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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 21st, 2013
Judge Says CNET Can Continue Distributing BitTorrent Clients

Judge Says CNET Can Continue Distributing BitTorrent Clients

CBS and CNET have won one battle but the legal war is not over yet

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • February 5th, 2013
Japan Wants to Educate Users on Piracy by Planting Warnings Inside Fake Files

Japan Wants to Educate Users on Piracy by Planting Warnings Inside Fake Files

Operation Decoy File will take place until mid-February

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • November 13th, 2012
RIAA Welcomes Court’s Decision to Sentence Pirate to 15 Years in Prison

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • November 12th, 2012
Demonoid Tracker Is Back Online, Servers Moved to Hong Kong

Demonoid Tracker Is Back Online, Servers Moved to Hong Kong

The index and the forum are still offline, but it's a first step

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 29th, 2012
RapidShare Removes Download Speed Limitations, Finds Other Anti-Piracy Measures

RapidShare Removes Download Speed Limitations, Finds Other Anti-Piracy Measures

No more speed restrictions for users with free accounts

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • October 26th, 2012
Copying DVDs and Modding Game Consoles Still Illegal, Copyright Regulators Say

Copying DVDs and Modding Game Consoles Still Illegal, Copyright Regulators Say

Jailbreaking smartphones is legal, but the exemption doesn't apply to tablets

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 28th, 2012
5 Men Suspected of Pirating Hollywood Movies Ordered to Pay $1.4M (€1.1M)

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • September 10th, 2012
MediaFire Account Suspension of Researcher Following DMCA Notice Raises Controversy

MediaFire Account Suspension of Researcher Following DMCA Notice Raises Controversy

Abusive DMCA claims are once again in the spotlight

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 18th, 2012
File-Sharing Blackmail Scam Hits Sweden

File-Sharing Blackmail Scam Hits Sweden

Victims are asked to pay fines between 90 EUR ($110) and 195 EUR ($239)

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 14th, 2012
Anonymous Calls Out to the Community to Fight Music Censorship

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • August 7th, 2012
Anonymous Warns of “Orwellian” Privacy Bill in Australia

Anonymous Warns of “Orwellian” Privacy Bill in Australia

They plan on protesting against the introduction of the new legislation

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  • By Ionut Arghire
  • July 23rd, 2012
Skype Could Intercept Conversations, Doesn’t Confirm It

Skype Could Intercept Conversations, Doesn’t Confirm It

Recent changes to Skype’s architecture could allow for wiretapping

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • July 12th, 2012
Italian Police Arrests File-Sharing Site Operator “Tex Willer”

Italian Police Arrests File-Sharing Site Operator “Tex Willer”

The man's illegal activities earned him around $707,000 (580,000 EUR)

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • July 3rd, 2012
John Wiley & Sons Wins Lawsuit Against User Who Shared “WordPress for Dummies”

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

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 25th, 2012
PayPal Bans TorGuard for Providing Services to BitTorrent Users

PayPal Bans TorGuard for Providing Services to BitTorrent Users

The company isn't discouraged, but their financial assets have been frozen

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 18th, 2012
Law Firm Uses Robocalls to Threaten Users Accused of Piracy

Law Firm Uses Robocalls to Threaten Users Accused of Piracy

The tactic is said to be not only unethical, but also illegal

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  • By Eduard Kovacs
  • June 14th, 2012
Comcast Refuses to Hand Over the Identities of Suspected Pirates

Comcast Refuses to Hand Over the Identities of Suspected Pirates

The ISP believes that copyright holders want to "shake down" the defendants

 
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