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Spotify curbs music piracy – streaming is the future

Dave Parrack — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:34:03 +0000

Music piracy is a huge part of the Internet and, whether you think it’s a major problem as the record labels would have us believe or not, most countries [...]

Pirate Bay crew hit with another “unenforceable” order

John Lister — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:41:56 +0000

Two of the founders of the Pirate Bay filesharing site have been ordered by a Swedish court to stop operating the site. But the men say it’s no longer anything to do with them and question whether the threat can be enforced.

In [...]

Survey suggests filesharers buy more music than anyone else

Dave Parrack — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:38:14 +0000

Music piracy is evil and those who illegally download and share music with each other are the devil’s spawn. Right? Wrong. In fact, a new survey shows that those [...]

Three strikes rule set to hit British filesharers

John Lister — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:19:42 +0000

Britain’s government has confirmed it is to bring on a “three strikes and you’re off” policy for illegal filesharing. But one ISP has already threatened to launch a legal action against the rules.

After initially rejecting the idea of mandatory disconnections for repeat [...]

European Union cracks down on file-sharers

Sean P. Aune — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:35:44 +0000

If you live in the European Union and you like to share pirated files, you may want to start thinking about just how much your access to the Internet really means to you.

Although it has been threatened for ages, the [...]

Why eBook piracy will send the Amazon Kindle mainstream

Dave Parrack — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:27:46 +0000

You can find almost anything on the Internet if you look long and hard enough. And pirated versions of copyrighted files are there for those who want them. While [...]

Big Butts behind Google u-turn over Pirate Bay deletion

John Lister — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:14:14 +0000

The crew behind the Pirate Bay filesharing site have so far defied a barrage of lawsuits and court orders aimed at taking them offline. But they were no match for a group of Big Butt Latin Maids.

Google has now confirmed that [...]

Lily Allen quits anti-filesharing blog after she’s caught pirating

Dave Parrack — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:21:21 +0000

Lily Allen is a British singer, songwriter, and musician who is famous for using MySpace and the Web to build a following upon which she could launch a career. [...]

Pirate Bay buyer thrown overboard by stock exchange

John Lister — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:35:32 +0000

The company planning to buy the torrent site The Pirate Bay has been delisted by the Swedish stock exchange. Officials said the firm had lied to stockholders about having the financial ability to go through with the deal.

AktieTorget, Sweden’s stock exchange, had [...]

DivX encoded films come to Film Fresh

Sean P. Aune — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:03:56 +0000

Four major Hollywood studios have signed on with Film Fresh to distribute films in the DivX format, freeing them to be played on many more devices.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for downloadable movies on the Internet has been [...]