U.S. authorities have demanded the extradition of Justin Bieber, the Canadian singer who turned blatant copyright infringements into a profitable career. The teen star is accused of streaming unauthorized songs to millions of people without compensating the copyright holders and now faces a 5 year prison sentence.
A pivotal case that could mean the end of many mass-BitTorrent lawsuits is currently ongoing in a Virginia federal court. Labeling the pay-up-or-else scheme as a "shake down," the judge wants to know why he should allow copyright holders to massively coerce people into paying huge cash settlements. Realizing the…
Journalist, broadcaster and former Wall Street stock broker Max Keiser thinks the various Occupy movements should team up with local Pirate Parties. He argues that both stand for similar issues, as both are resisting powerful monopolies. Even more so, abolishing patents might even help to prevent dubious practices such as…
A judicial review of the extradition arrangements between the United States and United Kingdom has concluded that the procedures are not biased in favor of the United States. The announcement is not only bad news for alleged Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon but also for Richard O'Dywer, the former operator of…
As previously reported, US film distributor Lightning Entertainment has been approaching Australian ISPs in an attempt to obtain the identities of individuals they say illegal shared the movie “Kill The Irishman”. Of course, it’s the same old story. Threaten to sue individuals but get them to hand over cash settlements…
uTorrent for Mac saw its first public release in September 2008. Although it doesn’t hold a massive market share as the Windows client, millions of people use it on a daily basis. Today BitTorrent Inc. announced the first stable release of the more mature (1.5) branch of the Mac client,…
Without any explanation Google has suspended the FrostWire file-sharing application from the Android market. The timing of the removal is both remarkable and unfortunate. Google's decision follows the news that FrostWire had settled its dispute with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy concerns.
The administrators of two file-sharing sites have been sentenced to fines and a year in jail for linking to copyright works. Breaking a long run of operators being acquitted for similar activities, a Spanish court decided that the act of linking constituted a for-profit "public communication". The lawyer for one…