- Digital Rights/Piracy
- 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
- Web Blog
- By Eduard Kovacs
- September 27th, 2012
Portuguese Authorities Say It’s OK to Share Copyrighted Movies and Music
A complaint filed against 2,000 P2P websites has been dismissed
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 14th, 2012
As Negotiations with the Government Fail, MegaUpload Data Still in Limbo
US authorities couldn't care less what happens to the data of millions of people
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 14th, 2012
Two Years in HADOPI Is Finally Working, One Guy Fined €150 for Songs He Didn't Download
The three-strikes law is about to be made obsolete
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 12th, 2012
Twitter Sued for Failing to Take Down Artsy Food Photos
An artist claims Twitter was unresponsive to his request to remove infringing photos
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 12th, 2012
Court Finds $220,000 in Damages for 24 Songs Is Constitutional
Each song is worth $9,250 (EUR7,224), not an insignificant sum
- Digital Rights/Piracy
- 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
- Google News
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 8th, 2012
Anti-Piracy Groups Are Still Asking Google to Remove Links to MegaUpload, Demonoid
None of these groups are held accountable for their lies
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 4th, 2012
Copyright Robots Gone Awire Pull Down Hugo Awards Stream During Neil Gaiman Speech
The stream was deemed infringing even though it was completely authorized
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 4th, 2012
Pirate Party May Get Parliament Seats in the Netherlands, Thanks to Pirate Bay Block
Years of abuses have given rise to a growing discontent with copyright laws
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- September 1st, 2012
Pirate Bay Founder Gottfrid Svartholm Has Been Arrested in Cambodia
He is due to serve jail time for his involvement with the site
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 30th, 2012
US Finally Abusively Seized Domains to Legal Spanish Website
The US can take down any site, legal or not, in the world with no repercussion
- Google News
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 25th, 2012
Google Removes 1.5 Million URLs in a Week, Up from 1.2 in a Month in May
The number of takedown requests Google sees is growing exponentially
- Web Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 24th, 2012
US Court Confirms That $675,000 for Sharing 30 Songs Is Fair
This is why people think the "war" on piracy is a farce
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 22nd, 2012
US Seizes Pirate Android App Sites, One of Which Was Already Dead
Says apps are now a top priority, just after Google started punishing pirate sites
- Digital Rights/Piracy
- 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)
- Internet Life
- By Lucian Parfeni
- August 14th, 2012
British Link Site Operator Sentenced to Four Years
SurfTheChannel hosted no infringing videos, rather it linked to existing content online