The chief executive of a leading Australian ISP says his company will almost certainly invest a huge sum of money to stop their customers being targeted by so-called copyright trolls. John Linton of Exetel has branded those attempting to blackmail his subscribers as "scum" and says that his company would…
Justin Bieber has responded to the bill that would make singing a copyrighted song on YouTube a felony. In an interview this morning on Washington DC Hot 99.5 Radio, the Canadian singer affirmed that Internet users should have the right to reuse and remix music on YouTube. Bieber said Senator…
The MPAA has submitted a new list of “notorious websites” to the Office of the US Trade Representative, sites that are all in danger of becoming the target of planned U.S. legislation. The list contains the most-visited torrent sites including The Pirate Bay, file-hosting and linking sites such as MegaUpload,…
It’s quite unusual for big artists to even mention BitTorrent, but Lady Gaga doesn’t mind requesting a torrent. Earlier today she asked her fans to send a torrent (or YouTube) link of the Top Chef Just Desserts finale. Apparently Lady Gaga knows a thing or two about BitTorrent. But does…
New data published by the Canadian broadband management company Sandvine reveals that on the average day Netflix and BitTorrent are responsible for 40 percent of all Internet traffic in North America. During peak hours Netflix accounts for a third of all download traffic, while BitTorrent is credited for nearly half…
Two more staffers from the now-defunct NinjaVideo streaming movie portal have pleaded guilty for their roles in helping to the run the site. Ninja's uploader supervisor and the site's so-called "head of security" both face a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. An arrest warrant for…
Today the House version of PROTECT IP was made public, and as many feared it is even worse than its predecessor. Named the E-PARASITES Act, the legislation aims to make it easy for the authorities and copyright holders to shut down sites they deem to ‘facilitate’ copyright infringement. The problem…
The Helsinki District Court has ordered the Finnish ISP Elisa to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay. The ISP has to block the domain names and IP-addresses of the world's most-visited torrent site before the end of next month or face a 100,000 euro fine. Elisa described the court…