Pirate Bay Trial Ends: Judgment Date Set, Supporters Of Each Side Weigh In
The two-and-a-half-week-old copyright trial of notorious Swedish torrent-tracking site The Pirate Bay came to a close today with both sides… Read more »
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Ad Buyers Warm To Spotify As It Hits Million-User Mark
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Pirate Bay Trial: Entertainment Industries 'Risk Losing Control Of Content'
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The entertainment industries are fighting a legal battle against P2P networks because they are losing control over copyrighted material –… Read more »
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Pirate Bay Prosecutors Change Charges Again, Go For 'Assisting Infringement'
By Patrick Smith
With the case against infamous Swedish Bit Torrent tracker The Pirate Bay now halfway through its second week of evidence, the prosecuting… Read more »
Metro International Gets Buy-Out Offer; Will Consider Alongside Refinancing
Struggling European freesheet publisher Metro International says it has received a buyout offer from an unnamed suitor – a day before bosses… Read more »
Pirate Bay A New Distribution Platform For Newspapers? Probably Not
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Swedish Pirate Bay Trial Kicks Off: Digital Freedom Fighters Or Copyright Violators?
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Earnings: Metro International Loses
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Spotify Pulls Down Some Music Over Licensing Issues
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Scottish Government Trial Takes Newspaper Public Notice Advertising Online
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Sweden, The Home Of Illegal File-Sharing?
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By Jemima Kiss: Sweden could be considered the world’s unofficial home of internet piracy largely thanks to the work of Pirate Bay, which cl… Read more »
Music Round-Up: Leona Lights Up, Unlimited Subs, MSN Unsigned
– Leona Lewis: The X-Factor winner’s warbling impersonation of an Irish indie band has become the fastest-selling digital single ever. Her… Read more »
Swedish Carrier TeliaSonera Starts Unlimited Music Subscription Offering
Swedish operator/ISP TeliaSonera is the latest to add an all-you-can-eat unlimited subscription music service to its roster. Customers who t… Read more »
Norway’s Schibsted Eyes Online Acquisitions Outside Scandinavia
Norwegian news publisher Schibsted is looking to make acquisitions in the online space, after recently seeing the web make up a quarter of i… Read more »
Online Games Maker NYX Gets
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Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy
Mobile newsreader service Mobispine is acquiring NewsAlloy, an Ajax, web-based RSS reader, intending to merge the two in to a “seamless” pro… Read more »
Mobispine Mobile News Aggregator Buying RSS Reader NewsAlloy
Mobile newsreader service Mobispine is acquiring NewsAlloy, an Ajax, web-based RSS reader, intending to merge the two in to a “seamless” pro… Read more »
Swedish Video Ad Overlayer VideoPlaza Gets £335,300 Funding
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Video Interview: Olivier Creiche, VP, Six Apart: Selling To Sup And The End Of Hype
Why did Movable Type maker Six Apart sell blog community LiveJournal in December, just three years after buying it? At the World Association… Read more »
@ WAN: Mobile Journalism: Can Publishers Find Their MoJo?
A panel I chaired at the World Editors Forum at Gothenburg, Sweden, heard how Reuters reporters are using “MoJo” toolkits to gather news, ho… Read more »
Pirate Bay Seeks ISP Block Pay-Out – From Same Music Biz That’s Suing It
The Pirate Bay’s capacity to poke and rile the music business for laughs knows no bounds. This time, the BitTorrent index is seeking compens… Read more »
Aegis Acquires Swedish Marketing Firm Jämterud, Jiffer & Partners
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UK media buying firm Aegis Group has bought Sweden’s Jämterud, Jiffer & Partners, an experiential marketing company. Aegis, the parent of m… Read more »
Sweden Ready To Act On Piracy; Would Subpoena ISP Data
Sweden may be ready to follow the prevailing wind on internet media piracy, with a legal clampdown expected this spring. Justice minister Be… Read more »
Pirate Bay Defiant As Prosecutor Serves Court Notice
Swedish prosecutors have filed charges against Carl Lundstrom, Peter Sunde, Frederik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg – the brains behind to… Read more »
Swedish Authorities Expected To Charge File Sharing Service The Pirate Bay
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Swedish prosecutors are expected to charge the operators of Swedish file sharing service The Pirate Bay with Read more »
Aegis Buys Finnish Digital Agency White Sheep
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UK media buying firm Aegis Group has acquired Finland’s White Sheep, a provider of web development and digital creative production services.… Read more »
Web Ad Spend To Outstrip TV Starting This Year: Forecast
Sweden will this year become the first country where internet ad spending will surpass that given over to TV ads, according to the This Year… Read more »
UK Digital Penetration Driven By Cheapest Bundles: Ofcom
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British consumers are getting some of the best deals for broadband, mobile and television services in Europe, thanks to cheap bundled servic… Read more »
Private Media Group Takes 1Million Euro Stake in Horse Creek Entertainment
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Spanish adult content provider Private Media Group has taken a 17.2 percent stake in Swedish company Horse Creek Entertainment, a content ag… Read more »
Europe's VOD, Digital Cinema Grants Almost Doubling
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The European Commission is increasing its funding for video-on-demand and digital cinema distribution projects to meet higher-than-expected… Read more »
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