Piracy

Megaupload Users’ Data Could Be Deleted By Thursday

Legitimate files on the Megaupload site may be deleted this week, say US federal prosecutors

13 years ago

Pirate Parties Prepare MegaUpload Lawsuit Against FBI

Pirate Parties rally MegaUpload users for potential joint lawsuit against "unjustified" closure of file-sharing site

13 years ago

New Zealand Court Denies Kim Dotcom Bail In Extradition Battle

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's fight against extradition to the US takes a blow after judge denies him bail

13 years ago

Filesonic Puts The Brakes on File Sharing Service

The ramifcations of the MegaUpload shutdown continue to be felt as Filesonic disables file sharing and its reward programme

13 years ago

Euro Commissioner Kroes Speaks Against SOPA

European vice president Neelie Kroes says SOPA was "bad legislation", while Euro MPs call US Congress to account

13 years ago

OPEN: A Possible Replacement For The US SOPA/PIPA Laws

The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act is rising in popularity as an alternative to SOPA and…

13 years ago

SOPA Is Gone But The US Internet Dictatorship Is The Real Problem

SOPA may have gone but there are still laws and policies which impose US standards on the rest of the…

13 years ago

Judge Rules British Student Can Be Extradited

Richard O' Dwyer, who ran TVShack.net, loses appeal against extradition

13 years ago

Obama Kicks SOPA Back For More Discussion

A White House blog post has sent the anti-piracy SOPA bill back to the drawing board

13 years ago

Google Dismisses Murdoch’s Piracy Allegation Tweets

Rupert Murdoch calls Google a piracy leader for returning results that might infringe copyright

13 years ago

Finnish Anti-Piracy Group Says Anonymous Sent Bomb Threat

CIAPC makes claims as hactivist collective protests against Finnish Pirate Bay ban

13 years ago

EMI Sues Irish Government Over Piracy

Music industry accuses Ireland of not doing enough to protect copyright

13 years ago

Sky Blocks Newzbin2 After Court Order

Sky says it blocked file-sharing site Newzbin2 to protect copyright holders and consumers

13 years ago

Swiss Government Rules Downloading To Stay Legal

The Swiss government claims that file-sharing does not lose entertainment companies money

13 years ago

Google Continues Silent Censorship

Google blocks lazy pirates by refusing to autocomplete the names of certain sites

13 years ago

BSA, Microsoft Join SOPA Opposition

Even an anti-piracy group opposes SOPA, the proposed US anti-piracy legislation

13 years ago

Swedish Pirate Party Finally Has Second MEP

Amelia Andersdotter will be the youngest ever MEP, more than two years after her election

13 years ago

SOPA: An Act That Would Break The Internet

The US House Of Representatives' Stop Online Piracy Act would break e-commerce and still fail to prevent piracy, says Wayne…

13 years ago

Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Asked To Block Newzbin2

Three more ISPs have been asked by the MPA to block illegal file-sharing site Newzbin2

13 years ago

Newzbin2 Working To Smash BT Blockade

Enemy of Hollywood Newzbin says it is working on a software client to allow users to work around BT's block

13 years ago

Judge Throws Out Oracle’s $1.3bn Award From SAP

New judgement means Oracle may not bank the largest US IP infringement fine, awarded against SAP

13 years ago

Digital Cold War Breaks Out Between Web Sheriffs

A 'digital Cold War' has been declared between British and Russian anti-piracy companies

13 years ago

US Calls For Extradition Of UK Web Pirates

A US agency official has said that .com or .net addresses fall under their jurisdiction in piracy battle

13 years ago

British Student Faces Extradition For Web Piracy

A student at Sheffield Hallam could be extradited to the US for linking to copyrighted content on his website

13 years ago

File-Sharing Grandmother Gets 3 Years’ Probation

58-year old nurse Anne Muir has escaped a jail term, after being convicted of illegal file-sharing

13 years ago

Hargreaves Report Demands Copyright Overhaul

Britain's IP framework is unsuitable for the digital age and must be updated, according to a new report

14 years ago

US Law To Let Federal Government Shut Pirate Sites

A proposed US federal law would allow the US Department of Justice to shut down sites breaking copyright

14 years ago

Lost Revenue From Software Piracy Rising Rapidly

BSA estimates software piracy costs the software industry at least $59 billion worldwide

14 years ago

Google’s Antipiracy Measures Will Never Be Enough

Whether or not Google is doing enough to combat piracy, the firm will pay because everyone wants their pound of…

14 years ago

ISPs Start Court Action Over Legality Of DEA

BT and TalkTalk have begun to frame their arguments in a court bid to overturn the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago