In what appears to be the first action of its type since the RIAA abandoned its controversial anti-filesharing campaign, Internet users sharing music are again being targeted in the United States. In a lawsuit filed in Florida the identities of 80 individuals are being sought with one aim in mind…
Piracy is rampant in the US military. Because the MPAA refuses to deliver entertainment to troops overseas, soldiers are forced to pirate. Some download movies via the Internet, others buy bootleg DVDs, and there’s also talk about sanctioned “Morale” hard drives full of warez. Recognizing the problem a 92-year old…
Pirate Party MEP Christian Engstrom and the Pirate movement's founder Rick Falkvinge presented their views on copyright reform to the European Parliament this week. The Pirates want to bust the myth that their ideas only center around legalizing file-sharing and offer what they see as sensible alternatives to draconian legislation…
Pirates across the globe are working on an attempt to raid the music single charts, and with help from the most notorious BitTorrent site these efforts are paying off. Embracing Pirate Bay's mantra, Dan Bull's track "Sharing is Caring" now appears in a variety of daily download lists, setting course…
The implementation of the UK’s controversial anti-piracy legislation, the Digital Economy Act, has been delayed again. The confirmation, which was delivered yesterday by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, means that UK Internet users suspected of engaging in unlawful file-sharing won’t see any warning letters for nearly 2 years,…
CISPA, the cybersecurity bill that can put an end to people’s privacy on the Internet was approved by the House of Representatives today. The bill that can turn the Internet into an anti-piracy spying machine was widely protested online and in Washington. Despite this opposition CISPA was passed 248 to…
Now that Kim Dotcom has regained access to the Internet, he can finally get back to work. One of his priorities is obviously to show that he and Megaupload are innocent, but there are some side projects to take care of as well. In a few weeks he will launch…
The domain name Megaupload.net was just put up for auction again on SEDO. Two weeks ago we reported that the domain, which didn’t belong to Megaupload, was sold to an anonymous bidder but this person didn’t pay up. “After numerous attempts by Sedo.com to contact the buyer I was given…