Innocents accused of net piracy

Some 20 net users have come forward claiming they have been wrongly accused of illegally sharing video games, reports the BBC .

They face the threat of court action - or fines of up to £665 - for sharing copyrighted games.

Some 6,000 letters have been sent out by law firm ACS Law , on behalf of firms such as Reality Pump and Topware Interactive, who are the copyright owners of video games Two Worlds and Dream Pinball respectively.

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Michael Jackson Funeral to be live streamed

As the world pays tribute to the King of Pop, Music Celebrity will be streaming Michael Jackson's funeral live. So far the family has not confirmed definite plans about where and when.

Joost bows to YouTube, gives up consumer video

Joost , the third major creation by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the duo that also founded Kazaa and Skype , announced Tuesday that it will dump its consumer-video service and will now focus on building "white label" video platforms for "cable and satellite providers, broadcasters and video aggregators." The move marks the end of Joost as a YouTube and Hulu competitor.

[via News.com ]

The Pirate Bay Will Close Its Tracker and Remove Torrents

Alongside the news that The Pirate Bay will sell shares on the Swedish stock market come some other significant changes. The site itself will decentralize and stop hosting and tracking torrents. Instead, The Pirate Bay will use a third party tracker and torrent hosting service to serve its users.

[via Torrent Freak ]

The Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company, Goes Legal

According to gaming company Global Gaming Factory X, it is in the the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay for $7.8m (SEK 60 million). The acquisition is scheduled to be completed by August and will see the site launch new business models to compensate content providers and copyright owners.

[via Torrent Freak ]

New Formats Give Online Video Ads Potential

From AdAge :

For years, the promise of online video advertising has been just that -- a promise. The reality has been a big disappointment: ads that look and feel like TV, and are repurposed from TV creative, only much more annoying.

But with the TV-upfront market frozen and advertisers looking for lower-cost means to reach consumers, a push is on to try formats that could finally realize some of the potential of online video with targeted ads that engage with real interactivity.

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