The UK on the copyright roundabout

Ad Supported Music
washington.post/The Associated Press, Chinese site to steer users to legit music source (2 November 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110202067.html> at 8 November 2009

guardian.co.uk, Google seeks to turn a profit from YouTube copyright clashes (1 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/01/google-youtube-monetise-content> at 8 November 2009

Anti Trust Issues
Digital Music News, A Tale of Toxicity: What Happens Next at EMI? (18 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111709emi> at 19 November 2009

Artists
TechDirt, Mariah Carey Showing How The New Music Business Model Works For Megastars (16 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091115/1833556944.shtml> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Lily Allen: It's Ok To Sell My Counterfeit CDs, Just Don't Give My Music For Free (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1151227026.shtml> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Grammy Winner: If You're A Good Musician, You Have Nothing To Fear With Piracy (4 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091103/1853016789.shtml> at 8 November 2009

BitTorrent
Slyck, isoHunt: Last Stand in Canada (30 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1884_isoHunt_Last_Stand_in_Canada> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Mininova buries pirate booty in its index, aims to go legit (30 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/mininova-buries-pirate-booty-in-its-index-aims-to-go-legit.ars> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, isoHunt Files Claim Against CRIA with BC Supreme Court (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87313/isohunt-files-claim-against-cria-with-bc-supreme-court/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

Digital Music News, Another Tracker Sidetracked... Mininova Cleans Its Results (30 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112909mininova> at 2 December 2009

CBC News, Mininova removes links to copyrighted files (26 November 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/mininova-removes-torrents.html> at 2 December 2009

Slyck, The Pirate Bay Trackers Go Offline Forever (17 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1880_The_Pirate_Bay_Trackers_Go_Offline_Forever> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, If You Only Share A Tiny Bit Of A File Via BitTorrent, Is It Still Copyright Infringement? (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/0257247021.shtml> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Demonoid Not Dead, “Will Return as Soon as Possible” (19 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87245/demonoid-not-dead-will-return-as-soon-as-possible-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

Blanket/Collective Licensing
ArsTechnica, Inside the Isle of Man's £1/month unlimited music plan (25 February 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/02/inside-the-isle-of-mans-1month-unlimited-music-plan.ars> at 22 November 2009

TechDirt, Update On Choruss: Universities Not Talking, Mysterious 10,000 Students Still Nowhere To Be Found (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091106/0330336827.shtml> at 8 November 2009

CD Sales
ArsTechnica, Record labels keep blaming P2P, but it's a hard sell (4 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/record-labels-keep-blaming-p2p-but-its-a-hard-sell.ars> at 22 November 2009

ArsTechnica, P2P users may be music industry's best friend after all (2 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/p2p-users-may-be-music-industrys-best-friend-after-all.ars> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, STUDY: Artists Earn More in a P2P World (18 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87267/study-artists-earn-more-in-ap2p-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 21 November 2009

Concerts
Digital Music News, The Robbie Williams Experiment Continues... (24 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112309robbie> at 2 December 2009

TechDirt, Mainstream Press Waking Up To The News That Musicians Are Making More Money (16 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091114/1835036932.shtml> at 12 November 2009

ZeroPaid, STUDY: Artists Earn More in a P2P World (18 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87267/study-artists-earn-more-in-ap2p-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 21 November 2009

Digital Music News, The Latest Performances: Profits Down at Live Nation, Up at Ticketmaster... (10 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110909lyv> at 14 November 2009

Copyright Law EU
ArsTechnica, EU adopts "Internet freedom" provision on Internet cut-offs (5 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/eu-adopts-internet-freedom-provision-2on-net-cut-offs.ars> at 22 November 2009

Digital Music News, Three-Strikes Gets More Breathing Room In Europe... (6 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110509three> at 9 November 2009

The Register, Spain won't disconnect illegal file sharers (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/span_does_not_intend_to_pursue_web_disconnection/> at 7 November 2009

The Register, EU block to Mandelson's filesharing laws removed (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/telecoms_package/> at 7 November 2009

