UK promoters call for new law against touting
Promoters including Harvey Goldsmith and the Concert Promoters Association are calling for ticket touting to be made illegal, and for Olympic-style rules to cover all live events.…
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Consumer rights group lobby against P2P lawsuits
Pan-European consumer group BEUC is staging an event at the European Parliament to launch a Declaration of Consumers' Digital Rights and call for an end to P2P lawsuits.…
SonyBMG may face Italian criminal charges over anti-piracy software
Italian consumer group ALCEI-EFI has complained to police that SonyBMG's copy-protection software may breach Italian computer security laws.…
Apple face second lawsuit over Nano
iPod nano owners in the UK and Mexico have joined a second lawsuit against Apple over screens that scratch and crack, lodged by lawyer Steve Berman.…
More concerns raised over digital switch plans
OfCom has raised concerns over the government's digital switchover plans, including costs and aerial replacements, and former Channel 5 boss David Elstein has criticised the lack of project management.…
Scottish bands get behind music manifesto
Idlewild and other Scottish bands are backing a Scottish music manifesto seeking more government funding, launched by MSP Pauline McNeill at the Scottish Parliament.…
IFPI welcomes closure of Korean P2P
A Seoul court has ordered the South Korean P2P service Soribada to close after a suit by the Korean Association of Phonogram Producers, which plans to seek compensation.…
Danish court rejects additional Roskilde damages money
Denmark's Eastern High Court has rejected a claim by the family of Allan Tonnesen, killed at the 2000 Roskilde Festival, for a further $11,000 in damages.…
Apple's Slim Shady ad prompts cease and desist letter
Footwear firm Lugz has sent Apple a cease and desist letter claiming its Eminem iPod advert is a rip-off of a Lugz ad from three years ago.…
EMI say 'not us mate' to dodgy protection software
EMI has said it does not use First4Internet's 'rootkit' protection software, which SonyBMG used until it was criticised for making PCs vulnerable to viruses.…
Japanese iPod tax may be on hold
Proposals for a Japanese iPod tax, a surcharge on digital music players passed to copyright holders, are at committee stage and unlikely to be agreed until 2007.…
Grokster shuts down P2P
Grokster has taken its P2P service offline and reportedly agreed a $50 million settlement with copyright owners after the Supreme Court ruling against it.…