After the ACS:Law debacle, one might think that potential claimants would be deterred from taking legal action against alleged file-sharers in the UK, or at least learned lessons. Alas, no. His Honour Judge Birss QC, the judge who brought ACS:Law's scheme to its knees, now has to deal with three…
After a major copyright settlement case featuring The Expendables was found to be fatally flawed last month, United States Copyright Group and client Nu Image dropped the case. Now, sidestepping an uncooperative judge in Columbia, the team are hoping to get more joy from one of his counterparts in Maryland,…
Earlier this month we reported that The Hurt Locker lawsuits hit Canada as well. Three Canadian ISPs have been ordered by a court to hand over the personal details of their subscribers to Voltage Pictures. However, unlike in the United States where tenst of thousands of downloaders were targeted, the…
A 32-year-old man from Salisbury, England, pleaded guilty to several movie piracy related charges last Friday. The man, going by the nickname SilentNinja, admitted to camming several movies at a local cinema as well as distributing films that ended up on The Pirate Bay.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'The Tree of Life' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Green Lantern'. 'Horrible Bosses' completes the top three.
The Vuze team has announced that their software now integrates with thousands of external devices. The popular BitTorrent client has added support for DLNA devices, which means compatibility with products from 245 of the top global electronics brands including many of the latest TVs. Vuze made the news public just…
Today we take a look at a tangled web of copyright trolls who have set their sights on thousands of BitTorrent users. More specifically, the law firm Steele Hansmeier, the BitTorrent tracking company led by Hansmeier's brother and the mysterious company MCGIP, which sued BitTorrent users for movies they didn't…
Little over a year after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement started "Operation In Our Sites," the authorities have announced their first conviction. Yesterday, the first site owner targeted by the operation pleaded guilty. The 23-year old Matthew Smith, admitted to conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement charges for his role in…