Web piracy hits foreign broadcasters
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Nothing seems to be safe  from entertainment content thieves who now are causing even the  international TV sector some major headaches.
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Should creators insist on copy protection and other technologies to block the unauthorized spread of their works?
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China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of Internet videos to sites run by state-controlled companies and require providers to report questionable content to the government
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Internet access may be cut for people who illegally download music and videos  under government proposals.
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Some 40 percent of the world's Net-borne malware launched from China in June -- nearly doubling May's percentage. Australia and Spain also made no friends in Network Box's monthly survey. But a curious competition is underway in some quarters.
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U.K. users will be able to replace pirated versions of Windows that they have purchased.
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They start with a single stolen file and pump out pirated games and movies by the millions. Jeff Howe from Wired magazine looks at the 'topsites' that are terrorizing the entertainment business.
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The FBI yesterday seized a pair of UK servers used by Indymedia, the independent newsgathering collective, after serving a subpoena in the US on Indymedia&#39;s hosting firm, Rackspace.
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Analysis by Peter Feuilherade of BBC Monitoring on 9 February  Another crackdown on illegal satellite dish ownership is under way in Cuba.
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Talks toward the formation an international treaty on the intellectual property rights of broadcasters over the signals they transmit, broke down today as almost everyone involved predicted.  The discussion most likely centered on whether broadcasters can claim legal rights over content that appeared on its over-the-air signals, which would have affected its ability to be shown later on the Web.
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German police have broken up an Internet piracy operation that peddled millions of euros worth of bootleg films, computer games, music and software, police and prosecutors said on Friday.
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Hikes licence fee to 'three times the average annual salary' The fun-loving Burmese regime has apparently found a non-violent method to restrict satellite TV access to foreign news services - hiking the cost of a licence by 16,700 per cent from 6000 kyat (Â£2.50) to 1m kyatt (Â£400, or "three times the average annual salary", as the BBC explains).â¦
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Blog: The international proposal backed by major broadcasters had drawn opposition from digital rights groups and librarians who said it would imperil the public's home and fair use rights.
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Tech companies breathe sigh of relief...for now A controversial broadcast copyright treaty opposed by podcasters and internet broadcasters has been dealt a blow by the General Assembly of the body behind it.â¦
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Also: Electronic devices seized at border searches. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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British TV presenter learns Web lesson: Never give out ID freely. Also: MBR Rootkit takes aim at Windows users.
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Small webcasters are crying foul  over new royalty rates they must pay for streaming recordings.