Would-Be Pirate Bay Buyer Faces Bankruptcy Filing
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After being kicked off the Swedish stock market for not providing evidence of the funds needed to buy giant BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Ba… Read more »
Updated: Skype Founders Sue eBay, Buyers Over Copyright; Could $1.9 Billion Sale Be Delayed?
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(with David Kaplan) Just as eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is ready to sell off the 65 percent of Skype, the founders of the virtual telephone company ar… Read more »
Swedish Exchange Delists Pirate Bay Buyer
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As if any more doubt could be cast on the chances of Global Gaming Factory X’s (GGF) offer to buy file-sharing site Pirate Bay going through… Read more »
ISPs Oppose Mandelson's Copyright Disconnection Plan
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The government’s revised, tougher plans to tackle online piracy have been dismissed as “grossly unfair” and “misconceived” by the leaders of… Read more »
Swedish Publishers Snare eBook Pirate With IPRED Law
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Launched in April to counter P2P file-sharing in Sweden, the IPRED law has claimed its first victim. The Intellectual Property Rights Direct… Read more »
Global Gaming's Pirate Bay Deal Approved By Shareholders
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The new Pirate Bay is born: Global Gaming Factory X’s long-running and controversial attempt to buy the infamous and often outlawed Torrent-… Read more »
Pirate Bay Buyer Revises Deal At Eleventh Hour, Faces Market Delisting
With hours to go until its deadline, would-be Pirate Bay buyer Global Gaming Factory X is having to perform a financial contortionist act to… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Broadband Survey; German P2P Plan; weComm-Livestation; BBCWW's Court Case;
– Broadband VOD survey: More than half of people wouldn’t be tempted to watch more online video if they had faster broadband, according to… Read more »
Ofcom: Consumers Prefer Broadband Connection To Pay TV, Mobiles, Holidays
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Despite the recession people are less willing to give up their broadband connections compared to a long list of other out-goings, according… Read more »
P2P Community Site Admin Arrested On Suspicion Of Copyright Abuse
The man behind what is thought to be UK’s oldest P2P community site Filesoup.com (est. 2003) has been arrested on suspicion of copyright inf… Read more »
eBay’s New Plan To Get Around Skype Litigation
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eBay insisted as recently as last week that the “separation” of Skype remains on track — and behind the scenes it Read more »
Pirate Bay Sale Looking Iffier
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Need more evidence that the sale of Pirate Bay to Global Gaming Factory X is anything but a sure deal? In court Tuesday, a lawyer for Global… Read more »
Following Napster’s Lead, Kazaa Launches Subscription Service; Can Pay Through Phone Bill
Updated: The latest peer-to-peer downloading service to try its hand at a legal music-subscription service: Kazaa. The company announced pla… Read more »
Music Industry Wants Its Cut From Pirate Bay Sale
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It doesn’t look like the Pirate Bay’s founders will be able to walk away with $7.6 million very easily if the sale of Pirate Bay to Global G… Read more »
Stephen Fry Tells It Like It Is On Online Piracy
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If digital execs listen to Morgan Stanley’s 15-year-old intern for a teen’s take on consumer media, maybe they’ll look to Stephen Fry for wh… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Chinese IPTV, BT Vision/Match.com, Swedish Piracy
– Chinese IPTV: New York-based Chinese IPTV service KyLinTV is partnering with fellow Chinese broadcaster Phoenix TV to bring 20 Chinese TV… Read more »
Why Is Pirate Bay’s Top Man So Glum With His Multi-Million Sale?
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We think there’s plenty of water yet to pass under the bridge before the SEK 60 million (£7.4 million, $7.6 million) acquisition of The Pir… Read more »
Swedish Exchange Investigates Possible Insider Trading Around Pirate Bay Sale
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Swedish stock exchange officials are investigating whether there may have been insider trading around Global Factory X’s deal to buy Pirate… Read more »
How Things Played Out For Some Other File-Sharing Firms That Were Bought
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If the stories of other file-sharing firms that sold out are any indication, Pirate Bay’s move to sell itself and go legit might not play ou… Read more »
Pirate Bay Buyers Will Struggle To Make Legal Profits
Sweden’s Global Gaming Factory wants to buy The Pirate Bay for SEK60 million (£4.7 million) and start building a business model that compen… Read more »
The Party’s Over: Software Firm Buying Pirate Bay, Will Go Legit
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Swedish publicly listed software company Global Gaming Factory X says it wants to buy The Pirate Bay SEK60 million ($7.8 million) and will b… Read more »
The Party’s Over: Software Firm Buying Pirate Bay, Will Go Legit
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Swedish publicly listed software company Global Gaming Factory X (GFF) says it wants to buy The Pirate Bay SEK60 million (£4.7 million) and… Read more »
paidContent’s Quick Hits: 6.29.09
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» Will Threshold Entertainment’s lawsuit against Midway over rights to Mortal Kombat hurt Warner Bros. Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Rapidshare Fine Appeal; IAB Games Council; TV5 Monde Launches Web TV Service
– Rapidshare appeal: The German file-sharing site is appealing its Read more »
News Bytes: Club Sites Beat Papers’ Sites; Pirate Bay VPN; Amuso Games
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– Merseyside search stats: A Hitwise study of traffic and search terms in the Liverpool area in March found that of the top 1,000 search te… Read more »
