Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner have secured a court order against a decision that had brought the music labels' "3 strike" anti-filesharing mechanism to its knees. The four music giants will now reinstate the system at ISP Eircom and put renewed effort into spreading the practice to other ISPs in…
The search warrants used by police to raid the New Zealand home of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom have been ruled illegal. In addition, the data that was sent to the FBI was ruled to be unlawfully obtained. The decision by the High Court is the latest in a series of…
The owner of TV streaming links site SurfTheChannel has been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud at Newcastle Crown Court today for “facilitating” copyright infringement . The landmark case follows a sting operation by the MPAA, who partnered with the Federation Against Copyright Theft to obtain evidence against site operator…
As part of the punitive measures against both The Pirate Bay and its founders, a Swedish court previously banned two of the torrent site's founders from having anything to do with its future operations. Now, according to the Stockholm District Court, Fredrik Neij has violated that ban and will be…
Three weeks ago Paypal decided to freeze the account of TorGuard, a company that offers VPN and proxy services. According to a Paypal representative the VPN service violated “some agreements” because of TorGuard’s affiliation with BitTorrent. Even after the owner explained that his company was just offering a VPN connection,…
Dropbox has banned the new BitTorrent startup Boxopus from accessing its API. The company fears that BitTorrent's piracy stigma may rub off on the successful cloud storage service. The Boxopus team is disappointed by this anti-innovation move. Thousands of dollars in developments costs have gone down the drain for what…
UK communications regulatory body OFCOM has today published an amended version of its Initial Obligations Code, a set of rules relating to the anti-piracy provisions in the country's controversial Digital Economy Act. OFCOM clarifies the obligations of rightsholders regarding the auditing of piracy tracking systems, and gives them three times…
The U.S. government sees Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom as one of the biggest copyright criminals in history. Many others disagree, including Apple founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak, who visited Dotcom in New Zealand recently. CNET managed to get a few comments from Steve Wozniak on the Megaupload case, and it’s clear that…