254,000 jobs could be lost in UK alone
Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries $A356bn (£215bn) by 2015, says Tera Consultants.
Opposition is building as legislation that would disconnect file sharers moves through Parliament
A package of legislation designed to combat copyright infringement in Britain is stirring more controversy as it moves through Parliament.
But one of the defendants have already said he won't be able to attend the trial
The case against the four people involved in the running of Pirate Bay is heading back to court at the end of September. The appeals trial is tentatively scheduled to start on Sep 28., the Svea Court of Appeals said on Wednesday.
MEPs demand talks are open to public scrutiny
The EU Parliament has approved a common resolution that calls for openness over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in a 663-to-13 vote.
Threat of legal action if Parliametn isn't shown the controversial negotiating documents
The European Parliament demanded Wednesday that the European Commission open up secret negotiations about an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) to the public.
Copyright law should reflect new ways of creating art and content, a filmmaker says
U.S. copyright law should be updated to better reflect the changing ways that mashup artists and other new content creators use existing works, some participants in the first World's Fair Use Day said.
The Palm Pre is using PDF technology without proper licensing, Artifex alleges
Artifex Software is suing Palm over the PDF (Portable Document Format) viewer in Palm's Pre smartphone, it said on Thursday.
The senators' letter says the public has a right to review the international treaty
Two U.S. senators have asked President Barack Obama's administration to allow the public to review and comment on a controversial international copyright treaty being negotiated largely in secret.
The final hearing on the controversial settlement proposal will be in mid-February
The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal.
House bill is in response to embarrassing data leaks
House lawmakers introduced a bill that would restrict the use of peer-to-peer technology on government networks in response to several embarrassing data leaks.
They're asking the judge to give them until Friday of this week
Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) need more time to revise the proposed settlement of the copyright infringement lawsuits the author and publisher organizations brought against Google over its Book Search program.
The entertainment industry has been trying to get Telenor to block The Pirate Bay since February
Norwegian ISP Telenor doesn't have to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, according to a ruling from the district court for Asker and Bærum on Friday.
The entertainment industry hopes to shut down the file-sharing site
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn't, two of the founders will each have to pay a fine of 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$71,500), according to a verdict in the Stockholm District Court on Wednesday.
Europe could overtake the US, especially if the Google Books deal in the US is delayed
The European Commission issued a call to arms to European lawmakers and those involved in the process of digitizing books Monday, urging the European Union to create a "pro-competitive European" answer to the legal arrangement Google and others seek to implement in the US
The question of bias forces a court to postpone the trial indefinitely
The appeals of those convicted in April in the high-profile Pirate Bay copyright violations trial won't be heard until next year, the court said on Monday.
