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Australian Goverment bans show in Victoria-> 0

Submitted by Mike89 on Monday February 18 2008, @06:31AM

Mike89 writes "Thousands of Victorians defied a court ban on the controversial gangland drama 'Underbelly' and downloaded it off the internet just hours after it was aired in other states around Australia. Up to 1.3 million viewers watched the Nine Network series premiere on Wednesday night but many Victorians saw it as well after illegally downloading the two-hour episode off sites such as Mininova and Pirate Bay. The viewing was in spite of a suppression order made by a Victorian Supreme Court judge to stop Nine airing the program in the state and placing episodes on the "internet in Victoria". The anti-piracy watchdog has warned downloaders that if they're caught, they 'could face both copyright and contempt of court charges'. Channel Nine is currently appealing the ban."
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Copyright Royalty Board threats internet radio

Submitted by Mike89 on Thursday March 29 2007, @12:54AM

Mike89 writes "On March 2, 2007, The CRB approved royalty rates that will bury any small webcaster, and create a heavy burden even for big broadcasters like Yahoo, AOL Music and Pandora. How high will these rates be? Around 100% of a small webcasters revenue, give or take a few points, in most cases. How did this happen? The RIAA told the CRB thats what they wanted, and the CRB just gave it to them. Save Net Radio has information on ways you can help stop this."