Sun, Nov 08 2009
A 2001 concert in Sofia by Bond.

BTK sent out a self-congratulatory media statement after receiving an award for its IP-policy. Its business model, however, is hugely indebted to Bulgaria's piracy industry.
More than 30 venues in Bulgaria's largest winter resort have been caught not paying copyrights and neighbouring rights for music in their venues.
In a joint media statement, Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) said that they had reached a "groundbreaking" settlement agreement on behalf of a broad class of authors and publishers worldwide that would expand online access to in-copyright books and other written materials through Google Book Search.
Some countries have a president who publishes video-blogs on the country's government website (1), others have one whose main concern is to have control over what you can and cannot watch over your private internet connection. French president Nicolas Sarkozy and his government are pushing for the introduction of an "internet police" which would have the right to
Suppose that today's date is any time after January 1 2009 and that you are reading this column online. In that case, for the next 12 months, any prosecutor anywhere in the European Union who considers your reading this a "sufficiently serious crime" will be able to request all traffic-data regarding your visit to this website from your internet service provider (ISP), without having to get approval from a
In a movement to try to fight the trend of illegally downloading music and videos from internet, Bol.bg, MVBox.bg and Star Records has started a new low-fee service called "New Bol.bg service - a possibility for legal Bulgarian music download". On April 5, a news conference was held to announce the new service available through the MVBox website. Representatives of the three companies gathered at Sofia
Jonathan Andersen argues that justice, however delayed, must be served, while Jamie Stokes argues that justice has failed in this instance.
A Polish politician recently suggested that Walesa would be a good candidate for the EU's new post
Ukraine has been hit hard by the swine flu epidemic, engendering panic in certain areas
The Czech Republic president, a prominent eurosceptic, was the final hurdle in the the Lisbon Treaty's ratification
Urging its citizens not to panic, Ukraine on November 3 closed down all schools nationwide for a week to avoid the spread of swine flu.