Miami Judge Marc Schumacher has issued a landmark order in which he protects accused BitTorrent downloaders from mass-lawsuits filed by copyright holders. One of the main arguments of the judge is that these "fishing expeditions" violate BitTorrent users' right to anonymous speech, which is protected by the constitution. The order…
Criminals are attempting to extort Internet users by claiming there could be financial implications for those who used file-sharing site Megaupload for infringing activities. For the past several days a fake law firm claiming to act on behalf of entertainment companies such as Universal, Sony, EMI and Paramount has been…
A few days ago The Pirate Bay announced that in future parts of its site could be hosted on GPS controlled drones. To many this may have sounded like a joke, but in fact these pirate drones already exist. Project "Electronic Countermeasures" has built a swarm of five fully operational…
The founders of The Pirate Bay, convicted in 2009 of copyright infringement offenses, have learned where they are to be held during their sentences. The trio - Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neik and Gottfrid Svartholm - will be separated and held in three locations around Sweden. But according to Sunde's lawyer,…
All too often I hear that the copyright industry doesn't understand the Internet, doesn't understand the net generation, doesn't understand how technology has changed. This is not only wrong; it is dangerously wrong. In order to defeat an adversary; you must first come to understand their state of mind, rather…
Google has filed a brief at a federal court in Florida defending the file-hosting site Hotfile in its case against the MPAA. The search giant accuses the movie companies of misleading the court and argues that Hotfile is protected under the DMCA's safe harbor. Indirectly, Google is also refuting claims…
Last week the UK approved the extradition of Richard O’Dwyer to the US. The 23-year-old student and ex-administrator of the video linking website TVShack never visited United States. But, he now risks spending several years in jail there. In a response to the decision, The Times readerYanka Gavin wrote an…
Carl Lundström, one of the persons convicted in The Pirate Bay trial, will not be going to jail for his role in the operations of The Pirate Bay. The millionaire, who gave the site a crucial helping hand with hardware and other services in its early days, was sentenced to…