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Finnish Court Fines Man $4,230 for Sharing 164 Albums

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2009 - 12:18pm.
Los Angeles - A court in Finland has ordered a man found guilty of sharing 164 albums, and downloading 1,850 tracks, to pay a fine of about $4,230 as punishment, Ars Technica reported. The figure pales in comparison to the $1.92 million judgment rendered in the U.S. against Jammie Thomas -- who shared 24 songs -- or the $675,000 verdict against Joel Tenenbaum, who admitted to sharing 30 songs.

tags: Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Copyright | Finland |

Report: YouTube Video Predicted Finland School Shooting

Authored by Scott Goldberg on November 7, 2007 - 4:54am.
Evacuees from the Finland SchoolEarly reports indicate that at least seven people have died in a school shooting in southern Finland, though a Finnish journalist from the Helsinki Sanomat, Kari Raisenen, told Sky News the police had yet to announce the official toll.  The shooting occurred “hours” after a YouTube video predicting a “massacre” was posted online, Sky News reports.
tags: Video | Law | YouTube | Finland |

Analysis: Nokia Takes on Apple and the iPhone

Authored by Jay Baage on August 29, 2007 - 6:12am.
Nokia held an event in London today where CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo announced a new integrated digital media approach. Except for four new mobile phones, the most interesting news was a Nokia music store, a Nokia N-Gage gaming site, and a web services portal called Ovi.
tags: Games | Mobile | Internet | Tech | Music | Europe | Apple | CE | iTunes | Nokia | Finland | iPhone |

Nokia Wins Market Share From Motorola With Popular Multimedia Devices

Authored by Jay Baage on August 3, 2007 - 3:30am.
Helsinki, Finland - Handset-maker Nokia has increased its dominant share of the global mobile phone market during the second quarter, while Motorola tumbled from second to third place.
tags: Mobile | Internet | Europe | Metrics | CE | Motorola | Nokia | Finland | IDC |

THQ Acquires Finnish Mobile Game Developer Universomo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 9, 2007 - 2:15pm.

Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Finland-based mobile game development studio Universomo.

tags: Games | Deals | Mobile | Mobile Games | THQ | Acquisitions | Finland | Universomo |

Mobile User-Generated Content Tools Developer Comeks Raises Funds

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 8, 2007 - 11:30am.

Helsinki, Finland - Comeks, a Finland-based developer of tools for creating user-generated mobile content, announced that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of funding, from Accel Partners.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Finland | Cellphones | Accel Partners | User-Generated | Comeks |

BT TV Show Lets Viewers' SMS Votes Determine Action in Real-Time

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 13, 2006 - 11:22am.

London - U.K. telco BT has developed an interactive TV technology where viewers can vote via SMS messages to change the course of a show's events in real-time, ZDNet UK reported.

tags: IPTV | Finland | BT | Interactive TV | SMS | ZDNet UK |

Finnish BitTorrent Network Operators Convicted on Copyright Charges

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 27, 2006 - 3:19pm.
Helsinki - A court in Finland has convicted 21 operators of a BitTorrent network on copyright-related charges, and ordered them to pay damages and expenses of over $721,000 to rights holders.
tags: Games | Video | Law | Tech | P2P | Piracy | Music | Europe | Copyright | BitTorrent | Convictions | Finland |

Nokia Releases "Mission: Impossible III" on 512MB Memory Card

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 26, 2006 - 12:42pm.
Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced on Thursday the release of the film "Mission: Impossible III" on memory cards compatible with its Nokia Nseries multimedia computers. The 512MB card, which runs the full-length movie at 25 frames per second, will ship at no extra charge with the Nokia N93, a device with a 2.4-inch screen.
tags: Mobile | Video | Tech | Movies | Storage | Nokia | Memory | Finland | Cellphones | Mobile Video |

Nokia Acquires Digital Music Firm Loudeye for $60 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 8, 2006 - 1:25pm.
Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Loudeye, a provider of branded digital music stores, for $60 million. Under the terms, Loudeye shareholders will receive $4.50 per share in cash for each share of Loudeye stock they own.
tags: Deals | Mobile | Mobile Music | Tech | Music | Acquisitions | Loudeye | Nokia | Music Tech | Finland |

Finnish Digital Terrestrial TV Firm Digi TV Plus Raises $48.8 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 6, 2006 - 1:53pm.
New York - Baker Capital, a venture capital firm focused on digital communications, announced on Tuesday that it has led a $48.8 million investment in Finland-based digital TV provider Digi TV Plus.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Tech | TV | Europe | Video Tech | Finland | Digi TV Plus | Baker Capital | PlusTV |

Reuters: Top Film in Finland is Online "Star Trek" Spoof

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 22, 2005 - 10:44am.
Helsinki - Reuters reports that an online "Star Trek" spoof film has become the most popular film in Finland, having been viewed by more than three million in the country in under two months. The feature-length student film "Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning," which is Finnish-language with English subtitles, has been available online since Oct. 1. The film has been viewed 2.92 million times from its own website and an estimated 600,000 times on mirror sites. The top movie in Finland's theaters is currently "The Unknown Soldier," with an estimated 2.8 million viewers.
tags: Internet | Movies | Star Trek | Finland | Reuters |

Finland First Country to Offer Nationwide Mobile TV Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 15, 2005 - 6:10am.
Helsinki - The country of Finland has become the world's first to license a nationwide mobile TV service, with the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications announcing that it will begin accepting bids this week. Finland-based Nokia has tested a mobile TV service there, based on the DVB-H standard. The company's home country hopes to award the operating license based on DVB-H technology -- which would enable mobile TV in moving cars -- early next year.
tags: Mobile TV | Finland | Nationwide |

Police in Finland Raid BitTorrent File-Sharing Server Operation, Arrest 34

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2004 - 11:27am.
London -- Finnish police have conducted raids on volunteers operating servers for the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing service, arresting 34 people in the process, The Register reported. The arrests come a day after the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced it would begin suing such server operators, who enable trading of files by BitTorrent users. The Finnish BitTorrent site reportedly stored 6,000 "torrents," or tracking files that enable P2P downloads, and had about 10,000 Finnish users. If convicted, those arrested would face up to two years in jail, in addition to copyright infringement damage claims from the MPAA and others.
tags: Finland | Raid | Police | File-Sharing Server Operation | Arrest |