Government Ups Ante, Asks ISPs To Explain Else Face Action
ISPs have messed up the whole thing of banning blogs. Here is a Press Information Bureau (the government’s information wing) release on it,… Read more »
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India Lifts Blanket Ban On Blogs; Only Certain Subdomains To Be Blocked
By Sahad PV
Sooner or later, they had to do this. The Indian government has instructed the country’s Internet-service providers to lift the blanket ban… Read more »
Why Are Our ISPs Uneducated?
By Sahad PV
Why are our ISPs uneducated? When the government had handed them a list of sites to be banned from accessing (as the government claims now),… Read more »
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Mexico’s Televisa Sues Univision About Online Rights; Major U.S. Expansion Planned
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Grupo Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language broadcaster, who recently lost out on buying U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision (it st… Read more »
Hong Kong Youth Enlisted For Online Copyright Patrols; BitTorrent Targeted
Forget bots and automated web crawlers … the Hong Kong government has enlisted 200,000 youth ages 9-25 from 11 organizations including the… Read more »
Indian Media Houses Oppose Restrictions On Cross Holdings
By Sahad PV
Business Standard: Indian media regulations will continue to be investor unfriendly. The draft Broadcast Bill will have restrictions on cros… Read more »
Akamai & MIT Sue Limelight Networks On Patent Infringements
By Rafat Ali
The lawsuit-happy Akamai and MIT have jointly sued rival broadband content delivery network Limelight Networks, alleging patent infringement… Read more »
LAT To Hollywood: Back Off; Rosen’s New Song
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(via TechDirt) A rather bold editorial from LAT about entertainment industry lobbyists pressing Congress to adopt at least five different pr… Read more »
Broadcasters Oppose TRAI’s Suggestion To Separate IPTV And Cable TV
By Sahad PV
Indiantelevision.com: Here is another policy muddle in the offing unless treaded carefully. The Indian telecom regulator TRAI’s recommendati… Read more »
@ Media Giraffe: Nothing Neutral About Net Neutrality Debate
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Mobile TV, IPTV Not Under Purview Of Draft Broadcast Bill
By Sahad PV
DNA: The draft Broadcast Bill will not deal with convergence technologies such as mobile TV and IPTV. According to an official of the Inform… Read more »
A Spate Of FDI Proposals In Print Media
By Sahad PV
Business Standard: Here are a spate of foreign direct investment proposals in media being cleared and and also under consideration by the go… Read more »
Video Content Protection Firm Verimatrix Gets $8 Million Second Round Funding
By Rafat Ali
Verimatrix, the San Diego-based video content protection and DRM firm, has received $8 million in its second round of funding. The round was… Read more »
French Compromise Would Tone Down Interoperability Law
A legislative committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on compromise text that would weaken a French law aimed at establishing interoperabilit… Read more »
Microsoft Makes Creative Commons Easier But Pursues Stringent DRM For Itself
Our friend John Blossom looks at the way Microsoft is making Creative Commons licensing easier by adding it to Office even as it steps up an… Read more »
Podcasting & The Law: UK
Sounds like a law school course and maybe it is … As podcasting continues to evolve into a mix of user-gen and corporate biz, the licensin… Read more »
FCC Will Restart Review Of Media Ownership Guidelines
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, at last working with a full commission, pulled back on a multicasting vote but has managed to restart a review of… Read more »
MySpace.com Sued For $30 Million For Alleged Assault On Teen; Announces New Security Measures
You knew this was coming … MySpace.com is being sued for $30 million by a 14-year-old Texas girl who says she was sexually assaulted by so… Read more »
Prime Minister’s High Level Committee To Speed Up Digitisation Of TV By 2015
By Sahad PV
Exchange4media.com: Here is a bit of drab policy news. India’s Prime Minister’s Office has constituted an 8-member Working Group on the info… Read more »
Dutch MP3 Site Ruled Illegal In Appeal; Taken Offline
