Thousands of Popcorn Time users targeted by anti-piracy group
With an intuitive and easy to use interface, Popcorn Time has become the go-to service for users who, let’s be honest, want to pirate TV …
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Court: Torrent uploader to pay $652,000 for one Swedish movie
A man in Sweden who used to upload movies to a torrent site for years has been ordered by a court to pay $652,000 in …
Obama administration looks to make unauthorized streaming a felony
Although pressure from activists and major tech companies helped kill off the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) last year, it looks as though the Obama …
Google, copyright holders agree on plan to starve piracy sites of cash
Google has followed through on its pledge to help copyright holders come up with a plan to starve piracy websites of funding. The Guardian reports …
RIAA stamps its feet, demands Google do more to stop piracy
The Recording Industry Association of America is not easy to please. The Verge reports that the RIAA is once again bashing Google (GOOG) over its …
Verizon’s new anti-piracy policy will throttle repeat offenders’ connections down to dial-up speeds
Unless you have acute nostalgia for AOL dial-up service circa 1998, then you probably shouldn’t get busted pirating copyrighted material on Verizon’s (VZ) network. TorrentFreak has got …
Father of 9-year-old girl accused of piracy compares copyright holders to the mafia
Thankfully, police in Finland have agreed to end their criminal investigation of a nine-year-old girl over piracy allegations. But that doesn’t mean her family will …
Police end criminal investigation of 9-year-old girl accused of piracy
It seems that raiding the house of a 9-year-old girl and seizing her “Winnie the Pooh” laptop wasn’t the public relations triumph that copyright holders …
ISPs once again push back ‘six strikes’ anti-piracy policy, this time into 2013
Good news, pirates: you have a little more time to enjoy yourselves before ISPs start breaking your Internet service. TorrentFreak reports that the “Center for …
RapidShare implements download data cap to ward off potential pirates
File-sharing site RapidShare has apparently decided that it doesn’t want to put up with the headaches that Kim Dotcom dealt with after government officials took …
Nintendo CEO says 3DS will have new anti-piracy measures, 2D switch
Speaking to the Associated Press on Friday, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed that his company’s upcoming Nintendo 3DS will in fact gamers the choice of …
Warner Bros. looking for a student intern to spy on torrent users
Just because we might associate the company with loveable characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck doesn’t mean the characters who are running the show …