Copyright Law Other Countries
Slyck, isoHunt: Last Stand in Canada (30 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1884_isoHunt_Last_Stand_in_Canada> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly (22 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/uk-pirate-finder-general-law-innocuous-now-could-get-ugly.ars> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Swedes start buying music; are anti-P2P laws working? (24 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/swedes-start-buying-music-are-anti-p2p-laws-working.ars> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, isoHunt Files Claim Against CRIA with BC Supreme Court (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87313/isohunt-files-claim-against-cria-with-bc-supreme-court/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

The Register, Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too (20 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/digital_economy_bill/> at 2 December 2009

CBC News, Mininova removes links to copyrighted files (26 November 2009) <http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/mininova-removes-torrents.html> at 2 December 2009

Guardian, Pub fined £8,000 for customer's illicit downloads, ZDNet reports (27 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/27/pub-file-sharing-cloud-fine> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Queen: We sank the Armada, we can sink some P2P pirates! (19 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/queen-we-sank-the-armada-we-can-sink-some-p2p-pirates.ars> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1137337023.shtml> at 21 November 2009

guardian.co.uk, Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing (19 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/19/mandelson-copyright-filesharing-murdoch-google> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, South Korean Copyright Groups Demand P2P Site Filters “Or Else” (16 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87243/south-korean-copyright-groups-demand-p2p-site-filters-or-else/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

ZeroPaid, German Court Rules Ripping CDs Legal (10 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87218/german-court-rules-ripping-cds-legal/> at 12 November 2009

The Register, UK gov squeezes copyright law into cheat sheets (2 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/uk_government_model_copyright_contracts/> at 8 November 2009

Copyright Law USA
ArsTechnica, Big Content: Using "moral panics" to change copyright law (3 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/big-content-using-moral-panics-to-change-copyright-law.ars> at 22 November 2009

TechDirt, EMI Sues Music Site Offering Beatles MP3s (4 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091104/1304516798.shtml> at 8 November 2009

TechDirt, Bluebeat Claims It Owns Beatles Copyright By Re-recording Songs; Judge Disagrees (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091105/1642426817.shtml> at 8 November 2009

TechDirt, IP Czar Focused On Protecting Jobs, Not Promoting Progress? (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091106/0214196822.shtml>at 8 November 2009

TechDirt, Thinking About Real Copyright Reform (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091027/0406366692.shtml> at 8 November 2009

Billboard.biz, EMI Wins Temporary Injunction Against BlueBeat (5 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib703f02e7add8279ddecfd9057eec166> at 8 November 2009

Copyright Term
TechDirt, Copyright Extension Moves To Japan (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091119/1840217016.shtml> at 21 November 2009

Billboard.biz, Japan Set To Extend Posthumous Copyright (19 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3if90bc32271c417b813a77b91351d9b12> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, New Economics Paper Explains How Shorter Copyright Stimulates More Music (13 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091104/0328256794.shtml> at 14 November 2009

Culture/Remixing
TechDirt, Good News/Bad News In Brazil: Effort To Legalize Mashups... But Google Liable For User Actions (11 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091110/0131486870.shtml> at 14 November 2009

Digital Sales
ArsTechnica, Record labels keep blaming P2P, but it's a hard sell (4 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/record-labels-keep-blaming-p2p-but-its-a-hard-sell.ars> at 22 November 2009

ArsTechnica, P2P users may be music industry's best friend after all (2 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/p2p-users-may-be-music-industrys-best-friend-after-all.ars> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, STUDY: Artists Earn More in a P2P World (18 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87267/study-artists-earn-more-in-ap2p-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 21 November 2009

DMCA
ArsTechnica, EFF opens the "Takedown Hall of Shame" (27 October 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/eff-opens-the-takedown-hall-of-shame.ars> at 21 November 2009

DRM
ArsTechnica, Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws (30 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/200/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars> at 2 December 2009

Economics
TechDirt, Is WIPO Taking An Evidence-Based Approach To IP Enforcement? (10 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091108/1139026851.shtml> at 14 November 2009

TechDirt, Free Doesn't Mean Devalued (12 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091109/1521136859.shtml> at 14 November 2009

Failure to Adapt
ArsTechnica, Record labels keep blaming P2P, but it's a hard sell (4 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/record-labels-keep-blaming-p2p-but-its-a-hard-sell.ars> at 22 November 2009

ZeroPaid, HBO Making RIAA “Self-Destruction” Film (9 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87214/hbo-making-riaa-self-destruction-film/> at 12 November 2009

The Register, Coming soon: Freetard, The Movie (4 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/04/appetite_self_destruction_music_industry_hbo_movie/> at 7 November 2009

Fair Use/ Fair Dealing
ZeroPaid, German Court Rules Ripping CDs Legal (10 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87218/german-court-rules-ripping-cds-legal/> at 12 November 2009

File Sharing
TechDirt, The Moral Argument In Favor Of File Sharing? (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091106/0128326820.shtml> at 8 November 2009

Filtering
ZeroPaid, South Korean Copyright Groups Demand P2P Site Filters “Or Else” (16 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87243/south-korean-copyright-groups-demand-p2p-site-filters-or-else/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

Generativity
ArsTechnica, Record labels keep blaming P2P, but it's a hard sell (4 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/record-labels-keep-blaming-p2p-but-its-a-hard-sell.ars> at 22 November 2009

Graduated Response Other Countries
ArsTechnica, UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly (22 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/uk-pirate-finder-general-law-innocuous-now-could-get-ugly.ars> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Leak Confirms ACTA Is As Bad As Feared (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87310/leak-confirms-acta-is-as-bad-as-feared/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

The Register, Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too (20 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/20/digital_economy_bill/> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, EU adopts "Internet freedom" provision on Internet cut-offs (5 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/eu-adopts-internet-freedom-provision-2on-net-cut-offs.ars> at 22 November 2009

ArsTechnica, Queen: We sank the Armada, we can sink some P2P pirates! (19 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/queen-we-sank-the-armada-we-can-sink-some-p2p-pirates.ars> at 21 November 2009

The Register, Spain won't disconnect illegal file sharers (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/span_does_not_intend_to_pursue_web_disconnection/> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1137337023.shtml> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Kicking People Off The Internet Not Enough In South Korea, Copyright Lobbyists Demand More (19 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091117/1154046972.shtml> at 21 November 2009

The Register, Anti-filesharing laws are go (18 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/18/digital_queen/> at 21 November 2009

The Register, Ofcom talks to spook firm on filesharing snoop plan (19 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/ofcom_detica/page2.html> at 21 November 2009

guardian.co.uk, Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law in new crackdown on filesharing (19 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/19/mandelson-copyright-filesharing-murdoch-google> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, UK Govt Plans “2-Strikes” for File-Sharers Instead of 3 (19 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87274/uk-govt-plans-2-strikes-for-file-sharers-instead-of-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Verizon to Forward Warnings from RIAA, MPAA (17 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87254/verizon-to-forward-warnings-from-riaa-mpaa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

TechDirt, UK Gov't Official: Innocent People Won't Get Kicked Off The Internet; Trust Us (12 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091111/1412276902.shtml> at 14 November 2009

The Register, UK.gov denies innocent will be hit by filesharing regime (10 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/simon_filesharing/> at 12 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Spanish Culture Minister: No “3-Strikes” for File-Sharers (9 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87215/spanish-culture-minister-no-3-strikes-for-file-sharers/> at 12 November 2009

Digital Music News, Three-Strikes Gets More Breathing Room In Europe... (6 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110509three> at 9 November 2009

TechDirt, Why Kicking Fans Off The Internet Won't Make Them Buy (4 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091104/1017496795.shtml> at 8 November 2009

Billboard.biz, Spanish Govt Rules Out Three-Strikes Law (5 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i6391eb52691ab08c9971fbb550c4a247> at 8 November 2009

The Register, Spain won't disconnect illegal file sharers (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/span_does_not_intend_to_pursue_web_disconnection/> at 7 November 2009

The Register, EU block to Mandelson's filesharing laws removed (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/telecoms_package/> at 7 November 2009

Graduated Response USA
ZeroPaid, Leak Confirms ACTA Is As Bad As Feared (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87310/leak-confirms-acta-is-as-bad-as-feared/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, Verizon to forward RIAA warning letters (but that's all) (13 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/verizon-to-forward-riaa-warning-letters-but-thats-all.ars> at 22 Novmeber 2009

