BPI denies charge of 'criminalising consumers'

The BPI has denied that it is attempting to criminalise music consumers, following statements made yesterday by National Consumer Council. The UK record industry body said that it has taken civil rather than criminal action. 'The NCC's comments are misleading,' said BPI chairman Peter Jamieson. ...more

mmO2's quiet Revolution

The mobile operator rolls out interactive portal in preparation for mobile data boom In contrast with the closed Vodafone Live service, O2's Revolution will be open to anyone on any network. The operator is currently finalising the last of its 40-odd applications with which it is launching. The applications cost ?1. ...more

Minute MuVo2 player boasts massive 1.5GB storage

Barely the size of a matchbox and weighing far less than a bag of sugar, Creative's new MuVo2 has a veritable double garage of 1.5GB, or 25 hours' worth, of room in which to store your music. Built around a 1. ...more

Online extortion gang gets eight years

A Russian gang thought to have extorted as much as ?2m from UK gambling sites has been jailed for eight years. A two-year joint investigation involving the Russian authorities, Interpol, the FBI and the UK National High Tech Crime Unit, traced gang members Ivan Maksakov, Alexander Petrov and Denis Stepanov. They were each sentenced to eight years in prison in Russia and fined close to ?2,000 for their part in using threats of denial of service attacks to extort money, often around key betting events in the sporting calendar. ...more

Sweden's Pirate Party cut short

Sweden's recently formed Pirate Party is expected to win 33,000 votes in the country's national elections, failing to gain the one per cent of the total vote that it needed to gain financial support from the state at future polls. Its share of around 0.6 per cent is also long way short of the four per cent that would have entitled it to a seat in parliament. ...more