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The e-Book test: Do electronic versions deter piracy?

David Pogue in the NY Times: The e-Book Test: Do Electronic Versions Deter Piracy?

Related: John Caddell at FutureLab: Must We Give away Digital Creative Works?

Is Scrabulous 'piracy'?

NY Times: Online Scrabble Craze Leaves Game Sellers at Loss for Words. The companies that own the rights to the Scrabble board game say Scrabulous, a popular online knockoff, is piracy.

Verizon rejects Hollywood’s call to aid piracy fight

NY Times Bits blog: Verizon Rejects Hollywood’s Call to Aid Piracy Fight.

Swedes file charges against Pirate Bay four

IDG News: Swedes file charges against Pirate Bay four.

Big haul by canine pirate patrol

Associated Press: Canine patrol discovers pirated DVDs.

Pirated copies of 'Sicko' film posted online

LA Times: Pirated copies of `Sicko' film posted online.

I doubt that Michael Moore has a major problem with his movie circulating online, given his desire to have as many people as possible see it. (He's not quoted in the article.)

AT&T, studios to work on anti-piracy effort

Associated Press: AT&T effort to stem Internet piracy raises privacy concerns.

In a break with other Internet service providers, AT&T Inc. will work with Hollywood studios and recording labels to devise technology that identifies offshore content pirates who use its network to upload illegal copies of movies and music.

Although details remain sketchy, the effort worries privacy advocates, who fear the San Antonio-based company could become a beat cop, monitoring which Web sites customers visit and what computer files they share.

Technology officers from several entertainment companies met June 5 in San Antonio to discuss the effort, which could take months and quite possibly fail to produce a solution that would be technologically feasible and protect customer privacy. ...

Warner’s digital watchdog widens war on pirates

NY Times: Warner’s Digital Watchdog Widens War on Pirates.

What youth culture wants

CBS News: The 'Mash Up' Culture. Teens Use Technology To Mix, Match And Create Their Spheres.

According to the Horatio Alger Association's State of our Nation's Youth 2005 report, the percentage of Internet-using teens that downloaded music for free dropped from 44 percent to 40 percent between 2004 and 2005, while the percentage that paid to download rose from 17 percent to 24 percent in the same time period.

The Pirate Bay: Here to stay?

I missed this story a while back, from Wired News: The Pirate Bay: Here to Stay?

To international observers, The Pirate Bay's defiant immunity from copyright lawyers is somewhat baffling. But in Sweden, the site is more than just an electronic speak-easy: It's the flagship of a national file-sharing movement that's generating an intense national debate, and has even spawned a pro-piracy political party making a credible bid for seats in the Swedish parliament.