The MPAA released its first comprehensive study of movie piracy late Tuesday, estimating that the major studios lost $6.1 billion last year to bootlegging, illegal copying and Internet piracy. China, Russia, the U.K., France, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Poland and Mexico were the countries where piracy was more prevalent, the MPAA said. The study also found […]
China has introduced regulations that make it against the law to operate a mail server without a licence. Under the new regulations, Email Service Providers must register their mail servers’ internet protocol (IP) addresses with authorities 20 days before they start operating the server. Outfits must also keep a record of all emails sent and […]
Last year there was ample criticism of ICANN by foreign countries, who suggested that the organization was far too America-Centric. Some wanted to see a new ITU supported coalition formed for Internet governance, though others (like China & Turkey) proposed more drastic measures. China tomorrow will launch their own DNS system, with three temporary top […]
Consiliul Europei si UE incearca sa adapteze exigentele libertatii de exprimare, al carei pilon este art.10 din Conventia Europeana a Drepturilor Omului, la noua realitate a spatiului cibernetic. Nu-i simplu, insa. In decembrie 2003, Comisia Europeana a dat in judecata noua tari – Franta, Germania, Suedia, Olanda, Grecia, Portugalia, Belgia, Luxemburg si Finlanda – care, […]
