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Blocking copyright-infringing websites derided as like 'whacking moles'

10 Sep 2014: Forum on online copyright told of concerns about the law’s effectiveness in forcing internet service providers to block sites
Internet piracy: media union endorses web-filtering proposal

4 Sep 2014: Union says forcing ISPs to block copyright-infringing websites would reduce piracy and help protect artists
Major labels and indie record shops in dispute over global weekly release date

26 Aug 2014: Despite a major label bid for all music to be released on Fridays, North America’s indie record shops are pleading for the new standard to be earlier in the week
Malcolm Turnbull's piracy forum criticised by Village Roadshow chief

20 Aug 2014: Graham Burke declines invitation to forum, saying it would be ‘weighted by the crazies’
Colombian student may face up to eight years in jail for sharing article

18 Aug 2014:
Diego Gómez is accused of violating 'economic and other rights', in what activists say is an 'absurd' application of copyright law
Music industry considering global weekly release date

13 Aug 2014: Success of Beyoncé’s surprise album and piracy prevention are thought to be contributing factors in the business reportedly moving towards a unified worldwide streetdate of Friday
Boot up: Valve, Vice, monkeys and more curved TVs

8 Aug 2014: Plus, Siri for Mac, wireless charging from across the room, Emu app and piracy arrest. By Samuel Gibbs and Alex Hern
George Brandis and Malcolm Turnbull at loggerheads over illegal downloads

4 Aug 2014: Ministers’ differences exposed as attorney general says service providers should have to bear some of the cost of a crackdown
Boot up: Uber passengers, hi-tech trollies, LCD stacks and Mars rovers

30 Jul 2014: Plus, Police hijacking piracy ads, testing on the homeless, history of information and surveillance face paint. By Samuel Gibbs and Alex Hern
Boot up: Instagram goes after Snapchat, Airbnb tenants, mobile Pirates

25 Jul 2014: Plus, Sony coughs up, old media attracts new, Twitter's disparity and leaked Xperia Z3. By Samuel Gibbs and Alex Hern
Bootup: snipers ruining cross-play, Segway seats, iPhone 6, Argos tablets

22 Jul 2014: Plus, toothless anti-piracy, Cortana, digital butlers, Putin emailing Kickstarters and Star Citizen's millions
News Corp calls for piracy crackdown in Australia

14 Jul 2014: Rupert Murdoch company requests toughening of laws to force internet service providers to act on copyright theft. By Mark Sweney
Hollywood director: piracy is necessary, and doesn't hurt revenues

10 Jul 2014: Lexi Alexander has called out the industry for 'bullshit' claims about the cost of piracy, and says Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde should be released from prison. By Samuel Gibbs
Half of all British children believe online content should be free: study

27 Jun 2014: YouGov poll shows pervasive belief in free online content amongst under-16s.
Walking Dead producer: Google must do more to combat piracy - video

Video (4min 28sec), 19 Jun 2014:
Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd warns that copyright infringement is pushing the TV and film industry 'to the precipice'