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Pinch Media, which offers application analytics for iPhone developers, has released a report (from 360iDev) talking about piracy in the App Store. According to the study, piracy for iPhone and iPod touch users is not an alternative to the “try before you buy” (trial versions) that Apple doesn’t supp... |
15 October 2009
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We're not going to say “this, you won't believe” because we're saving it for Steve Jobs news. However, you'll most likely find it interesting (to say the least) that an app used to crack legitimate App Store titles has been pirated. Moreover, the guy pirating Crackulous charges for the... |
4 February 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Softpedia has learned that iLife '09 has been pirated by 20,000 + users who are currently using file sharing web sites to illegally download the newly updated software. iLife '09 brings major updates to iPhoto, iVideo and GarageBand. The suite normally retails for $79.Following Apple's Macworld 2009 ke... |
28 January 2009
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A CNet report reveals that iPhone developer James Bossert was pleasantly surprised to see that his Whack 'em All iPhone game had 400 new users on a given day. His joy rapidly turned into grief when he realized that only 12 handset owners had actually paid the $0.99 price for the app. In other words, only 12 indi... |
14 January 2009
04:47 GMT |
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The fight against the BitTorrent websites encouraging and enhancing the download of pirated content is famous now and it seems there are signs of success. Although the reasons for doing this were not explained too well, YouTorrent, one of the most appreciated BitTorrent search engines, is now getting more legal than ... |
14 April 2008
04:34 GMT |
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It's well known the fact that the underground market has grown a lot, especially when talking about P2P downloads where the BitTorrent industry was often brought in the spotlights due to legal fights with copyright holders. However, it's obvious that some people choose to download pirated movies, music and ... |
11 April 2008
05:15 GMT |
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It's well known the fact that media companies around the world have started a powerful campaign against the BitTorrent websites that encourage and enhance the distribution of pirated content, so such a piece of news shouldn't amaze anybody. However, when hearing about another BitTorrent service that bit the... |
7 April 2008
17:41 GMT |
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Fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean Online should find it most appealing that Disney Online has already announced new content for their favorite MMORPG allowing players to give their customized Pirate avatars a whole new look. This announcement comes in light of the recent release of Pirates of the Caribbean Online... |
28 December 2007
07:07 GMT |
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In case you have been the one of the numerous victims out there who have bought pirated application from famous auction website, you now have the chance to take your money back. 'How?' it's the first question that may come in your mind. Well, the Software & Information Industry Association launched the... |
21 December 2007
10:03 GMT |
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A recent study conducted by market researcher TNS reveals that 38 percent of the Britons connected to the Internet think that downloading pirated content from the web is not as serious as stealing from a store. According to Web User News, the TNS study also revealed that UK Internet consumers 'didn't like t... |
20 December 2007
05:40 GMT |
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Symantec, that famous security company that built so many powerful technologies, was awarded $21 million in damages after the United States District Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, CA, ruled in the favor of the security company. Back in 2006, Symantec filed a complaint against ANYI, SILI... |
20 December 2007
05:13 GMT |
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The counterfeited software has always represented a problem for both software companies and consumers and the phenomenon is getting stronger nowadays. It appears that pirated technologies are available even in retail stores, which makes the fight against such software almost impossible. According to "PC World", ther... |
7 December 2007
04:08 GMT |
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Everybody knows that it's illegal to install pirated or unlicensed content on your system especially if you're a company based on computer activities. That's why it's always recommended to buy licenses and pay for the software you install or else you may get caught and forced to pay a huge fine. B... |
26 November 2007
06:20 GMT |
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Several Hollywood studios including Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox International started a legal battle with Jeebo.com and a Shanghai Internet cafe after it was reported that they are involved in pirated content distribution. According to Xinhua, the studios are claiming that Jeebo.com provided access t... |
26 November 2007
05:06 GMT |
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The French authorities seem to be prepared to launch a campaign against the illegal downloaders in the country as they want to stop the distribution of pirated music and videos. According to Financial Times, President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to create a special government body which will be responsible for blocking the... |
23 November 2007
16:31 GMT |
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Two males, aged 33 and 28, and a woman, 22-year-old, were caught by the Welsh police being accused of distribution of pirated content such as music, movies, games and pornography. The authorities expect an important decrease in the pirated market after the arrest of the three pirates as they were the top providers of... |
22 November 2007
09:29 GMT |
