TechnologyIs the Pirate Bay takeover sinking?Global Gaming Factory X's planned takeover of torrent tracking site The Pirate Bay could be on the skids, with reports of significant debts and a halt on trading its shares.24 Aug 08:44 PM
Small BusinessGyms fight to keep music playingFitness clubs are up in arms over a feared 40-fold increase in copyright charges for music at aerobics lessons and other classes.17 Aug 04:00 PM
New ZealandInvestigator tunes in to make music-players payInvestigator hired to patrol public areas and report people playing music without paying licence fees.15 Aug 12:25 AM
OpinionGwynne Dyer<i>Gwynne Dyer</i>: Newspapers pray Murdoch's move will be a master strokeCan Rupert Murdoch save the newspaper industry by making people pay to read the news online? Probably not...10 Aug 04:00 PM
New ZealandEnglish Premier League side to perform hakaTop premiership soccer club to perform flippant haka before its season-opening game this week, despite legal protests that it insults Maori.08 Aug 04:00 PM
Opinion<i>Adam Gifford:</i> Music industry sounds like a broken recordThe recording and film industries are structured around distribution of physical items - getting bits of shellac or vinyl or plastic into shops, celluloid into cinemas.04 Aug 04:00 PM