Untold thousands of people either leave their WiFi networks open or have no idea how to secure them. Inevitably this means they can be used to share illicit files. But what happens when the owner of the network gets blamed for infringing copyright?
Brazil’s Catholic Church is suing Columbia Pictures for including images of the huge statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro in their movie 2012. Copyright common sense strikes again…..
In 2004, a series of short TV-style shows started to hit the web dramatizing the ‘Warez Scene’. ‘Welcome to the Scene’ was downloaded hundreds of thousands of times.
As promised the UFC has started to set its lawyers on those it say are undermining their business. Although piracy of its events hasn’t stopped, and despite fighting talk from boss Dana White, their strategy is becoming more clear.
Many governments are promoting the use of free and Open Source software, a move that stings the US pro-copyright lobby. In a recommendation to the US Trade Representative, lobbyists have now asked to put countries that promote Open Source software on a watchlist of capitalist enemies.
The court hearing between Hollywood movie studios and Newzbin will now resume in early March. In the meantime the Usenet indexer has been reassuring its users that it will neither close down nor hand over their details to their opponents.
“Home Taping Is Killing Music” was the slogan used in a 1980s anti-piracy campaign by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The slogan did very little to keep people from doing so, but over the years it has resulted in many hilarious references and parodies.
Carol Kaye, the 74 year old bass guitar legend recently discovered that some of her sheet music and courses are available on numerous torrent sites. She is determined to stop this blatant piracy, but unfortunately she’s targeting the wrong person.
An 88-year old man, carrying a walking stick and a camcorder, has been caught by movie theater personnel when he tried to make a private copy of the movie Avatar. The man was planning to show the film to his wife who could not make her way to the theater.
Over the years the Pirate Bay crew has launched many brilliant web-projects that have enriched the lives of millions of people. Today, however, they take it up a notch hoping to revolutionize science with a groundbreaking project.
Vertor.com, short for ‘verified torrents’, is a torrent indexer that takes moderation a bit further than most of its competitors. The site actually downloads every file, to check for viruses, DRM and other inconveniences.
We’ve said it many times before, if the movie industry wants to stop piracy it should offer a superior product compared to pirated films. Right now, they are treating their paying customers as criminals while those who download illegally get to enjoy a movie without hassles.
AVG users who wanted to access The Pirate Bay in the last two days found that it was actively blocked by their anti-virus software. The popular torrent indexer contains active threats says AVG, that advises its users not to visit the site.
Activist Mark Thomas talks to Billy Bragg, Feargal Sharkey, Cory Doctorow and TalkTalk about the challenges faced when disconnecting Internet users on allegations of file-sharing.
Trident Media Guard, the French anti-piracy outfit that was picked by the music and movie industry to track down French pirates under the new ‘Hadopi’ anti-piracy law, has been spotted in action wasting resources in an attempt to stop a sole pirate.
After an unusual week of events in London’s High Court, the movie studios vs. Newzbin case has been adjourned for 2 weeks while the Usenet indexer hires more lawyers.
The famous chain renting out DVD, Blu-ray, and video games discs worldwide has announced it has gone bust in Portugal. Of course, it blames piracy.
Successful streaming services like Spotify are set to be dumped by Warner Music since they are “clearly not positive for the industry”.
There’s very little information coming out of the High Court case between Usenet indexing site Newzbin and their opponents from the MPA. A couple of updates on the Newzbin site point to a somewhat confused situation.
Following iiNet’s huge win over anti-piracy group AFACT, Aussie ISP Exetel has taken steps to soften its copyright infringement notice procedures and will no longer suspend accounts on mere accusations.
A trade group representing adult content companies is set to launch a new program to protect their products from infringement. However, a poll among their readers reveals that many believe the problem is too big to do anything about.
Just a short update with two little snippets about the semi-private BitTorrent tracker, Demonoid. Don’t have an account? You can get one today.
A 53 year-old grandmother was temporarily kicked off the Internet by her ISP after wrongful piracy allegations. Only when the press got involved was she cleared.
