Sony and/or Apple cashes in on death of Whitney Houston
February 13, 2012
Classy move Sony. Or Apple. Or both of you. Cashing in on the death of someone, and certainly within hours of them dying, is not a good move.
Category: Piracy
Anonymous continues its attack on government websites knocking the CIA offline
February 12, 2012
Anonymous knocked the CIA website offline in one of its latest attacks. The group posted “CIA Tango down” @YourAnonNews Twitter feed, apparently feeling rather good about their latest disruption.
Megaupload data saved… for now
January 31, 2012
If you’ve got files stored on Megaupload and you haven’t got a back-up, you need to cross your fingers. The companies that physically host the files have agreed to keep them online for two more weeks, but after that they could start hitting delete.
FBI faces MegaLawsuit over lost files
January 27, 2012
Whatever you think of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, and the way the site was being used for less-than-legal means, you should spare a thought for those who were using Megaupload completely legitimately. As they have lost out by the site’s takedown in a big way.
Megaupload’s Dotcom – The battle begins
January 25, 2012
The founder of Megaupload, a digital locker service taken down by the feds last week, has appeared in court in New Zealand. And so begins the long legal battle we’re all gearing up for.
FileSonic closure will expose porn-sharing motives
January 23, 2012
As filesharing websites begin covering their tracks after the closure of Megaupload, you might be forgiven for thinking it was doomsday for a particular method of piracy. In fact the technique remains alive and well, but may now be relying on the goodwill of those interested in freebies.
Megaupload chiefs to defend legal action
January 20, 2012
The operators of major filesharing website Megaupload say they’ll defend themselves against criminal charges. Their lawyer plans to argue that not only do the charges themselves not hold up, but the enforced closure of the site before trial is a violation of due process.
Twitter belittles Wikipedia blackout
January 17, 2012
Wikipedia has narrowly decided a site blackout to protest against laws billed as combating piracy should be international rather than US only. That’s prompted Twitter’s chief executive to call the move foolish.
File-sharing an official religion, in Sweden
January 4, 2012
Sweden is either a forward-thinking country or a country where any crackpot can get a new religion officially recognized. It all depends on your point of view.
Louis CK is making ‘shitloads of money’
December 14, 2011
More 18,000 Likes and 11,000 Tweets for a media product not created by a big media company. The really, really cool thing about this story is the math underpinning it is easily understandable and, moreover, numbers of this size aren’t beyond what an average person can imagine. Is this enough to kill Universal, Warner or Sony? Probably not, but it’s good news nonetheless.
European court rejects filesharing filter
November 25, 2011
A Belgian internet service provider has successfully won its battle against government demand to block illegal filesharing. The verdict comes from Europe’s highest court and will have at least some effect on most ISPs across the continent.
2.5 million now paying to use Spotify
November 23, 2011
Spotify has hit a new milestone in its aim to turn users into subscribers, with 2.5 million people now paying to use the service.
238 record labels abandon Spotify, Rdio, etc. – ignoring the big picture
November 19, 2011
Well done, STHoldings, well done. You’ve just withdrawn from the future in order to try and hold onto the past. Good work.
iTunes Match a match made in Heaven?
November 15, 2011
Apple has finally unveiled iTunes Match, at least in the U.S. But I can’t quite work out whether it’s a stroke of genius or an unnecessary hassle. As usual it depends on whether you’re a fanboy or not. They will love it, the rest of us won’t care.
RIAA goes after Google Android apps
November 12, 2011
The RIAA has a new target in its sights: Apps on the Google Android platform which could be used to download copyrighted music to smartphones.
Spotify already showing its age and lack of teeth
November 9, 2011
How hip is Spotify? Their current VP of engineering is a former LimeWire VP of engineering and peer to peer is cool, right? Thereupon, I’m guessing the blush has come off the original launch bloom, which saw millions sign up and thousands pay.
US claims China and Russia are stealing data on the economy and technology
November 5, 2011
The United States has finally accused China and Russia of stealing data that threatens the economic security of the US. Up until now the US has been ignoring the problem that has been happening for years. Just as with most things that threaten ones health, ignoring it only means it is harder to manage once you acknowledge the problem.
