This page contains all the news items for the month of May 2011.
 | I've just added a new tutorial/guide for VidCoder, a tool that allows you to convert video files, DVDs and even Blu-ray movies to MKV or MP4 ... Read more ... | |
 | PROTECT IP has passed through committee, but one senator has placed a hold on it for fear that the bill will "muzzle free speech" ... Read more ... | |
 | Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 14th May 2011 ... Read more ... | |
 | Probable cause and warrants are not needed, says the RIAA and MPAA when it comes to disc piracy ... Read more ... | |
 | The US Copyright Group has just added 20,000 new IP addresses to the Hurt Locker lawsuit, making it the largest mass-piracy lawsuit in history ... Read more ... | |
 | ICE seizes more domain names, including some websites which merely linked to already available content on video sites such as Megavideo ... Read more ... | |
 | Analysts can't agree on whether 3D is hurting the film industry due to high prices and eye fatigue, or if it's helping thanks to the 40+ movies available in 3D in the coming months ... Read more ... | |
 | A new report highlights the growing problem of political lobbying when it comes to copyright issues ... Read more ... | |
 | Google's chairman says that the company will fight proposed copyright laws that will give the government increased powers to seize domain names, tamper with DNS, and force removal of search results ... Read more ... | |
 | To protest Nintendo's harsh DRM, which threatens to brick 3DS consoles for those that try to modify it in any way, the Free Software Foundation is sending actual bricks to Nintendo ... Read more ... | |
 | Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 7th May 2011 ... Read more ... | |
 | A company that is responsible for collecting user data for France's "three-strikes" system has had one of its servers breached due to lax security ... Read more ... | |
 | Sony reveals the free games you'll be able to download, plus other goodies to make up for the PSN hacking and downtime ... Read more ... | |
 | The PlayStation Network is already back online in the United States, and the re-launch will be slowly rolled out for the rest of the world ... Read more ... | |
 | Netflix finally comes to Android, but not for all phones due to standardization issues ... Read more ... | |
 | Sony has sent a letter game publishers, providing them more information about the PSN outage, plus retailers say that gamers are trading in their PS3s for Xbox 360's ... Read more ... | |
 | The Xbox 360 is getting a major update next week according to leaked documents, but the update won't have many noticeable new features, other than PayPal support ... Read more ... | |
 | LimeWire has been forced to pay $105 million in damages to the RIAA, as the service and its founder are both found guilty of copyright infringement ... Read more ... | |
 | Newly proposed U.S. copyright laws could see search engine results filtered, websites blocked by ISPs, and corporations given the same powers as the government ... Read more ... | |
 | Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 30th April 2011 ... Read more ... | |
 | Google announces its music in the clouds services, YouTube rentals and Android movie rentals ... Read more ... | |
 | The review for PowerDVD 11 has just been posted ... Read more ... | |
| Sony to offer free games, amongst other goodies, as a way of saying sorry to the millions of gamers affected by the PSN hack and outage ... Read more ... | |
 | While Sony are still struggling to get PSN back and prevent a slump in PS3 sales as predicted by analysts, hackers have managed to successfully bring OtherOS back ... Read more ... | |
 | Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 23rd April 2011 ... Read more ... | |
 | Mozilla refuses to honor ICE request to remove add-on that redirects seized domain names to alternate mirrors ... Read more ... | |
 | Film producers and founder of FilmOn takes on CBS and CNET for hosting the LimeWire software, and helping promote piracy ... Read more ... | |
 | All is revealed today as the counter on maythe4th.starwars.com reaches zero, or not, because fans now have to do the hard work on social media to unlock the good stuff, whatever it is ... Read more ... | |
 | New discounted Wii bundle will remove Wii Sports, but adds Mario Kart and wheel, and Nintendo President says Kinect is not a threat ... Read more ... | |
 | Leaked Wikileaks cables show US heavily involved in influencing the copyright regime of New Zealand ... Read more ... | |
 | Check out the US Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending 16th April 2011 ... Read more ... | |
 | People are buying less discs, but it's probably because the new releases haven't been as good, the DEG reports ... Read more ... | |
 | Sony announces more accounts have been hacked than originally thought, with data from 25 million more Sony Online Entertainment account also accessed by hackers in a separate, and earlier, breach ... Read more ... | |
 | Facebook's embarrassing DMCA error, after acting on fake DMCA notices, led to legitimate pages, including Ars Technica's page, to be removed ... Read more ... | |
 | Wikileaks cables show intense pressure on the Canadian government by the US government to adopt tougher copyright laws, and Canadian officials leaking sensitive information to help the cause ... Read more ... | |
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