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It’s no secret that the entertainment industries believe search engines are not delivering enough when it comes to protecting copyright works.

Just last month, the RIAA and IFPI accused Google of massively profiting from piracy, while putting up barriers to make life difficult for rightsholders.

It’s sad but inescapably true: Your email inbox is your life. If you’re of a slightly older bearing, or if you’re a stickler for the heft of a meaty, cylindrical instrument grasped in your hand, and the coarse texture of pulped dead tree beneath your fingers, you might still take part in written correspondence — but for the most part, we are all depressingly reliant on email.

The U.S.

Government continues to back legislation that opens the door to unprecedented Internet censorship.

Anti-piracy companies come in all shapes and sizes, from the large corporate concerns of the United States and Europe to the smaller outfits operating in a niche, taking down content and links for smaller, independent rights holders.

Some like to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut while others try the more sensitive approach, negotiating in person and gently persuading sites to comply.

Others, like India’s AiPlex Software, do things in a way which can leave onlookers completely bewildered.

The days of having a separate login and password for each online service we use are behind us. Now, you can log into most sites and services using your social network’s ID.

Perhaps Pakistan should just turn off its internet connection? We've already had stories recently about how courts have ordered that both Facebook and YouTube be blocked -- but supposedly both bans had been lifted.