Despite years of debates over the morality, prevalence and impact of mass online copyright infringement, actual hard numbers, backed by statistically rigorous methods, are almost impossible to find. Most of ...
Sony's problems began when the root keys for the PlayStation 3 were discovered and posted online. Now, in an effort to fight against jailbreakers, Sony has reportedly ...
Follows through on promise it made last month "prevent terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete."
It seems Google is making good on the promise it made ...
Sony may have hoped 2011 would see new hopes and high expectations, but so far, it may have been downright painful so far. On the heals of ...
If you've ever wanted to create home brew video games for the PlayStation 3 (PS3), you may now be one major step closer. A user by the name GeoHot, ...
The goal of The High Authority for the Protection of works on the Internet (HADOPI) is to stop piracy, but French internet users are learning that the only thing HADOPI ...
There are very few times we see someone who supports restricting copyright laws that are so direct, but Alejandro Sanz probably should win an award for most direct and honest ...
Launches "Piracy Doesn't Work in NYC," campaign, the goal being to try and put a human spin on the job losses it claims illegal file-sharing causes each year, but ...
A few days ago, we reported on the defeat of web censorship in Spain where ISPs would be mandated to block websites if the government ordered them to ...
Yesterday, we reported on the RIAAs efforts to get Mastercard to cut off payments to MegaUpload. Today, we have received an exclusive response from MegaUpload on this ...
In a move seemingly inspired by the US government pressuring credit card companies and online payment services to cut off Wikileaks, the MPAA and RIAA are reportedly trying to get ...
There's been a major development in Spain recently. The Ley de Economia Sostenible (Sustainable Economy Act) in Spain now no longer has the highly controversial provision of mandating ISPs ...
Earlier, we reported that the MPAA, RIAA and the BSA had influenced the push for HADOPI in France according to the Wikileaks ever-present cablegate story. It now ...
Wikileaks has been releasing plenty of new details on how the US views the world. Amongst the interesting tidbits of information buried inside Cablegate was what role the MPAA, ...
A provocative headline can generate a lot of readers and a lively debate, but it can also do a poor job of indicating what an article is ...
Earlier today, we reported on the raids conducted by ICE which seized over 70 domains online. Just hours after the seizure though, it appears that some of ...
ACTA (the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) has had its share of bumps on the road towards its final agreement. Sometimes it looked like it was on track and other times, ...
If you ever wanted the real story on why innovative music services cannot exist in Canada, you couldn't ask for a more modern story then Pandora's relationship with Canada.
Pandora is ...
New details are emerging from the bust we reported yesterday. It turns out, a major Swedish university was involved in the crackdown. All this is emerging ...
HADOPI, France's three strikes law and organization that oversees the enforcement of this law, has taken quite a beating on the PR front. Now they seem to be trying ...
