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Tales In Tech History: Napster
Napster may have been shortlived, but its impact on the music industry was monumental
Leak Of CIA Hacking Secrets Serves As Alert To Close Security Gaps
ANALYSIS: Exposure of the CIA's hacking tools give an unsettling look at the capabilities of U.S. spies, but also a clear view of your vulnerabilities
Google And Microsoft Agree To Music And Movie Piracy Crackdown
Search engine traffic will be reduced to piracy sites providing illegal downloads
Cisco Creates System To Clamp Down On Video Piracy
Bootleggers beware, as Cisco touts system to take down growing threat of pirated video content
Oculus VR DRM Is Cracked In Just 24 Hours
Virtual reality headsets at risk of piracy after DRM software is hacked to allow Oculus software to be ported to other VR devices
EU Court: Public Wi-Fi Owners Cannot Be Liable For Piracy On Unsecured Hotspots
Advocate General of the European Court of Justice says it is unreasonable to expect all public Wi-Fi to be secured
Kim Dotcom Extradition Begins In New Zealand Court
No escape from the long arm of the law? Extradition hearing for Kim Dotcom begins in Auckland
Sky Broadband Customers Hit By Speculative Piracy Letters
Are you a Sky broadband customer? Did you illegally download The Company You Keep? TCYK is relying on you to admit it
Illegal Pirate Downloaders Can Evade Detection For A While Longer
US judge says an IP address isn’t evidence enough to convict someone of downloading pirated content
Oracle And SAP Settle Bitter Software Piracy Lawsuit
The bad blood between bitter rivals Oracle and SAP may ease slightly after the settlement of a lengthy lawsuit
UK Police Arrest Man For Running Sports Streaming Sites
Intellectual Property Crime Unit protects the rights of sports broadcasters
Police Arrest Man For Running Blocked Torrent Site Proxies
PIPCU starts to “come down hard” on proxies that offer access to websites blocked in the UK, such as The Pirate Bay
Torrentz.eu Back Online After Defying UK Police
Polish domain name registrar complies with the takedown request, then changes its mind
UK Police Close Filesharing Search Engine FileCrop
Visitors to FileCrop will now get a message from the police, telling them the site is under investigation
UK ISPs Will Have To Issue Alerts To Suspected Pirates
Customers who infringe copyright will start getting warning letters in 2015, but there are no legal consequences
RightsCorp Wants To Bring Its Copyright Protection Methods To The UK
The US company is forcing ISPs to participate in the copyright crusade, but will this approach work in Europe?
Lord Younger: Intellectual Property Enforcement Will Get Tougher
Minister for Intellectual Property says UK leads the world in IP protection, but there’s always more to do
UK To Allow Copying Digital Media For Personal Use
The government appears to be fighting against restrictive DRM measures by relaxing copyright rules
Kim Dotcom’s Mega Valued At £108 Million Through A ‘Reverse Takeover’
The cloud storage service created by fugitive millionaire is set to go public on New Zealand stock exchange
Developer Reveals Details Of Ubuntu Torrent Search Tool
The ‘torrent’ scope will be included in Ubuntu by default, currently relies on the Pirate Bay
TorrentFreak News Site Blocked By Sky Porn Filter
More fury at filters blocking non-offensive websites
The UK Government Is Already Policing The Internet
The new intellectual property crime unit PIPCU uses threats, not due process, to get copyright-infringing domains off the Internet
New UK Police Unit Helped Close 40 Pirate Websites
PIPCU is fighting against copyright infringement by revoking domain names and putting pressure on advertisers, all without going to court
21 More Pirate Websites To Be Blocked By UK ISPs
BeeMP3, FilesTube and TorrentHound join the likes of the Pirate Bay on the copyright holders’ blacklist
New Police Unit Threatens Domain Registrars Over Piracy
Shut down websites we deem illegal or face the consequences, says PIPCU
MPs Slam Google Over Piracy ‘Promotion’
MPs "strongly condemn" Google "failure" over pirated material in search results
UK Launches Intellectual Property Crime Unit
PIPCU will handle everything from illegal downloads to fake Gucci bags
FACT Uses IBM Big Data Analytics To Track Down Online Pirates
The trade organisation credits the technology for eliminating in-cinema film recordings
1,700 Websites In Russia Go Dark In A SOPA-Style Protest
Popular websites stop their services for a day to highlight the possible effects of a new anti-piracy law