Posts Tagged ‘bbc’

Microsoft ‘Xbox Live banning spree’

Posted in filesharing on November 11th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | Games:- As many as 600,000 gamers may have been cut off from Xbox Live for modding their consoles. Or as Spong puts it, “Xbox Live Gamer Culling Season Starts”

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EU vote opens the way to 3 strikes law

Posted in filesharing on November 5th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The bitter war between online communities and the entertainment cartels  has just been escalated. With the EU parliament scheduled to vote on a controversial EU telecom reform package, member states agreed to add a new paragraph, “prohibiting national authorities from excluding users from the internet without a court order,” p2pnet reported in May. However, in a move that in political doublespeak is being hailed as a ‘victory’ for consumers, and at the 11th hour, the clause, which would have protected people from the depredations of the Hollyood and the major record labels, has been drastically watered down.

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Obama’s brother launches book – in China

Posted in filesharing on November 4th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | Politics:- “My father beat me,” Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo told reporters according to the BBC .  “He beat my mother.” He’s the son of  Obama’s late father and his third wife, says the story, going on: “Barack Obama Sr split from Mr Obama’s mother when the future president was aged two. “Mr Ndesandjo, who lives in China, had previously shunned the media since his link to Mr Obama emerged in 2008

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Bill Thompson’s new job

Posted in filesharing on October 31st, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P:- There’s a new Twitter page set up by Bill Thompson. He’s a UK-based writer and broadcaster who generously allows p2pnet to republish his musings

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TalkTalk double-speak?

Posted in Software, filesharing on October 29th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Is Carphone Warehouse’s TalkTalk speaking out of both sides of its mouth? “ We’re full of bright ideas,” it says on its site

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Does Google Onebox infringe trademarks?

Posted in filesharing on October 29th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Music | Advertising:- Will Gogle , which has just wheeled out a new search thingy called Onebox, soon be hit by one or more trademark infringement lawsuits? A week ago, “Giant online advertising company Google is like a nasty virus ,” p2pnet posted

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UK to adopt corporate 3 Strikes plan

Posted in filesharing on October 28th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The clock is now ticking In the face of massive consumer [read voters] outrage and objections not only from ISPs, but also from police and intelligence services, British politicians say they’re nonetheless determined to turn the corporate entertainment Three Strikes bidniz plan into UK law. “People who persistently download illegal content will be cut off from the net, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has announced,” says the BBC

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The future of music online ?

Posted in filesharing on October 28th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- No need to worry, folks: they’ve got it all figured out. “For years, the music industry has, in the words of Bonnie Tyler, been holding out for a hero,” says the BBC .

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p2pnet World Headlines: Oct 26, 2009

Posted in Software, filesharing on October 26th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P:- It’s great to leave comments on items. But if you do, please say what you’re referring to. Cheers! And thanks … Pirate Bay back in the courtroom BBC The founders of The Pirate Bay have been hit a with new order to remove links to copyright material.

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Websites team up for free music downloads and movie downloads

Big Music chases woman for singing out loud

Posted in Software, filesharing on October 21st, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Back in July p2pnet posted about BMAT,  Spanish company  which was promoting new software which, it claimed, could track live performances and “reinterpretations of copyrighted works” on- or offline. With user generated content, “you have people people singing in their houses, songs, and until now, they have been unable to be identified,â€? stated BMAT CTO Pedro Cano.

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