Archive for the ‘Compliance’ Category
Posted May 1st, 2012
From BBC News
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK internet service providers, the High Court has ruled.
The Swedish website hosts links to download mostly pirated free music and video. Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media must all prevent their users from accessing the site.
“Sites like The Pirate Bay destroy jobs in the UK and undermine investment in new British artists,” the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said.
A sixth ISP, BT, requested “a few more weeks” to consider their position on blocking the site.
BPI’s chief executive Geoff Taylor said: “The High Court has confirmed that The Pirate Bay infringes copyright on a massive scale.
“Its operators line their pockets by commercially exploiting music and other creative works without paying a penny to the people who created them.
“This is wrong – musicians, sound engineers and video editors deserve to be paid for their work just like everyone else.”
See the full skinny HERE.
Posted in Compliance, cybercrime, Enforcement, Intellectual Property by Ken Taylor
Posted March 11th, 2012
From CNET
by Paul Sloan
Barry Diller knew full well that the TV broadcasters would go to battle to stop Aereo, a streaming service that’s scheduled to go live in New York City on Thursday. And he couldn’t care less.
Speaking at SXSW, Diller explained why he loves the service, and then said, “”Another reason I love it. It’s going to be a great fight.”
Indeed.
The service, as explained in detail HERE by my colleague Greg Sandoval, was slammed with two complaints early this month, one from NBC, ABC and CBS (parent company of CNET) and the other from Fox, Univision and PBS. The broadcasters say “no amount of technological gimmickry” changes copyright law or the fact that Aereo needs permission to distribute their shows. They want the court to block the service from launching.
See the full skinny HERE.
Posted in Compliance, Copyright, Gadgets by Ken Taylor
Posted January 14th, 2011
On January 12, three registrars were issued notices of Breach, Termination and Non-Renewal. The registrars in question, iWelt AG, Zog Media, Inc. DBA Zog Names and Centrohost CJSC have all failed to escrow gTLD registration data (pursuant to Section 3.6 of the RAA).
Each registrar has 15 days to cure the breach before the termination process begins.
During 2010, 22 registries were sent breach notices. 7 of those registrars received termination date extensions, some of which are extended through the summer of 2011.
Click HERE for more compliance updates.
Tags: Centrohost CJSC, Inc. DBA Zog Names, iWelt AG, RAA, Zog Media
Posted in Compliance, Enforcement by Kelly Hardy