Digital Music News, Resnikoff's Parting Shot: The Verizon Problem... (17 November 2009)<http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111609parting> at 19 November 2009

Hulu
TechDirt, The Trouble With Hulu... Too Many Competing Interests (17 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091116/1358106957.shtml> at 21 November 2009

CNet, Hulu lands first music label deal (18 November 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-10400549-261.html> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Hulu Partners with Music Label EMI (19 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87271/hulu-partners-with-music-label-emi/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 21 November 2009

iiNet
TechDirt, If You Only Share A Tiny Bit Of A File Via BitTorrent, Is It Still Copyright Infringement? (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/0257247021.shtml> at 21 November 2009

AustralianIT, iiNet did not act on evidence of piracy, court told (3 November 2009) <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/iinet-did-not-act-on-evidence-of-piracy-court-told/story-e6frgamo-1225793678278> at 8 November 2009

Independents
Digital Music News, Finally, MySpace Music Licenses Merlin Labels... (23 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112009myspace> at 2 December 2009

Individual Lawsuits Other Countries
TechDirt, Danish Anti-Piracy Group Withdraws All Its Lawsuits Against Individuals (After Losing Most Anyway) (9 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091106/1523206840.shtml> at 14 November 2009

TechDirt, Attacks On File Sharing Simply Drive People Further Underground (4 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091103/1744406785.shtml> at 8 November 2009

Individual Lawsuits USA
ArsTechnica, Setback for malicious prosecution lawsuit against RIAA (16 November <2009)http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/setback-for-malicious-prosecution-lawsuit-against-riaa.ars> at 22 November 2009

ArsTechnica, Does the RIAA let defaulters off the hook? (5 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/does-the-riaa-let-defaulters-off-the-hookdoes-the-riaa-let-defaulters-off-the-hook.ars> at 22 November 2009

Wired, Judge Sides With RIAA in ‘Sham’ Litigation Class Action (14 November 2009) <http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/judge-sides-with-riaa-in-sham-litigation-class-action/> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Verizon Starts Passing On RIAA Infringement Letters To Users (13 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091113/1244356923.shtml> at 14 November 2009

TechDirt, Dear RIAA: It's Not 'Working Together As A Team' When It's Under Threat Of Regulation (5 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091102/0337556759.shtml> at 8 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Brooklyn Law School Backtracks on Turning Over File-Sharers (4 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87201/brooklyn-law-school-backtracks-on-turning-over-file-sharers/> at 8 November 2009

International Copyright Issues
ArsTechnica, Current ACTA drafts ban DRM interoperability laws (30 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/200/11/current-acta-drafts-bans-drm-interoperability-laws.ars> at 2 December 2009

ZeroPaid, Leak Confirms ACTA Is As Bad As Feared (30 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87310/leak-confirms-acta-is-as-bad-as-feared/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 2 December 2009

TechDirt, Senators Begin Questioning ACTA Secrecy (23 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091123/1541197061.shtml> at 2 December 2009

PC World, European ISPs Lash out at Secret ACTA Negotiations (30 November 2009) <http://www.pcworld.com/article/183333/european_isps_lash_out_at_secret_acta_negotiations.html> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, The ACTA Internet provisions: DMCA goes worldwide (8 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/the-acta-internet-provisions-dmca-goes-worldwide.ars> at 22 November 2009

TechDirt, No, ACTA Secrecy Is Not 'Normal' -- Nor Is It A 'Distraction' (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091119/1904177017.shtml> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Entertainment Industry: Yes, Please Keep Negotiating Secret Copyright Treaty To Save Our Asses (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1605477032.shtml> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, UN: Don’t Jail Illegal File-Sharers (16 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87241/un-dont-jail-illegal-file-sharers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

TechDirt, Is WIPO Taking An Evidence-Based Approach To IP Enforcement? (10 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091108/1139026851.shtml> at 14 November 2009

TechDirt, WIPO Director General Against Draconian Anti-Piracy Punishment... But For The Wrong Reasons (13 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091112/1224136915.shtml> at 14 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Brazil, Pakistan Criticize “One Size Fits All” Piracy Solution (11 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87228/brazil-pakistan-criticize-one-size-fits-all-piracy-solution/> at 12 November 2009

