Siljaline's Blog : EU

Canadian copyright law to trump Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:39:00 GMT

Industry Minister Tony Clement, responding to accusations that an international anti-counterfeiting agreement will criminalize everyday activity by Canadians, says any such pact will be "subservient" to copyright rules created domestically....(read more)

Mininova removes links to copyrighted files

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:59:00 GMT

Mininova, one of the biggest torrent file-sharing websites in the world, has removed links to all copyrighted content that it does not have official agreements for. Thursday's move is a win for the entertainment industry as users of the site are now...(read more)

Pirate Bay copyright convicts lose retrial bid

Randy Knobloch — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:49:00 GMT

Four men found guilty of promoting copyright infringement through the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay will not get a retrial, the Swedish court of appeals has ruled. The court found Thursday that the judge who ruled in the original case in April, Tomas...(read more)

Half of copyright charges dropped against Pirate Bay (Updated)

Randy Knobloch — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Swedish authorities have dropped half of the copyright-related charges against the founders of The Pirate Bay, a website that connects BitTorrent networks to allow users to swap music, video or game files. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/02/17...(read more)

Goo-Hoo! faces EU anti-trust probe

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:00 GMT

The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the proposed search advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo!. "In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google...(read more)

EU concerned about privacy with Google-DoubleClick deal

Randy Knobloch — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:42:00 GMT

European lawmakers plan to take the unusual step of pressing antitrust regulators next month to look at privacy concerns raised by Google Inc.'s intended takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick. The $3.1-billion US deal has spurred rivals and consumer...(read more)