trials
Entertainment
9:30AM Nick Broughall | A couple of weeks ago, ABC’s iView VOD service celebrated its first birthday – they grow up so fast! David Knox at TV Tonight is reporting that to celebrate, the national broadcaster’s online video portal has begun a 3 month trial with Pipe Networks to allow smaller ISPs to offer unmetered access to the service. More »
ABC iView Turns One, Celebrates By Trialling Unmetered Access With Smaller ISPs
9:30AM Nick Broughall | A couple of weeks ago, ABC’s iView VOD service celebrated its first birthday – they grow up so fast! David Knox at TV Tonight is reporting that to celebrate, the national broadcaster’s online video portal has begun a 3 month trial with Pipe Networks to allow smaller ISPs to offer unmetered access to the service. More » 
Software
RealNetworks Stumbles Into Court, This Box Hangs in the Balance
7:40PM John Herrman | RealNetworks’ courtroom feud with the MPAA is now under way, and as predicted, the company doesn’t really give a mouse’s arse about RealDVD. It’s Facet, RealNetworks’ archiving DVD player, that everyone’s all worked up about. More »
Online
Pirate Bay Trial Update: Verdict Comes Friday
4:20AM Jason Chen | The Pirate Bay finally hears back the verdict on Friday, and will deliver a live, online press conference at 13:00 Swedish Time (GMT+1). They invite you to listen. [Pirate Bay] More »
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Pirate Bay Trial Watch: The Defence Rests, Reboots the Servers from the Courtroom
7:14AM Adam Frucci | In the final day of the Pirate Bay trial, the defence made its closing arguments. While doing so, they rebooted the servers, which had crashed, from the court room. More »
Online
Pirate Bay Trial Watch: The Prosecution Rests
9:20AM Adam Frucci | The Pirate Bay “spectrial” is wrapping up, with the prosecution having just made its closing arguments. More »
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Aww, What Soft-Hearted Pirates
3:10AM John Mahoney | Torrent Trial of the Millennium update: when asked if he should be reimbursed for transportation to court, media researcher Robert Wallis suggested flowers be sent to his wife. And the pirates responded in kind. More »
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Pirate Bay Trial Watch Day 9: Piracy Helps the Music Industry!
6:20AM Adam Frucci | Today at The Pirate Bay trial, there were two expert witnesses, both of whom were sympathetic to the TPB cause. So of course, the IFPI tried to discredit their credentials rather than their ideas. More »
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Pirate Bay Trial Watch Day 7: We Pirated All These Movies For Evidence Gathering Purposes, Honest
5:40AM John Mahoney | Today the prosecution brought a few anti-piracy watchdogs to the stand who had “investigated” the Pirate Bay by downloading music, movies and games from the site. And then they reduced their evidence to shreds. More »
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Pirate Bay Trial Watch: Everybody Get Drunk Edition
10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Welcome to your Saturday evening update on the trial of the century. Today, in celebration of the end of a week’s worth of court, the Pirate Bureau threw a massive and slyly rebellious rager. More »
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9:00AM Nick Broughall | And the good news is that none of the major players are involved. More »
Conroy Announces Which ISPs Will Be Trialling His Stupid Filter
9:00AM Nick Broughall | And the good news is that none of the major players are involved. More » 