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BitTorrent Signs Deals With Movie Studios, Cable Networks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 29, 2006 - 2:47pm.
San Francisco - BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing service that has been targeted with copyright infringement actions across the globe, announced on Wednesday a slate of partnerships with Hollywood studios including Fox, Paramount, Lionsgate, Palm Pictures and MTV Networks to distribute movies and TV shows on its network.
tags: Deals | Video | Tech | P2P | TV | Movies | BitTorrent | Content Delivery | File Sharing | Palm Pictures |

EMI Licenses Songs for Qtrax Ad-Supported File-Sharing Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2006 - 1:52pm.
New York - Major record label EMI Music announced on Monday that it has licensed its catalog to Qtrax, an advertising-supported peer-to-peer music distribution service.
tags: Licensing | Advertising | Tech | P2P | Music | Catalogs | File Sharing | EMI | Qtrax | LTDnetwork |

FTC Settles With Seller of "100% Legal" File-Sharing Tutorial

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 30, 2006 - 1:32pm.
Washington - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled charges against a website operator who claimed the file-sharing network tutorial he was selling was "100 percent legal."
tags: Law | Settlements | P2P | Piracy | Music | Cybercrime | People | FTC | File Sharing | Cashier Myricks |

Report: Two-Thirds of College Students See No Problem With File-Sharing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 29, 2005 - 8:33am.
Washington -- Two-thirds of university students see nothing unethical about downloading copyrighted media for free, and 52% believe the practice is also acceptable workplace behavior, according to a survey conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs on behalf of the Business Software Alliance (BSA). Forty-five per cent of students said they used campus networks for peer-to-peer downloads, with 36% reporting an increase in their downloading behavior. A minority of 32% of students said it's not okay to swap files, up from 23% in 2003. The survey also found that 27% of admitted music downloaders also reported downloading pirated software programs; however, 70% of students said that media reports about unlicensed software or industry actions against downloaders have made them less likely to download. While nearly three-quarters of academics also surveyed for the report said they believe campus downloading policies are effective, only 45% of students surveyed agreed.
tags: Internet | File Sharing | Download | Students | Peer to Peer | statistics |