Entertainment Industry
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Asia mobile regulators lag behind West
News Region's regulators fall behind in terms of regulating and pushing mobile entertainment, but are expected to leapfrog Western counterparts.
Tags: Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile commerce, Regulator, mobile entertainment, Mobile commerce, MEF, entertainment, China
PlayStation Go digital, but not all to follow
News Digital downloads can help "lock out" content pirates, but games companies say they will not shift business model solely to online platform.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, software, Microsoft Xbox Live, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, entertainment, Microsoft Xbox
India will still enjoy IT growth this year
News update Boosted by expected arrival of 3G, infrastructure consolidation and SMB outsourcing, India's IT spend will grow 14.1 percent in 2009, says Springboard Research.
Tags: Growth strategies and tools, Green IT, IT outsourcing, Business, Growth, India, Telecommunications, IT-spending, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business
Did Viacom find smoking gun in YouTube case?
News YouTube's internal e-mail indicate employees and managers knew about copyright content, sources say, but chose to leave the material on the site. What are the DMCA ramifications?
Tags: Web 2.0, Digital rights management (DRM), Google Inc., Viacom Inc., Web 2.0, Matz, TV, Entertainment Company, Entertainment Industry, Video
France ignores EU and passes antipiracy law
News The French General Assembly passed the "three-strikes" antipiracy legislation, which conflicts with an EU law passed last week.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Piracy, European Parliament, Internet Access, Entertainment Industry, entertainment, Pirate Bay, antipiracy, Internet Service Provider
French parliament unexpectedly kills Net piracy bill
News With few members present of final vote, lawmaking body votes down a bill that would have compelled Internet service providers to punish suspected copyright violators.
Tags: Piracy, Copyright, Web sites, Bill, Piracy, Internet Access, Entertainment Industry, Nicolas Sarkozy, RIAA, European Union
Show up the money, really
Blogs Governments worldwide have been stepping in and scurrying to help their local business community ride out this current e...
Pirate Bay founder accused of running Reservella
News BREIN, a Dutch trade group representing copyright owners, claims to have uncovered documents revealing that Fredrik Neij is CEO of Thepiratebay.org's listed owner.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Web sites, Web 2.0, Reservella, BREIN, BitTorrent, file-swapping, Europe
Stunned film, music sectors react to Veoh decision
News There's no disputing that a federal court's decision to offer safe-harbor protection for sites such as Veoh is a blow to the entertainment industry. But will it bring change?
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Music, Video, Web 2.0, Web sites, Viacom Inc., Universal Music Group, attorney, entertainment, YouTube Inc.
Cisco and Warner Music extend Web partnership
News Warner Music Group uses Cisco's Eos software service to create 12 more fan sites as the companies look to create new online entertainment opportunities.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Web services, Cisco Systems Inc., Warner Music Group Corp., entertainment, Eos, CEO, John Chambers, media company
Ex-Facebook executive as MySpace CEO, 'effective immediately'
News Former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta takes over from outgoing CEO Chris DeWolfe. John Sykes will take over his old role at Project Playlist.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, Van Natta, News Corp., entertainment, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, CEO, Hollywood, revenue
US Congress looks abroad to curb piracy
News Entertainment industry representatives tell the U.S. Congress it should urge other countries to adopt better intellectual property protections, or it may want to consider working with ISPs as Europe has.
Tags: Copyright, Piracy, Piracy, Video, Intellectual Property Right, entertainment, intellectual property, Canada, online video, job
Defusing the mobile bottleneck
Blogs In a recent article I read in Pacific Epoch daily newsletter, a Chinese Ministry of Culture official claimed that China ...
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications
Short Take: AmEx bans its card on adult Web sites
News American Express Co has banned the use of its credit cards on adult Web sites because of billing disputes.
EDS tailors asset management for media
News The IT services giant goes up against the likes of HP and IBM with a package of hardware, software and services geared toward media and entertainment companies.
