Julia Schramm, a prominent board member of the German Pirate Party, had success in scoring a lucrative book deal and finally had her work published this week. Nothing out of the ordinary there, if it wasn't for the fact that Schramm and her publisher are now clamping down on book…
This week a court has been hearing how a group of movie and TV show pirates ran a so-called 'Scene' topsite. The individuals, mainly employees of ISPs in Finland, allegedly hid their operation inside their company's networks and rerouted monitoring software so that the existence of the server wouldn't be…
In the coming months U.S. Internet providers will begin to warn and punish alleged copyright infringers. The “six strikes” plan is the result of a deal between the MPAA, RIAA and several large ISPs. While the parties involved have described the scheme as fair and balanced, University of Idaho Law…
A new report reveals that when it comes to worldwide unauthorized BitTorrent downloads, users in the United States are the most prolific, followed by those in the UK, Italy and Canada. When zooming in on the UK, citizens from Manchester download the most per head, with those from the capital…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Men in Black 3' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Prometheus'. 'Snow White and the Huntsman' completes the top three.
Gottfrid Svartholm has been officially detained under suspicion of hacking into a Swedish IT company connected to the country's tax authorities. Agreeing with the prosecutor's request the Nacka District Court said Friday that the Pirate Bay co-founder should be detained for another two weeks to enable a thorough investigation to…
Vytas Simanavicius, president of Lithuanian anti-piracy outfit LANVA, is suspected of drug trading or unlawful possession of illegal narcotic substances in high quantities. Details on the investigation were made public by the police this week with local news sources identifying the LANVA boss as the suspect. Simanavicius, who earlier partnered…
The Pirate Bay turns nine years old today, a truly remarkable achievement considering the history of the site. What started out in 2003 as a fun project of a small group of friends turned into one of the largest websites on the Internet. The site has become a global icon;…