News February 2013 News Archive

CAS goes ahead in the US, as major ISPs detail what happens when their subscribers reach the magic sixth strike ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th February 2013 ... Read more ...

A new Sony anti-piracy patent could see game and disc loading times used to determine if the game is a pirated version ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 24 February 2013 ... Read more ...

RIAA says Google's piracy demotion policy isn't working to stop piracy websites from ranking well, but Google may have new plans to placate rights holders ... Read more ...

A group of bookstores have filed a class action anti-trust lawsuit against Amazon and the Big Six book publishers, over allegations that they are cutting the smaller players out of the eBook market via confidential agreements and use of proprietary DRM ... Read more ...

Sony has PS4 console reveal event without revealing the console, but plenty of other information available about Sony's next gaming powerhouse ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 9th February 2013 ... Read more ...

Feb 20 is when Sony may unveil the PS4, as new leaked photos of potential PS4 controller emerges ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 17 February 2013 ... Read more ...

BitTorrent technology has been infused into traditional cyberlocker storage to allow for unlimited uploads and no transfer limits ... Read more ...

Finnish anti-piracy group steals the design of The Pirate Bay website, forcing The Pirate Bay to possibly take legal action in a complete role reversal ... Read more ...

The engineer that helped to launch the Xbox project says Microsoft's failure to embrace indie developers and user experience issues will make it lose the "living room" war to the likes of Apple and Android ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 2nd February 2013 ... Read more ...

FBI employees may have downloaded pirated TV shows and movies, according to publicly available data ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 10 February 2013 ... Read more ...

A new documentary about The Pirate Bay has been released, and it's available for free from all the usual places, legally ... Read more ...

Questions are raised after $USD 200,000 and 16 month worth of effort in New Zealand only brings in just over $500 in fines paid under the country's new tough copyright system ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 26th January 2013 ... Read more ...

Major copyright holder CBS forced to defend BitTorrent in court, as Alki David's lawsuit wants all BitTorrent clients to be removed from CBS/CNET's Download.com ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 3 February 2013 ... Read more ...

Blu-ray and DVDs still the most important source of revenue for the home video industry, despite growth in digital distribution ... Read more ...

Wii U struggling to gain market share, but Nintendo boss says price cuts are not coming any time soon ... Read more ...