- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 21st, 2013
Judge Says CNET Can Continue Distributing BitTorrent Clients
CBS and CNET have won one battle but the legal war is not over yet
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 5th, 2013
Japan Wants to Educate Users on Piracy by Planting Warnings Inside Fake Files
Operation Decoy File will take place until mid-February
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 13th, 2012
RIAA Welcomes Court’s Decision to Sentence Pirate to 15 Years in Prison
Over 10,000 disks containing movies and music have been found by investigators
- By Eduard Kovacs
- November 12th, 2012
Demonoid Tracker Is Back Online, Servers Moved to Hong Kong
The index and the forum are still offline, but it's a first step
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 29th, 2012
RapidShare Removes Download Speed Limitations, Finds Other Anti-Piracy Measures
No more speed restrictions for users with free accounts
- By Eduard Kovacs
- October 26th, 2012
Copying DVDs and Modding Game Consoles Still Illegal, Copyright Regulators Say
Jailbreaking smartphones is legal, but the exemption doesn't apply to tablets
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 28th, 2012
5 Men Suspected of Pirating Hollywood Movies Ordered to Pay $1.4M (€1.1M)
Members of the Carnage and CiNEFOX teams have been sentenced to jail
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 10th, 2012
MediaFire Account Suspension of Researcher Following DMCA Notice Raises Controversy
Abusive DMCA claims are once again in the spotlight
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 18th, 2012
File-Sharing Blackmail Scam Hits Sweden
Victims are asked to pay fines between 90 EUR ($110) and 195 EUR ($239)
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 14th, 2012
Anonymous Calls Out to the Community to Fight Music Censorship
A statement that may announce the start of a new operation against the recording industry
- By Eduard Kovacs
- August 7th, 2012
Anonymous Warns of “Orwellian” Privacy Bill in Australia
They plan on protesting against the introduction of the new legislation
- By Ionut Arghire
- July 23rd, 2012
Skype Could Intercept Conversations, Doesn’t Confirm It
Recent changes to Skype’s architecture could allow for wiretapping
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 12th, 2012
Italian Police Arrests File-Sharing Site Operator “Tex Willer”
The man's illegal activities earned him around $707,000 (580,000 EUR)
- By Eduard Kovacs
- July 3rd, 2012
John Wiley & Sons Wins Lawsuit Against User Who Shared “WordPress for Dummies”
He has to pay a $7,000 (€5,500) fine for copyright infringement and counterfeiting
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 25th, 2012
PayPal Bans TorGuard for Providing Services to BitTorrent Users
The company isn't discouraged, but their financial assets have been frozen
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 18th, 2012
Law Firm Uses Robocalls to Threaten Users Accused of Piracy
The tactic is said to be not only unethical, but also illegal
- By Eduard Kovacs
- June 14th, 2012
Comcast Refuses to Hand Over the Identities of Suspected Pirates
The ISP believes that copyright holders want to "shake down" the defendants