Filesharing

Far from being a cure for the industry’s woes, streaming wastes bandwidth, reduces privacy and slows innovation

Britain’s digital economy Bill proposals receive welcome from music and film, but anger from ISPs and privacy campaigners.

Music and internet worlds merged on Friday on San Francisco’s posh Nob Hill as insiders brainstormed about industry rocking Web 2.0 trends.

The French judiciary has rescued web users, striking down a law which would have allowed the state to cut off internet connections of filesharers.

Internet traffic in Sweden — previously a hotbed of filesharing — has fallen dramatically following the introduction of a law banning online piracy.

The French government has been accused of "Big Brother" tactics over an anti-piracy Bill which aims to punish people who repeatedly download music.

The most high-profile anti-piracy case in recent years begins on Monday when four men behind the world’s largest filesharing website will stand trial.