Most anti-piracy outfits and other organizations that track BitTorrent users rely on information they obtain from BitTorrent trackers. This is an easy and convenient technique to gather info, but also one that can be circumvented.
In 2004 the MPAA launched its infamous “You wouldn’t steal…” campaign. The clip was put on millions of retail DVDs and viewers were watch it before they could enjoy the actual content.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
After constant complaints from the MPAA-funded Federation Against Copyright Theft over the sale of pirate movies by traders, a council in the UK has taken the decision to shut down an entire city market.
Movie industry boss Dan Glickman has announced that he will leave the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) this April, a few month before his contract ends.
After announcing the beginning of a legal campaign against sites who offer unauthorized streams of their events – and users who download them – the UFC have hit a bar owner with a $640,000 lawsuit
Earlier this week we wrote an article about a recent interview with the managing director of Microsoft Philippines Inc., in which he stated that Microsoft did not believe piracy was a threat any longer.
The city wifi system that was ‘shut down by the MPAA’ two weeks ago is back up. The Coshocton County courthouse based Wi-Fi system is up and running again after it was taken offline due to a single copyright infringement notice.
During the last few days it became evident that Microsoft had initiated a mass banning of modified consoles operating pirated games on Xbox Live. But was it right to do so?
ACTA is a mysterious thing that no-one is really certain about. That lack of certainty is because of the lack of transparency around the negotiations. KEI wants that changed, and with an open letter-cum-petition, is calling on President Obama to stand up to his election promises, and make ACTA public.
The ‘dangers’ of P2P software came into the light again this week after a junior staff member leaked a confidential House ethics committee report through a filesharing application, exposing investigations into more than 30 lawmakers.
According to an article published today on ComputerWorld, the main motivation for individuals blowing the whistle on companies using unlicensed software, is not about revenge, but morals. Yeah, right.
The MPAA has teamed up with the Indian movie industry to educate theater staff about camcorder piracy as more and more Hollywood films are set for release in the region.
According to reports circulating for the last couple of weeks, Hollywood is chasing down a movie cammer in France whose work is released under the ‘THX.FUCK’ pseudonym.
From very early on in its life-cycle, Sony’s PSP has been subjected to hacks that enable it to play pirate games. With the introduction of a new model, Sony hopes to stop the pirates. Some hope.
The Business Software Alliance (BSA) – a trade group representing Microsoft, Apple and several other software companies – has launched a new video campaign titled: ‘To Catch a Pirate’ in which it celebrates police brutality with a reference to pedophiles.
As the international music industry puts increasing efforts into its “disconnection for piracy” policy, Singapore becomes the latest country to consider a 3 strikes regime for illicit file-sharers.
A group of up to 50 US and Japan-based adult movie studios have filed a mass copyright complaint against around 10,000 South Koreans accused of being heavy uploaders of porn.