The Dutch court of appeal has overturned a 2004 ruling legitimizing zoekmp3.nl, operated by Techno Design. The company took down the site ra… Read more »
The (Non-Telcom) Argument Against A Neutral Net
In an about-face, tech writer Andrew Kantor argues that the neutral net — as fought for by main organizations he respects — is a bad idea… Read more »
USA Video Suit Targets Cabler Firms’ VOD Plans
By Rafat Ali
USA Video, the company that just lost a legal battle against Movielink, has now filed a patent lawsuit over VOD against the major cable comp… Read more »
Government Favours 3G Licence Fee
By Sahad PV
The Hindu Business Line: The Inidan government may favour a licence fee for 3G services. Union Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Mar… Read more »
TRAI Proposes Interconnect Charges On SMS, Premium SMS Tariffs Also May Go Up
By Sahad PV
The Hindu Business Line: Short Messaging Services (or texting) could be expensive in india with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (T… Read more »
Net Neutrality Language Will Be Stronger In Senate Bill: Report
As the drumbeat for — and against — net neutrality grows louder, Ted Hearn is reporting that Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Stevens, (R-Alas… Read more »
Prophet Vs. Profit: Barlow and Glickman On Sharing Media
BBC Newsnight thought it might shed some light on movement in the ongoing debate over sharing versus copyright to invite EFF co-founder John… Read more »
Talent Contracts: The New Deal
By Rafat Ali
Hollywood Reporter has launched a new publication, called Hollywood Reporter Esq, covering the entertainment and media law, and the new webs… Read more »
Effort To Revise U.S. Copyright For Digital Age Causes Alarm
Another U.S. House bill that passed out of committee Thursday is causing some consternation … the EFF is among those warning that a propo… Read more »
U.S. House Votes 3-1 For National Video Franchising; Rejects Net Neutrality Amendment
The U. S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping telecommunication bill late Thursday, voting 321-101 in favor of the bill that came o… Read more »
UK Music Industry OKs Copying CDs To Devices For Personal Use
Another report about the evolution of copyright in the UK. In this installment, we learn that even though it’s still illegal to copy persona… Read more »
Cablevision Countersues Studios, Networks; Delays Network DVR Launch
Cablevision said this afternoon that it will delay a trial planned for later this month and will postpone the launch of its network DVR at l… Read more »
Apple, Creative Could Have Been Partners; Instead, They’re Adversaries
Once upon a time, Apple and Creative Technology Ltd could have been partners in the MP3 business. Now, they’re adversaries fighting it out i… Read more »
Mr. Brin Goes To Washington; Google Lobbying Still In Beta
Looks like Google’s lobbying efforts are still in early beta despite the considerable investment over the past year and the emphasis on rais… Read more »
Indian Regulator TRAI Proposes To Keep IPTV Out Of Cable Act
By Sahad PV
DNA: India’s telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has proposed to keep IPTV out of the Cable Television Networks (… Read more »
MLB Isn’t Too Thrilled With Sling Media
This is the first season in my lifetime that KMOX radio isn’t the home of the St. Louis Cardinals, which explains why the CBS-owned station… Read more »
World Editors Forum: YHOO, GOOG Execs Say Portals Don’t Threat News Orgs
I’m not sure what the Russian equivalent of Rashoman is but it sounds like one variation of it played out at the World Editors Forum in Mosc… Read more »
UK Users Of Russian MP3 Site Told It’s Illegal
BPI, the UK version of the RIAA, is warning users of Russian site allofmp3.com that the doanloads are illegal despite the site’s claim to be… Read more »
French Publisher To Sue Google Over Book Scanning
French publisher Groupe de La Martiniere says Google is “counterfeiting” and breaching IP rights by scanning some 100 books and is filing su… Read more »
FCC Chairman: Premature To Make Net Neutral Rules
Sounds like those hoping the FCC will place net neutrality stipulations on Time Warmer and Comcast as part of the Adelphia acquisition are o… Read more »
Digital Music: Emmis-iTunes; Qtrax Relaunch; Clear Labels; Online Only; Locker Room
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