Consumer groups slam NBC's antipiracy plea
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Blog: Media conglomerate had asked federal regulators to require broadband providers to police their networks for copyright violations, but public-interest groups say the effort is "misguided."
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The Recording Artists Coalition, which represents musicians signed by major studio labels, sharply condemned a report released Sunday by the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project, which claimed that about half of all musicians think that burning a copy of
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Tussle over next-generation DVD format could alienate consumers.
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The high ratings for the program have come at a high price for NBC, as some advertisers say they are wary of being associated with the showâs content.
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Congress may consider a bill that could send thousands of Internet music and movie downloaders to jail, but the legislation faces opposition from groups that say it would unfairly punish consumers. -washingtonpost.com
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NBC Universal has decided against  renewing its contract to sell digital downloads of television  shows on Apple Inc's  iTunes after failing to come to  an agreement on pricing, the New York Times reported in its  online edition on Friday.
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Blogs that monitor file-sharing and antipiracy developments online find themselves this week in a kerfuffle with a company that sells antipiracy services to major studios and recording firms. The bloggers say the firm attempted to entrap potential downloaders; the head of Media Defender denies it.
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A Japanese entertainment group has asked the popular video-sharing site YouTube Inc. to implement a system to prevent users from uploading videos that would infringe copyrights, a group spokesman said Tuesday.
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'Worse than P2P' The Recording Industry Ass. of America has now attacked a company that provides access to internet newsgroups.â¦
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Should creators insist on copy protection and other technologies to block the unauthorized spread of their works? That's the first question in a week-long debate on Bits between Rick Cotton, the general counsel of NBC Universal, and Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School.
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Tell us how you see the RIAA's attack on the mild reforms in the Fair Use Act. Is the organization protecting consumers? In GadgetLab.
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Antispyware groups, concerned that lax consumer practices are offsetting tech gains in antispyware technology, are calling on Congress to pass laws penalizing the companies that resort to distributing the controversial programs.
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Federal regulators took issue Friday with consumer groups that contend that allowing cable television subscribers to pay only for channels they want would lower consumers&#39; cable bills.
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After four days of painstaking negotiations, technology and consumer groups said they have failed to reach a consensus with the entertainment industry on the language of the Induce Act, a proposed bill making it illegal to encourage copyright infringement
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InfoWorld - Tech companies pushing for access to spectrum "white spaces" and for net neutrality and open access on broadband and wireless networks have an antiproperty agenda, said one critic on Wednesday.
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TechWeb - Columbia law professor Tim Wu says consumers are fed up with misguided, and in some cases, outrageous and perhaps illegal policies.
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InfoWorld - A consumer advocacy group is blasting RealNetworks for installing adware and other software without properly notifying its users.