News May 2013 News Archive

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 18th May 2013 ... Read more ...

Rumors circulate that Sony may introduce have similar used-game DRM as Xbox One at E3 next month for their PS4 console ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 26 May 2013 ... Read more ...

RIAA wants search engines like Google to do more to stop "known" websites from repeatedly posting infringing links, beyond what the DMCA currently requires ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 11th May 2013 ... Read more ...

Read all the details about Microsoft's new console, the Xbox One, which includes Blu-ray playback for the first time, and a new Kinect ... Read more ...

Nintendo casts copyright shadow on Let's Play videos by claiming ad revenue on videos made by gamers and fans ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 19 May 2013 ... Read more ...

Hollywood changes tactics in its web piracy fight, now promoting legal alternatives via new website ... Read more ...

A new study has found that previously reported piracy figures by game industry groups such as the ESA may be exaggerated ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 4th May 2013 ... Read more ...

The W3C HTML Working Group officially adopts Encrypted Media Extensions, paving the way for DRM to be added to HTML5 videos ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 12 May 2013 ... Read more ...

A flaw in Spotify's web player allowed any of the songs in their 20 million strong catalog to be downloaded without copy protection ... Read more ...

BitTorrent Inc disputes Netflix's claims that BitTorrent traffic drops whenever Netflix enters a new market, and the association of BitTorrent with piracy ... Read more ...

Leaked internal email points to Blu-ray movie playback, but no 'always-on' DRM for Xbox 'Infinity' 720, which may or may not be delayed to a 2014 release ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 27th April 2013 ... Read more ...

Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 5 May 2013 ... Read more ...

Netflix's Chief Content Officer talks about global licensing, winning the war against piracy and 4K content on Netflix ... Read more ...

Going DRM-free has not produced the piracy Armageddon that some predicted, says sci-fi publisher Tor, a year after making the then controversial move ... Read more ...

Hollywood studios up in arms about BitTorrent Inc's new partnership deal with indie studio Cinedigm, calls the company "the devil" and accuses Cinedigm of selling out ... Read more ...

Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 20th April 2013 ... Read more ...