Internet auction site eBay said on Tuesday it had
begun removing illegal DVD copies of the Live 8
poverty awareness pop concerts from its Web site,
after the record industry complained.

Some of the pirate recordings on the site early on
Tuesday were on sale within 24 hours of Saturday's
concerts ending, and have been attracting bids of up
to 16.99 pounds ($31) each.

Days after the Supreme Court weighed in on digital
copyright infringement issues in the MGM v.
Grokster case, select consumer electronics chains
began stocking a product some predict could spark the
entertainment industry's next showdown over
intellectual property rights.

New to the shelves of Best Buy and CompUSA this month
is Slingbox, a brick-sized device that enables viewers
to route the live television signal coming into their
homes to a portable device anywhere on the globe via
broadband connection. Slingbox costs $250 and has no
subsequent subscription fee; several stores sold out
on the first day.

Created by San Mateo, Calif.-based company Sling
Media, Slingbox is the most prominent example of a
handful of new ventures trying to repeat what TiVo
achieved through time-shifting with technology capable
of what loosely is referred to as place-shifting.
Leading place-shifting firms even have drawn interest
from cable operators interested in potential
partnerships.

Two Slingbox subscribers could send each other
programing unavailable in their respective areas; an
East Coast viewer could stream "Survivor" to the West
Coast three hours early. The West Coast viewer could
return the favor by providing access to a premium
channel the East Coast viewer doesn't pay to receive.