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The BitTorrent downloads are very popular nowadays because all the users interested in this way of saving files from the web can take movies, games and music in no time. But this doesn't necessarily mean that all the content available through BitTorrent are legal and the users are allowed to download it with no ... |
15 November 2007
17:06 GMT |
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The Simpsons, one of the 2007 movies which brought impressive revenues for Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, got a 21-year-old Australian into trouble after he pirated the movie and attempted to distribute it on the web. Jose Duarte was first arrested in August and today he was finally fined $888 which is a pre... |
14 November 2007
03:42 GMT |
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The battle against the users and websites that infringe copyrights continues with a new case in Minnesota after several companies, all of them members of the Recording Industry Association of America, filed a lawsuit against a Kazaa user. As Wired reports, the companies, including Virgin Records, Warner Bros. Records... |
1 October 2007
06:20 GMT |
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Yeah sure, you'll mod your console to play the backups you made to your original CDs and DVDs... Who buys this excuse nowadays? Mods are as illegal as downloading games and playing them on your hacked console... However, the illicit gaming industry can't be stopped from evolving, from the controversial PSP... |
1 October 2007
03:33 GMT |
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Software, video games, DVD movies and MP3 music files, all available online, most of them before commercially available to the general public. Does that sound good to you? I don't know, but it sure is illegal! And that was all Eli El's business - he was a 40 year old hacker involved in one heck of a large p... |
3 September 2007
05:08 GMT |
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sk0t has been arrested, fact which comes as quite a blow to torrent users all around the world. He was the one that uploaded Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith before its theatrical release, as The Register informs. Known under the name Scott McCausland in real life, he is the ex-admin of Elite Torrents Bit... |
24 August 2007
10:18 GMT |
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The man who is named by the international organizations fighting for the protection of the copyright a music pirate, Denis Kvasov, the owner of the famous AllOfMp3 website, can't be prosecuted for copyright infringement, a Russian judge said. What's most interesting is that numerous international copyright ... |
16 August 2007
06:06 GMT |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, the latest book concerning the famous hero, is about to be released in this weekend in several corners of the world. But the very addicted fans now have an alternative. The latest J. K. Rowling's creation was leaked on the Internet by a user who managed to obtain a US editio... |
18 July 2007
04:14 GMT |
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Yesterday, the Russian authorities proudly announced that they closed AllofMP3, a website that distributed pirated music although it sustained it offers only licensed content. Today, Computerworld interviews some old customers of the recently-closed website who mentioned they are still able to download music but not ... |
6 July 2007
08:59 GMT |
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The Italian authorities managed to arrest no less than 35 persons due to Operation Crack, a special campaign started by the police in order to stop a criminal gang from distributing pirated software. According to IFPI, the shocking element of the investigation was revealed after the authorities arrested all the membe... |
5 July 2007
05:44 GMT |
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The international music authorities finally managed to close a Russian-based website that distributed pirated music on the Internet. Actually, the owners of the website sustained the page was legal as they were paying royalties to ROMS, a Russian organization that works closely to copyright owners. According to MSNBC... |
5 July 2007
04:31 GMT |
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Following the recent legal problems encountered by the famous BitTorrent website, the owners of the service decided to release a special function to fight against pirated content. FileRights, the new function, is meant to filter the search results to avoid pirated content from being indexed by the webpage. As you pro... |
26 June 2007
05:37 GMT |
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Following the recent reports that YouTube is offering full-length pirated movies, the parent company Google decided to take attitude and removed Sicko, one of the videos included in the complaints. The entire movie was divided in 14 parts because the online video sharing service allows only up to 10 minutes or 100 mb... |
21 June 2007
07:03 GMT |
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Some time ago, several full-length movies were published on the popular Google Video although its guidelines are strictly prohibiting this type of content. Moreover, they were republished after the search giant's employees deleted them and renamed to hidden words to avoid identification. Today, a new movie was p... |
19 June 2007
12:11 GMT |
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The FBI managed to catch the famous YouTube pirate who uploaded three episodes of "24" on the online video sharing service even before they were released by Fox. At that time, the Twentieth Century Fox officials sent a subpoena to the parent company Google to require more details about the user who uploaded the clips... |
5 June 2007
16:46 GMT |
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10 years ago, researchers discovered a shipwreck just off the Atlantic Beach, in North Carolina and it was supposed to have belonged to the famous pirate Blackbeard. Now, archaeologists have announced that in three years, the shipwreck will be fully excavated. "That's really our target," says Steve Claggett, the... |
3 March 2007
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