Are game developers avoiding the PC platform to avoid losing money to piracy? No, says Christopher Sundberg, co-founder of Sweden based Avalanche Studios and creator of “Just Cause” and the newly released “Just Cause 2″.
Over the last years we’ve seen dozens of piracy surveys. Thousands of news outlets and blogs generally cover the results, which turned the subject into a cheap and effective way of spamming unrelated services.
UK artist Dan Bull, famous for earlier musical swipes at Lily Allen and the Digital Economy Bill, has teamed up with UK ISP TalkTalk to release a new song and video.
Over the last few years we have criticized the major music labels for their lack of innovation and their inability to adapt their business models to the digital era. Sometimes, however, we have side with a label instead of the artist.
Ubisoft has been a firm believer in DRM. When it announced a new DRM system last month, it assumed people would be happy. After a day where that new system has already lead to a spectacular failing, it has to be asked if this is what sinks DRM for good.
In 2004 the MPAA launched its infamous “You wouldn’t steal…” campaign. The clip was put on millions of retail DVDs and viewers were watch it before they could enjoy the actual content.
The Open Rights Group are asking citizens to complain about a proposed amendment to law which would allow courts to block sites which allegedly infringe copyright.
In yesterday’s House of Lords debate on the Digital Economy Bill, Lord Lucas provided a rather accurate summing up of the ‘pay up or else’ scheme being targeted at alleged file-sharers in the UK by ACS:Law and Tilly Bailey & Irvine.
