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Digital Britain: Feargal cautious, wants a five-strike system

UK Music boss Feargal Sharkey has proposed a five-stage graduated response system for persistent file-sharers, urging ISPs to act sooner rather than waiting for technical measures.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Digital Britain: Cut of licence fee could go to commercial broadcasters

The 'Digital Britain' report proposes that part of the BBC licence fee could fund public service programmes on commercial broadcasters, which the BBC opposes.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Digital Britain: Licence fee and phone tax to fund high speed net rollout

The Digital Britain report proposes funding a 2MB broadband rollout through unspent BBC digital switchover money and a 50p monthly levy on landline phone users.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Spears home intruder given restraining order

Miranda Tozier Robbins, arrested outside Britney Spears' Los Angeles home earlier this year, has been given a restraining order barring her from coming within 100 yards.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Katy Perry sues namesake over name

Australian fashion designer Katie Perry says she has received a legal letter from lawyers for pop singer Katy Perry, demanding she stop using her name on her clothing line.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Do It lawsuit goes Stateside

A copyright dispute over Nelly Furtado's 'Do It' moves to the US courts, where a label is suing over alleged use of a Finnish track, which Timbaland denies knowing about.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Japanese net piracy law tightened

Japan's parliament has passed an amendment making it illegal to knowingly download music from unlicensed services, with the law coming into effect next year.…

CMU Editorial • 17 Jun 2009

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Pirate Bay judge not biased, court finds

A Swedish court has ruled that Judge Tomas Norström was not biased despite his memberships of copyright bodies, so The Pirate Bay Four's bid to set aside their conviction has failed.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Jun 2009

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Doherty pleads guilty to possession

Pete Doherty has pleaded guilty to heroin possession and driving offences at Stroud Magistrates Court, and will appear again on 11 August.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Jun 2009

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Live Nation sued over monopoly allegations

Independent promoter Seth Hurwitz has sued Live Nation, alleging it abused its monopoly power to force artists to play only its venues.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Jun 2009

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Jammie P2P case goes back to court

Jammie Thomas is to face the RIAA's P2P infringement charges again in a retrial, after a judge questioned the jury instructions in her original case.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Jun 2009

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NKOTB sue alleged impostors

New Kids On The Block are suing SM Productions, alleging it planned to create a fake boyband using their name and pass off new recordings as theirs.…

CMU Editorial • 15 Jun 2009