UK arts lobby groups have demanded BT block access to the BitTorrent file sharing website, The Pirate Bay.
Music industry trade body, the BPI, said it would take legal action if the telecoms firm refused to co-operate.
The movie industry has already forced BT to block Newzbin 2, a members-only site that aggregates illegally copied material.
BT said: "We can confirm we are now in receipt of a letter from the BPI. BT is considering its response."
The telecoms operator added that a court order would be needed before any blocking could begin.
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Showing posts with label netflix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label netflix. Show all posts
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Netflix outdoes New Coke in turn around time
Netflix has abandoned plans to split off its DVD rental division into a separate business.
The US online movie company told subscribers in September that it was spinning off its disc delivery service and rebranding it as Qwikster.
Customers wishing to continue receiving DVDs by post would have needed two separate accounts.
However, the firm says it now accepts the move would have made things more difficult for its members.
Customers will now be able to continue renting discs and streaming online films using a single Netflix password.
The US online movie company told subscribers in September that it was spinning off its disc delivery service and rebranding it as Qwikster.
Customers wishing to continue receiving DVDs by post would have needed two separate accounts.
However, the firm says it now accepts the move would have made things more difficult for its members.
Customers will now be able to continue renting discs and streaming online films using a single Netflix password.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Rogers executives jump from windows as CRTU declines to review Netflix
That's ok, there's always the customers to take it out on.
Netflix Inc. won’t face regulation in Canada after the country’s broadcast agency rejected calls from BCE Inc. and other cable providers that argued the Internet-based movie company has a competitive advantage, two people familiar with the matter said.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will announce next week it won’t undertake a formal review of Netflix and other online providers, the two people said, on condition they not be identified because the decision hasn’t been made public.
a competitive advantage = cheaper, easier to use and more convenient. Can't have that.
Read more here.
Netflix Inc. won’t face regulation in Canada after the country’s broadcast agency rejected calls from BCE Inc. and other cable providers that argued the Internet-based movie company has a competitive advantage, two people familiar with the matter said.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will announce next week it won’t undertake a formal review of Netflix and other online providers, the two people said, on condition they not be identified because the decision hasn’t been made public.
a competitive advantage = cheaper, easier to use and more convenient. Can't have that.
Read more here.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Netflix and Facebook don't give a f*ck about your privacy
Do I want the world to know I've rented every My Little Pony title in existence.. hypothetically of course....
A 1988 video rental privacy law is keeping Netflix’s U.S. users from sharing what they’re watching on Facebook.
Netflix on Thursday announced it is integrating its video streaming service with Facebook — allowing users to watch videos on either site and see what people on their friends lists are viewing.
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A 1988 video rental privacy law is keeping Netflix’s U.S. users from sharing what they’re watching on Facebook.
Netflix on Thursday announced it is integrating its video streaming service with Facebook — allowing users to watch videos on either site and see what people on their friends lists are viewing.
Read more here.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Netflix comes up with a terrible, pretentious new name: Qwikster
A new name, to help hide a blunder apparently..
Via the Netflix blog...
I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation.
It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming, and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology. I’ll try to explain how this happened.
Read more here.
Via the Netflix blog...
I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation.
It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming, and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology. I’ll try to explain how this happened.
Read more here.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Netflix offers what the public wants. That has to stop says Time Warner
Someone is selling our overpriced crap for less than us! Hurrumph this has to stop!
For the past year, executives at big media companies have watched Netflix with growing resentment — for its success in delivering movies and television shows via the Internet, for its stock price nearly quadrupling, for its chief executive being named businessperson of the year by Fortune magazine.
Now many of the companies that make the shows and movies that Netflix delivers to mailboxes, computer screens and televisions — companies whose stocks have not enjoyed the same frothy rise, and whose chief executives have not won the same accolades — are pushing back, arguing that the company is overhyped, and vowing to charge much more to license their content.
“It’s a little bit like, is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” said Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, in an interview last week. “I don’t think so.”
Read more here.
For the past year, executives at big media companies have watched Netflix with growing resentment — for its success in delivering movies and television shows via the Internet, for its stock price nearly quadrupling, for its chief executive being named businessperson of the year by Fortune magazine.
Now many of the companies that make the shows and movies that Netflix delivers to mailboxes, computer screens and televisions — companies whose stocks have not enjoyed the same frothy rise, and whose chief executives have not won the same accolades — are pushing back, arguing that the company is overhyped, and vowing to charge much more to license their content.
“It’s a little bit like, is the Albanian army going to take over the world?” said Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the chief executive of Time Warner, in an interview last week. “I don’t think so.”
Read more here.
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