The United States House of Representatives proposed a new bill seeking the ban for government employee’s use of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks at work or even accessing sensitive government documents at home. Known as the Secure Federal File-Sharing Act, Democratic Representative Edolphus Towns of New York said that there is a growing sentiment among members of [...]

The new Digital Economy Bill, a law that would govern all the contents being shared over the Internet, is expected to push through the House of Lords in the coming days as general elections in the UK closes in. With less than two months before the May 2010 general elections, the House of Lords is [...]

After years of fighting “online pirates”, the chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will step down and take a new role in charity program for refugees from different parts of the world. In an interview at a convention attended by theater owners, Dan Glickman announced his impending resignation as a chairman of [...]

A new report released by UK-based research firm Consumer Focus on Monday showed that millions of iPod, MP3, and computer users are unaware of violations they are committing when they “format shift” compact disk contents into their music players. According to the report, at least 17 percent of adult users were not aware of the [...]

Major Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the United States has warned on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission over the proposed Title II Internet Access Classification, saying that “it would be a profound mistake that would only give more harm and long-lasting negative consequences to consumers and economy.” In a letter to FCC Chairperson Julius Genchowski, [...]

A new study conducted by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Canada showed that doctors are unwittingly sharing information about their patients while they use peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing websites. The study also showed that computers in hospitals and homes are easily vulnerable to P2P file-sharing attacks, citing various software needed to be installed [...]

A new report released by Internet company Cisco Systems Inc on Thursday showed that online streaming of popular television series and movies have already overtaken file-sharing in terms of the number of users. Despite strong showing of file-sharing websites in Sweden, Cisco, in a statement, said that online video streaming is actually much more popular [...]

The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights on Monday cried foul over the British government’s approach to the Piracy or Digital Economy Bill, saying that it could breach rights of millions of Internet users. In a statement, the committee, which is composed of influential ministers of parliament, said that the government’s Digital Economy Bill needed [...]

Nintendo Co. Ltd. announced on Tuesday that the Australian man accused of illegally uploading the new Super Mario Bros. game has agreed to pay $1.3 million under a settlement deal facilitated by the US Federal Court. It will be recalled that 24-year-old James Burt illegally uploaded the new Super Mario game for the Wii console [...]

Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Australia stayed with its decision to cap the amount of bandwidth free consumers can use, saying that the broadband download quotas will stay. The decision came after calls from Australian consumers for the ISPs to remove the capping of the download bandwidth, which has been implemented several years ago. To [...]