Google has upgraded its search algorithms to downgrade websites that constantly breach copyright laws

Google is flexing its legal muscles against websites that extract MP3 audio from YouTube videos

Two European countries have frozen work on ratification, and a day of protests is planned for 11 February

Sweden has accepted that a "church" which believes in file-sharing as a religion: a move that will not please the Hollywood studios

The Lib Dems have pledged to repeal some of the more controversial parts of the Digital Economy Act

British tech firms have urged the Coalition government to change copyright law

Apple's iCloud is not likely to hit UK shores until next year, due to ongoing negotiations with rights holders

BT and TalkTalk are to appeal against the ruling over the controversial copyright measures in the DEA

YouTube is sending users who upload coprighted material to its service to a Copyright School

Preserving the open nature of the Internet can be more complicated than it seems, says the Internet Society's Markus Kummer