National Business Review, NZ should not sign international piracy agreement (9 November 2009) <http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/nz-should-not-sign-international-piracy-agreement-114686> at 12 November 2009

TechDirt, More ACTA Details Leak: It's An Entertainment Industry Wishlist (3 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091103/1308526784.shtml> at 9 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Anti-Piracy Treaty: Global DMCA, “Three-Strikes” (6 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87211/anti-piracy-treaty-global-dmca-three-strikes/> at 8 November 2009

iTunes
guardian.co.uk, iTunes censors 'doo wop' songs (6 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/06/itunes-censors-songs> at 12 November 2009

Labels Revenue
Digital Music News, Breaking: Warner Music Posts Substantial Quarterly, Annual Losses (24 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112309wmg> at 2 December 2009

Leaks
Digital Music News, Just Like Old Times: 50 Cent Rush-Releasing Leaky Album... (19 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111809cent> at 21 November 2009

Digital Music News, When Divas Leak... Rihanna, Lady Gaga Now Unleashed (18 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111709leak> at 19 November 2009

Digital Music News, The Latest Leaks: Norah Jones, Leona Lewis, John Mayer... (10 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110909leaks> at 14 November 2009

Mergers/Consolidation
Digital Music News, A Tale of Toxicity: What Happens Next at EMI? (18 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111709emi> at 19 November 2009

MySpace
Digital Music News, Finally, MySpace Music Licenses Merlin Labels... (23 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112009myspace> at 2 December 2009

Digital Music News, Who's Rumbling on MySpace Music? Just Watch These Artists... (12 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/111209myspace> at 14 November 2009

Digital Music News, The Cost of Falling MySpace Traffic: More Than $100 Million... (6 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110509myspace> at 9 November 2009

New Business Models
TechDirt, Mariah Carey Showing How The New Music Business Model Works For Megastars (16 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091115/1833556944.shtml> at 21 November 2009

Other
ZeroPaid, HBO Making RIAA “Self-Destruction” Film (9 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87214/hbo-making-riaa-self-destruction-film/> at 12 November 2009

The Register, Coming soon: Freetard, The Movie (4 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/04/appetite_self_destruction_music_industry_hbo_movie/> at 7 November 2009

P2p Statistics
ArsTechnica, Swedes start buying music; are anti-P2P laws working? (24 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/swedes-start-buying-music-are-anti-p2p-laws-working.ars> at 2 December 2009

ArsTechnica, P2P users may be music industry's best friend after all (2 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/p2p-users-may-be-music-industrys-best-friend-after-all.ars> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another (Yes, Another) Study Shows File Sharers Buy More (2 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091101/2005096753.shtml> at 9 November 2009

TechDirt, Yet Another (Yes, Another) Study Shows File Sharers Buy More (2 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091101/2005096753.shtml> at 8 November 2009

CNet News, Study: File sharers spend more money on music (1 November 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10387976-71.html> at 8 November 2009

ZeroPaid, IFPI: P2P Does Not Increase Music Sales (5 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87209/ifpi-p2p-does-not-increase-music-sales/> at 8 November 2009

ZeroPaid, McAfee: Number of Illegal File-Sharing Sites Up 300% (4 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87203/mcafee-number-of-illegal-file-sharing-sites-up-300/> at 8 November 2009

ZeroPaid, UK POLL: File-Sharers Buy More Music (3 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87196/uk-poll-file-sharers-buy-more-music/> at 8 November 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay clampdown prompted file sharing site spike (2 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/mcafee_security_report/> at 8 November 2009

Patronage
TechDirt, Debunking The Idea Of A Music Tax For The Creation Of New Music (29 October 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091026/0410006675.shtml> at 1 November 2009

Performance
ArsTechnica, Congress locks radio stations, record labels into boardroom (2 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/congress-locks-radio-stations-music-labels-into-boardroom.ars> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Massively Increasing Music Licensing Fees For Clubs Down Under Massively Backfires (13 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091105/1128586810.shtml> at 14 November 2009

