In 2010, New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service were carrying out special checks on Kim Dotcom as part of his application to become an NZ resident. They turned up something unexpected. The FBI were investigating the Megaupload founder as part of a huge alleged criminal conspiracy. But mysteriously Dotcom was welcomed…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Oz the Great and Powerful'. 'Broken City' completes the top three.
As citizens around the world endure Internet censorship of all types, a Japanese university has stepped in to level the playing field. Whether you're in Iran or China and blocked from YouTube, Twitter or Facebook, or in the UK desperate to get back on The Pirate Bay, KAT or H33T,…
This week several of the largest Internet providers in the UK started to block KickassTorrents, Fenopy and H33T, but this doesn't mean that the sites have become entirely inaccessible. As a direct result of the blockades several proxies for the banned sites are now being overloaded with traffic..
The MPAA, RIAA and the Internet providers participating in the "six strikes" anti-piracy scheme have informed the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee about their plans. The MPAA's Marianne Grant gave a detailed overview explaining how they gather evidence against illegal file-sharers. She further explained that the MPAA is particularly interested…
For years Japan's leading producers of pornographic movies have been battling to protect their content overseas. In particular they have focused on Taiwan where websites openly sell their videos and TV channels air their content without permission. The studios eventually took legal action, but to no avail. This week prosecutors…
After becoming known as somewhat of a haven for both file-sharing sites and their users, Spain is preparing to crack down on breaches of intellectual property rights. In a blueprint published by the government today, sites said to infringe copyright on a large-scale face fines of up to 300,000 euros…
This week at a grand press event the French Publishers Association announced their new anti-piracy portal ProtectionLivres.com. Through the website authors can search for and take down infringing content. An ambitious project, but the publisher group overlooked one small detail - the registration of their website's domain. This oversight was…