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TVShack admin avoids extradition to the U.S.
TVShack admin avoids extradition to the U.S.
In March, we reported that 23-year-old British student Richard O'Dwyer was set to be extradited to the U.S. to face multiple copyright infringement ...... 29 Nov 2012 - 8 comments
Paypal freezes accounts, bans Usenet providers
Paypal freezes accounts, bans Usenet providers
Just weeks after they began banning file-sharing hosts, Paypal has extended the bans to major Usenet services, citing piracy concerns. Outside ...... 23 Nov 2012 - 37 comments
Megaupload helped the U.S. shutdown NinjaVideo
Megaupload helped the U.S. shutdown NinjaVideo
According to new court documents, Megaupload helped the U.S. in its investigation into NinjaVideo, which was later shut down for good. This ...... 21 Nov 2012 - 16 comments
Some old favorites top RIAA's latest 'Notorious' piracy sites
Some old favorites top RIAA's latest 'Notorious' piracy sites
As they do annually, the RIAA has released their latest list of "notorious" piracy sites. The list is sent to the Office of the United States ...... 16 Nov 2012 - 20 comments
Welcome back, Demonoid
Welcome back, Demonoid
Demonoid's tracker has returned to functionality. After being taken down three months ago, in a raid that many thought would be the last ...... 12 Nov 2012 - 100 comments
Man hit with massive fine for pirating gay porn films
Man hit with massive fine for pirating gay porn films
Kywan Fisher has been fined $1.5 million for pirating and sharing 10 gay porn films via torrent networks. Flava Works, the creator of the ...... 04 Nov 2012 - 23 comments
French anti-piracy agency in funding cut, but will expand operations
French anti-piracy agency in funding cut, but will expand operations
France's anti-piracy agency tasked with detecting copyright infringement of Internet users is to have its budget slashed, but says it will monitor more mediums. 25 Oct 2012
More Piracy site blocks in UK as music industry fires off demands
More Piracy site blocks in UK as music industry fires off demands
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) trade group has contacted the six major UK ISPs with a list of three new piracy websites to block. 23 Oct 2012 - 3 comments
The anti-piracy 'Copyright Alert System' coming within weeks
The anti-piracy 'Copyright Alert System' coming within weeks
According to the Center for Copyright Information, the controversial "Copyright Alert System" will hit the U.S. within weeks. "Over the course ...... 20 Oct 2012 - 22 comments
Congrats Gainesville, Florida, you are the 'pirate capital of the world'
Congrats Gainesville, Florida, you are the 'pirate capital of the world'
According to the latest Digital Music Index (DMI) report, Gainesville, Florida is the new 'pirate capital' of the world. The report is a ...... 09 Oct 2012 - 11 comments
Piracy release teams sentenced, fined
Piracy release teams sentenced, fined
Five men have been sentenced for their roles as part of the once popular piracy release team CiNEFOX and a group known as Carnage. CiNEFOX ...... 30 Sep 2012 - 6 comments
Microsoft asks China to stop piracy in state-run companies
Microsoft asks China to stop piracy in state-run companies
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft has asked China to stop piracy in at least four of the country's state-run companies. The software giant ...... 22 Sep 2012 - 6 comments
Fox finally cuts deal to sell and rent content via Google, YouTube
Fox finally cuts deal to sell and rent content via Google, YouTube
Earlier this year, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch infamously called Google a "piracy leader." It appears now that he has gotten over it, as ...... 20 Sep 2012 - 5 comments
Label Century Media sues music downloaders
Label Century Media sues music downloaders
Record label Century Media has sued 7000 torrent users this week for allegedly downloading and sharing music from the metal groups Iced Earth ...... 19 Sep 2012 - 2 comments
'Six Strike' Internet warnings system coming to U.S. soon
'Six Strike' Internet warnings system coming to U.S. soon
Despite a similar system being a complete failure in France, the United States is on the path to introducing a 'six strikes' program for alleged pirates. ...... 13 Sep 2012 - 13 comments
HADOPI only ever got to 'three strikes' under 400 times
HADOPI only ever got to 'three strikes' under 400 times
HADOPI, the French anti-piracy agency in charge of sending out warning letters and eventually kicking pirates off the Internet for 'three strikes,' ...... 08 Sep 2012 - 3 comments
Pirate Bay founder arrested in Cambodia
Pirate Bay founder arrested in Cambodia
Over the weekend, the fugitive co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, was arrested in Cambodia. The arrest came on the request ...... 04 Sep 2012 - 16 comments
IMAGiNE group members all plead guilty
IMAGiNE group members all plead guilty
The fourth member of the once popular IMAGiNE piracy release group has plead guilty to copyright infringement and now faces jail time. Jeramiah ...... 04 Sep 2012 - 5 comments
FileSonic finally shut down for good?
FileSonic finally shut down for good?
Back in January, following the takedown of Megaupload, other cyberlockers began to close up shop, including FileSonic, which at the time was ...... 03 Sep 2012 - 3 comments
USDOJ orders seizure of sites popular for Android piracy
USDOJ orders seizure of sites popular for Android piracy
The US DOJ has ordered the seizure of three web domain names that are currently in engaging in the illegal distribution of pirated Android apps. ...... 27 Aug 2012 - 3 comments
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