Digital Music News, The Performance Rights Talk? Don't Forget the Buzzwords... (5 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110409radio> at 9 November 2009

Digital Music News, Legislators on Performance Rights: Let's Talk It Out... (3 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110209performance> at 9 November 2009

Billboard.biz, Lawmakers Call For Performance Rights Act Negotiations (2 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie84e5cd17ae0924cefe5aab9d45f554d> at 8 November 2009

Piracy
Guardian, Pub fined £8,000 for customer's illicit downloads, ZDNet reports (27 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/27/pub-file-sharing-cloud-fine> at 2 December 2009

TechDirt, Lily Allen: It's Ok To Sell My Counterfeit CDs, Just Don't Give My Music For Free (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091120/1151227026.shtml> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, UN: Don’t Jail Illegal File-Sharers (16 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87241/un-dont-jail-illegal-file-sharers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

TechDirt, WIPO Director General Against Draconian Anti-Piracy Punishment... But For The Wrong Reasons (13 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091112/1224136915.shtml> at 14 November 2009

TechDirt, Bluebeat Claims It Owns Beatles Copyright By Re-recording Songs; Judge Disagrees (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091105/1642426817.shtml> at 8 November 2009

Billboard.biz, EMI Wins Temporary Injunction Against BlueBeat (5 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib703f02e7add8279ddecfd9057eec166> at 8 November 2009

WallStreet, EMI Sues Site Over Beatles Songs (5 November 2009) <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704328104574515824014248030.html> at 8 November 2009

Plagiarism
TechDirt, Man Sues Bon Jovi, MLB, Others For $400 Billion Over Song He Claims Was Copied (11 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091111/0140386886.shtml> at 14 November 2009

Politics
TechDirt, Swedish Pirate Party Gets A Second EU Parliament Seat (4 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091104/1311176799.shtml>at 8 November 2009

The Register, Pirates get extra seat in Euro Parliament (5 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/pirate_seats_double/> at 7 November 2009

Privacy
The Japan Times, File-sharing: Handle Winny at your own risk (27 October 2009) <http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091027i1.html> at 1 November 2009

TechDirt, Anti-File Sharing Lobbyists/Lawyers Shove Each Other Aside To Blame P2P Rather Than Dumb Guy For Congressional Leak (30 October 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091030/1334356743.shtml> at 1 November 2009

Public Domain
TechDirt, YouTube Taking Down Public Domain Works? (29 October 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091028/0306106704.shtml> at 1 November 2009

Publishing
TechDirt, ASCAP, BMI And SESAC Continue To Screw Over Most Songwriters: 'Write A Hit Song If You Want Money' (18 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091118/0916136988.shtml> at 2 December 2009

QTrax
Digital Music News, Not Google, But Who Cares: Qtrax Announces Baidu Pact... (3 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110209qtrax> at 9 November 2009

washington.post/The Associated Press, Chinese site to steer users to legit music source (2 November 2009) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/02/AR2009110202067.html> at 8 November 2009

Recording Contracts
Digital Music News, The Robbie Williams Experiment Continues... (24 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/112309robbie> at 2 December 2009

Royalties
ArsTechnica, Congress locks radio stations, record labels into boardroom (2 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/congress-locks-radio-stations-music-labels-into-boardroom.ars> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Mainstream Press Waking Up To The News That Musicians Are Making More Money (16 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091114/1835036932.shtml> at 12 November 2009

TechDirt, ASCAP, BMI And SESAC Continue To Screw Over Most Songwriters: 'Write A Hit Song If You Want Money' (18 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091118/0916136988.shtml> at 2 December 2009

TechDirt, Massively Increasing Music Licensing Fees For Clubs Down Under Massively Backfires (13 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091105/1128586810.shtml> at 14 November 2009

Digital Music News, The Performance Rights Talk? Don't Forget the Buzzwords... (5 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110409radio> at 9 November 2009

Digital Music News, Legislators on Performance Rights: Let's Talk It Out... (3 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110209performance> at 9 November 2009

Billboard.biz, Lawmakers Call For Performance Rights Act Negotiations (2 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie84e5cd17ae0924cefe5aab9d45f554d> at 8 November 2009

