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LimeWire found guilty of inducing copyright theft
News Peer-to-peer service LimeWire has lost a court battle with music industry trade body RIAA over inducing copyright theft.
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US names and shames worst IP protectors
News Canada joins 10 others in Special 301 worst-of-the-worst category.
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Digital Economy Bill passed in under two hours
News Last night saw the Digital Economy Bill swept through parliament thanks to the wash-up phase, but some minor victories were won on controversial clauses.
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Photographers complain about Google books deal
News Google is to face another lawsuit. This time from photographers and artists for digitising images without consent.
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Lib Dems speak out against Digital Economy Bill
News A letter from a Lib Dem MP has given more weight to the concerns of other party members regarding the latest amendments to the Digital Economy Bill.
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Hollywood wins piracy case against Newzbin
News But the Usenet site thinks it's all a waste of time, as the pirated content is all still online.
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Digital Economy Bill to cost ISPs up to £500 million
News Internet service providers are set to front up to £500 million of the bill to put in place Government plans hoping to cut copyright infringement.
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Lords drop Clause 17, add power to ban sites
News The House of Lords has dropped a controversial bit of the Digital Economy Bill, but added the ability to block websites with illegal content in its place.
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British Library to offer 65,000 free e-books
News Out-of-copyright classics from Dickens, Austen and the like will soon be available to download free of charge in a Microsoft-funded venture.
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Fujitsu stakes claim on ‘iPad’ name
News Fujitsu has claimed the name ‘iPad’ as its own and is consulting lawyers about taking on Apple in court.
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Q&A: Jim Killock, Open Rights Group
News As the debate surrounding the Digital Economy Bill heats up, we spoke to the executive director of the Open Rights Group who feels the copyright aspects need to change.
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Microsoft sued over Bing trademark
News A little design company in the US is taking on one of the industry’s biggest names over the title of its search engine.
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