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Swiss government says downloading unauthorized music and movies will remain legal in nation
Swiss government says downloading unauthorized music and movies will remain legal in nation
Concluding their study on piracy in the nation, the Swiss government says downloading unauthorized music and movies will remain legal, as the ...... 03 Dec 2011 - 14 comments
Valve: Piracy is a 'non-issue'
Valve: Piracy is a 'non-issue'
Valve managing director describes piracy as a 'non issue' for the company's Steam gaming platform. 29 Nov 2011 - 13 comments
Google tweaks censorship filter for piracy terms
Google tweaks censorship filter for piracy terms
Last year, Google quietly began censoring terms it deemed were being used by pirates from its "Instant" and "Autocomplete" search. This week, ...... 27 Nov 2011 - 11 comments
Ubisoft blames piracy for non-release of new Ghost Recon
Ubisoft blames piracy for non-release of new Ghost Recon
As usual, the geniuses over at Ubisoft are blaming piracy for their troubles. The troubled gaming studio has announced today that it will ...... 24 Nov 2011 - 26 comments
SOPA: An infographic
SOPA: An infographic
Over the past week we have posted a few articles on the disaster that is the proposed SOPA bill. The bill will usher an era of Internet censorship ...... 19 Nov 2011 - 7 comments
Study: Piracy is accepted practice in U.S., but casually
Study: Piracy is accepted practice in U.S., but casually
According to a new survey, Americans seem to have made piracy an acceptable practice, although a very small amount can be considered "hardcore" pirates. ...... 17 Nov 2011 - 46 comments
Pelosi, Issa say FU to SOPA anti-piracy proposal
Pelosi, Issa say FU to SOPA anti-piracy proposal
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House Leader, has said today that she does not support SOPA, the proposed anti-piracy bill that would lead to Internet ...... 17 Nov 2011 - 15 comments
Over 100 law professors protest SOPA / E-PARASITE bill
Over 100 law professors protest SOPA / E-PARASITE bill
Over 100 law professors have signed an open letter to the House of Representatives opposing the passage of the Internet censorship bill known as SOPA. 16 Nov 2011 - 18 comments
MPA demands ISPs block Newzbin2
MPA demands ISPs block Newzbin2
On the heels of their successful campaign to have a piracy service blocked by the ISP BT, the MPA has now demanded that more providers begin doing the same. ...... 10 Nov 2011
Rapper Drake is okay with piracy
Rapper Drake is okay with piracy
Massively popular Canadian rapper Drake has posted on Twitter that he is okay with his latest album being leaked early. The CD, "Take Care," ...... 10 Nov 2011 - 10 comments
Warner Bros admits to sending takedown notices for files it did not own copyrights for
Warner Bros admits to sending takedown notices for files it did not own copyrights for
A bombshell has dropped in the ongoing saga of cyberlocker Hotfile versus Warner Bros. The studio has admitted that it sent false take down ...... 10 Nov 2011 - 18 comments
Shocker: The RIAA wants the DMCA re-made
Shocker: The RIAA wants the DMCA re-made
After numerous high-profile losses in court, the RIAA's senior vice president of litigation Jennifer Pariser says the labels may soon ask Congress ...... 06 Nov 2011 - 12 comments
MPAA / RIAA report says they're doing just fine
MPAA / RIAA report says they're doing just fine
A report from the entertainment and software industries boasts about how well they are doing despite a poor economy and alleged threats from piracy. 04 Nov 2011 - 5 comments
Modern Warfare 3 for Xbox 360 leaked
Modern Warfare 3 for Xbox 360 leaked
Despite Activision's best efforts, the game has now been leaked for PC and Xbox 360, a week before launch. Earlier this week we reported ...... 02 Nov 2011 - 12 comments
One Modern Warfare 3 disc stolen and leaked
One Modern Warfare 3 disc stolen and leaked
Without a doubt the most highly anticipated game of the month is Activision's Modern Warfare 3, the latest in the Call of Duty blockbuster franchise. ...... 01 Nov 2011 - 15 comments
NinjaVideo admins plead guilty and face jailtime
NinjaVideo admins plead guilty and face jailtime
The once-popular NinjaVideo pirated movie streaming site, taken down in 2010 as part of the government's ongoing "Operation in our Sites" initiative ...... 27 Oct 2011 - 2 comments
Here are the 10 most downloaded movies of all-time
Here are the 10 most downloaded movies of all-time
TorrentFreak has posted a list of the 10 most pirated films of all-time, using weekly data they have compiled since 2006. What is clear from ...... 13 Oct 2011 - 7 comments
Researchers say DRM drives away legitimate customers
Researchers say DRM drives away legitimate customers
Researchers from Duke and Rice universities say DRM doesn't reduce piracy and reducing piracy won't make content more profitable. 10 Oct 2011 - 7 comments
Spotify leading to a decline in music piracy, at least in Sweden
Spotify leading to a decline in music piracy, at least in Sweden
According to a new report, it appears that music piracy has consistently fallen since 2009, thanks to the popularity of Spotify, at least in Sweden. ...... 29 Sep 2011 - 2 comments
Poor college kid? 'Library Pirate' wants to help you
Poor college kid? 'Library Pirate' wants to help you
Library Pirate wants to help poor college kids with the outrageous prices of university textbooks. The site's goal is: "Our mission is simple ...... 24 Sep 2011 - 25 comments
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