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Downloading films not 'very serious' for most people

News Most Americans know where to draw the line when it comes to leaving a shop without paying for a DVD, but downloading copyrighted movies is a different matter, according to a study released on Thursday.

26 January 2007, 10:23

News.blog: Does downloading cause music apathy?

News The answer to that question may reflect changing attitudes towards music, according to UK researchers who claim that widespread downloading may be diminishing people's excitement about music. Quick quiz: which means more to you, the obscure CD that...

12 January 2006, 9:27

iTunes' top competitor is P2P, says Apple

News Apple's biggest competitors in the digital music downloading market are illegal music file-sharing services such as Kazaa and BitTorrent, said iTunes vice president Eddy Cue. On the day Apple launched the Australian version of its music store...

26 October 2005, 10:27

Kids find excuses for illegal downloads, says study

News Children in Europe are aware of the risks of illegal downloading but often rationalise their act by saying that everyone -- including their parents -- is doing it, according to a major European Commission survey.

14 August 2007, 10:37

News.blog: Virgin Media to 'educate' illegal downloaders

News Polyphonic Industry will work together to 'educate' broadband customers on avoiding legal action while downloading music with peer-to-peer software, the organizations said Friday. According to the BPI, the new campaign will provide advice on how to...

Tags: industry, downloading, customers, letters

9 June 2008, 9:55

TV over the Internet gathers steam

News Research out today reveals the number of people downloading television content or watching it live online is growing rapidly in the UK. Of those downloading programmes, almost a third (29 per cent) do so more than once per week.

16 May 2006, 11:04

BitTorrent to profit from new search tool

News But his open-source software, now one of the most widely used means of legally and illegally downloading files such as movies or software, has barely helped him earn a living. Exeem, an application distributed by the former operators of SuprNova...

26 May 2005, 10:48

Another way past Windows antipiracy found

News The check is meant to prevent people with pirated copies of the operating system from downloading additional software from Microsoft. This is done by downloading the tool, right-clicking on the file and selecting 'properties'.

8 August 2005, 9:43

Swedes insure against P2P crackdown

News People unwilling to give up the practice of downloading copies of copyright music, movies or games can go to Tankaritt.nu and pay 140 Swedish kroner, about £10.50, for annual coverage. Providing insurance to file-sharers is Braath's way of...

3 July 2006, 10:47

'Write once, run anywhere' not working for phones

News That means that the extra costs and development time associated with creating multiple versions of the same software find their way into nearly every corner of the phone industry, from the price of handsets to the price for downloading a ring tone.

18 July 2005, 9:53

Microsoft working on file-sharing application

News In BitTorrent's case, that's largely downloading Linux distributions and cracked versions of movies. The downside of the Avalanche system is that users can actually end up downloading more chunks than they need.

20 June 2005, 9:48

Mobile users disconnect from features

News The percentage of users accessing the Internet on their mobile phone fell from 14 per cent to 12 per cent in the last year, while 6 per cent fewer users were downloading ringtones. Other advanced features that have declined in use include mobile TV...

Tags: customers, sending, cent, mobile phone

21 August 2007, 11:43

Xbox Live video service suffers tech hitch

News Xbox Live's director of programming Larry Hryb has described the first hours of the downloading service as an "unpleasant experience" for members, but promised that Microsoft was working to resolve the issues.

27 November 2006, 9:51

Wi-Fi memory cards for cameras imminent

News After 2GB, people should be downloading anyway, he added. Finding public Wi-Fi spots for downloading often isn't easy, either. Think of it as point, shoot and post. In the autumn, US-based start-up Eye-Fi plans to release Secure Digital memory...

11 June 2007, 10:35

Podcast fans favour Apple and Star Trek

News Compared to those statistics, downloading podcasts is still a relatively unpopular activity. We can expect to see [podcast downloading] become increasingly popular as portable content media players proliferate," said Michael Lanz, a Nielsen...

13 July 2006, 11:19