A Belgian man was found guilty of posting several Kaiser Chiefs tracks onto the Internet before the official release. The court ordered the 48-year old to pay the local music rights group SABAM 65,651 euro ($87.500) in damages. The man was further fined 5,500. In addition to the Kaiser Chiefs…
Ireland today passed new legislation that allows copyright holders to force Internet providers to block ‘pirate’ websites. Dubbed ‘SOPA Ireland,’ the copyright law amendment makes it possible for rightsholders to obtain an injunction against sites they deem to be infringing. While the US SOPA is much broader, the Irish version…
In its case against 26 major record labels at British Columbia Supreme Court in Canada, BitTorrent index isoHunt has submitted a response to the copyright infringement allegations. The BitTorrent site argues that not only do they pose no threat to the music industry, it's the copyright industry itself that's threatening…
After being granted bail last week, Kim Dotcom went home to spend some quality time with his family. The Megaupload founder had been in prison for little over a month after his arrest in January. Upset at the decision to grant Dotcom freedom, the US Government, argued yesterday in an…
Today marks the end of an era for The Pirate Bay. The largest torrent site on the Internet has just removed all popular torrent files and made the switch to magnet links. The Pirate Bay team believes the move is needed to make the site future proof, and is confident…
Last week, Syndicate, the latest game from Starbreeze studios, was released to the public by publisher EA. The game was immediately made available on the Internet but the swarthy pirates examining the files on the disc were met with an interesting item. In a direct message to those cracking their…
A mass lawsuit against 2,165 alleged downloaders of 'Conan The Barbarian' was filed at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland last Friday. Through this legal action movie studio Nu Image hopes to collect millions of dollars in settlement fees. Details of the case reveal that the…
Where would we be without censorship? Last year we ran a piece on a mistake by the US authorities, which shut down 84,000 websites for alleged child pornography crimes. Ironically enough, this article is now censored by a porn outfit. Paper Street Cash, LLC, the proud owners of teamskeet.com included…