Injunction

Hollywood studios want the High Court to force BT to block access to a file-sharing website

13 years ago

British Student Faces Extradition For Web Piracy

A student at Sheffield Hallam could be extradited to the US for linking to copyrighted content on his website

13 years ago

File-Sharing Grandmother Gets 3 Years’ Probation

58-year old nurse Anne Muir has escaped a jail term, after being convicted of illegal file-sharing

13 years ago

Internet Regulation Needed, Sarkozy Tells Tech Bosses

French President Nicolas Sarkozy lectured tech leaders before the G8 summit

13 years ago

German Pirate Party Servers Seized By Police

The German branch of the Pirate Party, which campaigns for civil rights on the Internet, has been raided

13 years ago

Amazon Says e-Books For Kindle Outsell Paper

The success of Amazon's e-reader has only stimulated speculation that it will launch a general purpose tablet

14 years ago

Hargreaves Report Demands Copyright Overhaul

Britain's IP framework is unsuitable for the digital age and must be updated, according to a new report

14 years ago

IP Review To Recommend Digital Rights Clearinghouse

The Hargreaves report into IP reform looks set to propose a rights exchange to boost the UK's digital economy

14 years ago

US Law To Let Federal Government Shut Pirate Sites

A proposed US federal law would allow the US Department of Justice to shut down sites breaking copyright

14 years ago

ISPs Lose Judicial Review Of Digital Economy Act

BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to have the Digital Economy Act's copyright measures ruled illegal

14 years ago

ACS:Law Could Pay Legal Costs

ACS:Law may be forced to pay defendants' legal costs due to its 'chaotic and lamentable' actions

14 years ago

Google’s Antipiracy Measures Will Never Be Enough

Whether or not Google is doing enough to combat piracy, the firm will pay because everyone wants their pound of…

14 years ago

Independent Internet Watchdog Proposed By ISPs

ISPs suggest an independent internet watchdog with the power to blacklist websites

14 years ago

BT Music Download Service To Combat File-Sharing

BT has confirmed plans to launch a not-for-profit music download service for its customers

14 years ago

Stallman: Only Victims Of Tyranny Should Use Facebook

Only victims of tyranny can justify use of Facebook says freedom activist Richard Stallman. He also spoke in favour of…

14 years ago

Google Brought To Book On Mega Digital Library Plans

Google's dream of scanning every book in the world suffered a setback in the US courts

14 years ago

Judge Accuses ACS:Law Of Dodging Public Scrutiny

The Patents County Court won't let ACS:Law wriggle out of the controversy it has created

14 years ago

Healthcare Firm Hit With Software Piracy Fine

The Business Software alliance has settled with Leicester firm OCB Media Limited for over £19,000

14 years ago

Patent Evidence Grows Against Google’s Android

Oracle's claim that Google broke Sun's Java patents is backed by code, says an expert

14 years ago

ACS:Law File-Sharing Fiasco Astonishes Judge

Trying to drop file sharing cases, ACS:Law has got itself in a worse tangle

14 years ago

Nokia’s Free Ovi Music Service Killed By iTunes

The Ovi Music Unlimited service will be scrapped this year as Nokia admits DRM-free services win

14 years ago

Pirate Bay Defendant Heads For Supreme Court

One of the defendants in the Pirate Bay trial says he will take his appeal bid to the Supreme Court…

14 years ago

ACS:Law Suffers Embarrassing Copyright Case Failure

Anti-piracy law firm ACS:Law has suffered an embarrassing defeat in its first file-sharing court case

14 years ago