Officials in the United States have shut down one of the largest file-sharing sites on the Internet Megaupload.com. Federal prosecutors have charged several people at the company including the founder with breaking anti-piracy laws. Megaupload is accused of
infringement
of copyright allegedly costing rights holders more than $0.5bn in lost revenue from pirated films and other content.
The media group News International has agreed to pay compensation to 37 people, including celebrities, sportsmen and politicians whose phones were hacked by its journalists in Britain. Among those affected are the actor Jude Law and the former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Here's our media correspondent Torin Douglas.
Today's High Court statement brought home the mounting financial consequences of the phone-hacking scandal. This was just what the publishers News International hoped to avoid when they settled the first case for a much higher sum three years ago in the hope of
keeping a lid on
the scandal. There are more civil cases to come. Meanwhile, the police investigation goes on with criminal charges expected sometime this year. MPs are about to publish their report on the scandal, and Lord Leveson is drawing up plans for a new system of press regulation. Today's settlements are far from an end to the matter.
Police in Uganda have prevented a planned anti-government protest in the capital Kampala. The main opposition leader Kizza Besigye and several other senior politicians were heading to the city centre to take part in a rally against corruption and economic hardship. They were