Woz goes to bat for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has never been one to shy away from courting controversy, even when it’s at the expense of his former company. This …
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Founder of illegal movie streaming site sentenced to 4.5 years in jail, $4.7 million fine
The founder of one of Europe’s leading illegal movie-streaming portals has been sentenced to 4.5 years in jail, Deutsche Welle reports. 39-year-old Kino.to founder “Dirk B.” …
Arrest half the world: More than 50% of computer users pirate software, study finds
More than half of computer users admit that they pirate software according to the findings of a recent study. The Business Software Alliance, a software …
Google Transparency Report details copyright-related takedown requests for first time
In its latest Transparency Report, Google has included information about takedown requests related to copyright infringement for the first time ever. According to the data from this …
File-sharing prospers despite increased legislation
Despite numerous attempts to halter file-sharing services such as The Pirate Bay, users continue to download copyrighted files. According to Lund University’s Cybernorms research project, …
Hollywood loves sequels: MPAA to push SOPA follow-up in 2013
The first version was hardly a hit, but Hollywood is already planning a sequel to the Stop Online Piracy Act that it will push in 2013, …
'Copyright cop' system for U.S. ISPs delayed
The new “six strikes” anti-piracy policy soon to be implemented by a number of major Internet service providers in the United States will reportedly stumble …
BitTorrent piracy found by study to boost music sales
A recent study found that contrary to arguments repeatedly posed by major record labels — and perhaps contrary to logic as well — BitTorrent piracy …
Torrent-busting 'Pirate Pay' may be illegal
A Russian startup that received $100,000 of funding from Microsoft made headlines recently as its emerging efforts to battle digital piracy found their way to …
Microsoft-funded 'Pirate Pay' takes aim at P2P piracy
Russian startup Pirate Pay is taking aim at the growing popularity of illegal file-sharing as it looks to cooperate with music labels and movie studios to stem …
DVDs and Blu-rays to carry two unskippable government warnings
The FBI Anti-Piracy Warning that is found on all modern DVD and Blu-ray discs is getting an upgrade. The United States government earlier this week …
EMI Group forces file-sharing service MP3tunes into bankruptcy
As the company’s court battles with major music label EMI Group, file-sharing service MP3tunes was forced to file for bankruptcy in a United States court …
U.S. House passes CISPA
The United States House of Representatives has voted to pass the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), talk of which has swept the Internet …
U.K. court orders ISP to expose porn downloaders
Thousands of broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom who illegally downloaded pornography will soon have their identities exposed. The United Kingdom’s High Court has ordered O2, …
Writers accuse Apple of eBook piracy
Three separate lawsuits have been filed in China on behalf of 12 writers who claim Apple is selling unlicensed versions of their works in its …
Court orders file-sharing site RapidShare to monitor for copyrighted content [updated]
A court in Germany ruled on Thursday that RapidShare must implement a system that proactively filters user uploads in order to prevent the illegal sharing of copyrighted …
U.S. ISPs become ‘copyright cops’ starting July 12th
Comcast, Cablevision, Verizon, Time Warner Cable and other Internet service providers in the United States will soon launch new programs to police their networks in …
Web host confirms The Pirate Bay is under investigation
Swedish registrar and Web host Binero on Wednesday confirmed earlier reports suggesting digital piracy hub The Pirate Bay is currently under investigation by authorities in …
PirateBox offline file-sharing solution puts pirates out of authorities’ reach [video]
The recent ordeal surrounding the now defeated SOPA and PIPA proposals followed by the shuttering of file-sharing giant Megaupload has put online piracy back in …
Police reportedly plan to raid The Pirate Bay
Swedish authorities have reportedly secured warrants and are planning to raid The Pirate Bay. Unnamed Pirate Bay team members speaking with TorrentFreak claim to have …
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom: ‘I’m no piracy king’
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom on Thursday questioned his accusers’ motives while speaking to The Guardian. “I’m no piracy king,” Dotcom told the paper. “I offered online …
Authorities take down another popular file-sharing site, arrest founder for piracy
Authorities in Germany recently executed a raid that resulted in at least two arrests and the takedown of another popular file-sharing service. German-language news site …
BitTorrent piracy has no impact on U.S. box office sales, study finds
Though box office revenues declined for the second consecutive year in 2011, a new study suggests that there is little if any correlation between United …
Megaupload shutdown did nothing to slow piracy, study finds
The recent federal takedown of notorious file-sharing service Megaupload was initially seen as a huge victory for owners of copyrighted music and movies, but new …
Megaupload.com shut down, founder charged with violating piracy laws
Federal prosecutors in Virginia have shut down notorious file-sharing site Megaupload.com and charged the service’s founders with violating piracy laws. The Associated Press broke the story on Thursday, reporting …
Sony, NBC Universal and Fox employees caught illegally using BitTorrent
Considering all of the concerns major music and movie studios have over piracy and file sharing, one would think the studios could at least manage …
Global market for pirated software reaches $59 billion
A new study conducted by the Business Software Alliance — a software license enforcement and lobbying group formed by Microsoft — found that the global …
Why record record labels are fuming over Google’s music service
Google announced and launched its Music Beta service on Tuesday, and record execs aren’t too pleased with its decision to move ahead before reaching a …
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 …