Search Engines
Digital Music News, Not Google, But Who Cares: Qtrax Announces Baidu Pact... (3 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110209qtrax> at 9 November 2009

ArsTechnica, Hands-on: Google music streams useful, not revolutionary (29 October 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/10/hands-on-google-music-streams-useful-not-revolutionary.ars> at 1 November 2009

Digital Music News, Google's Music Search: The Partners, The Rollout, The Options... (29 October 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/102809googlemusic0> at 1 November 2009

ZeroPaid, “Google Music” Goes Live, But Fails to Wow (30 October 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87171/google-music-goes-live-but-fails-to-wow/> at 1 November 2009

The Register, Google music search thingy revealed (29 October 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/29/google_music_onbox/> at 29 October 2009

Security
ArsTechnica, Ethics leaks spur House bill banning P2P apps on .gov PCs (18 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/ethics-leaks-spur-house-bill-banning-p2p-apps-on-gov-pcs.ars> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, House Introduces Bill Banning P2P from Fed PCs (18 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87265/house-introduces-bill-banning-p2p-from-fed-pcs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 21 November 2009

CNet, File sharing's mysteries again stump Uncle Sam (30 October 2009) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10387622-38.html> at 8 November 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay clampdown prompted file sharing site spike (2 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/mcafee_security_report/> at 8 November 2009

The Japan Times, File-sharing: Handle Winny at your own risk (27 October 2009) <http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091027i1.html> at 1 November 2009

TechDirt, Anti-File Sharing Lobbyists/Lawyers Shove Each Other Aside To Blame P2P Rather Than Dumb Guy For Congressional Leak (30 October 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091030/1334356743.shtml> at 1 November 2009

Terrestrial Radio
ArsTechnica, Congress locks radio stations, record labels into boardroom (2 November 2009) <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/congress-locks-radio-stations-music-labels-into-boardroom.ars> at 21 November 2009

Digital Music News, The Performance Rights Talk? Don't Forget the Buzzwords... (5 November 2009) <http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110409radio> at 9 November 2009

Digital Music News, Legislators on Performance Rights: Let's Talk It Out... (3 November 2009) <http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/110209performance> at 9 November 2009

Billboard.biz, Lawmakers Call For Performance Rights Act Negotiations (2 November 2009) <http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie84e5cd17ae0924cefe5aab9d45f554d> at 8 November 2009

The Pirate Bay
Slyck, The Pirate Bay Trackers Go Offline Forever (17 November 2009) <http://www.slyck.com/story1880_The_Pirate_Bay_Trackers_Go_Offline_Forever> at 21 November 2009

TechDirt, Norwegian Band Told It Can't Post Its Own Music To The Pirate Bay, Even Though It Wants To (20 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091119/0225347000.shtml> at 21 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Former Pirate Bay ISP Appeals Bandwidth Shutoff Order (17 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87252/former-pirate-bay-isp-appeals-bandwidth-shutoff-order/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

ZeroPaid, Norway Court Denies Request to Block The Pirate Bay (9 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87216/norway-court-denies-request-to-block-the-pirate-bay/> at 12 November 2009

TechDirt, Court Says Telenor Doesn't Need To Block The Pirate Bay (6 November 2009) <http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091106/1147036838.shtml> at 8 November 2009

ZeroPaid, McAfee: Number of Illegal File-Sharing Sites Up 300% (4 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87203/mcafee-number-of-illegal-file-sharing-sites-up-300/> at 8 November 2009

The Register, Pirate Bay clampdown prompted file sharing site spike (2 November 2009) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/mcafee_security_report/> at 8 November 2009

Traffic Shaping/Network Neutrality
ZeroPaid, UK Mobile Provider “3″ Begins Peak Hour P2P Throttling (16 November 2009) <http://www.zeropaid.com/news/87250/uk-mobile-provider-3-begins-peak-hour-p2p-throttling/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zeropaid+%28Zeropaid+File+Sharing+P2P+News%29> at 19 November 2009

YouTube
guardian.co.uk, Google seeks to turn a profit from YouTube copyright clashes (1 November 2009) <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/01/google-youtube-monetise-content> at 8 November 2009