Following an undercover police investigation, the Vice President of Lithuanian Anti-Piracy Association LANVA has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. Vytas Simanavicius, known for his efforts to curb online piracy in the Baltic country, faces up to eight years in prison. Because of the looming incarceration, his role as an…

A horror film producer has slammed a copyright troll lawsuit which targets alleged file-sharers said to have downloaded his movie. The lawsuit, which takes aim at Internet account holders in the hope they'll pay multi-thousand dollar settlements, has a serious error. It names completely the wrong movie, meaning that an…

Copyfighter, journalist, sci-fi writer and Boing-Boing editor Cory Doctorow has fallen victim to the almighty content empire of Rupert Murdoch. In an attempt to remove access to infringing copies of the TV-show Homeland, Fox has ordered Google to take down links to Doctorow's latest novel of the same title. Adding…

After nearly two decades Black Sabbath came out with a new studio album this year. Today, the band released the first single “God Is Dead?” which was also posted on the official Black Sabbath YouTube channel. This modern technology gives fans to check out the song before buying it. At…

In a filing just submitted to a U.S. federal court Megaupload is using the Government's own words against it, hoping to get the case against it dismissed. Megaupload points out that the Department of Justice is trying to change the law to legitimize the destruction of Megaupload. The DoJ wants…

At the turn of the decade UK anti-piracy lawfirm ACS:Law were making dozens of headlines as they tried to extract cash settlements from alleged BitTorrent users. The firm did in fact succeed in bringing in many hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash, but due to their greed and incompetence…

Earlier this week in a copyright infringement crackdown initiated by the Italian authorities more than two dozen file-sharing domains were placed on ISP blocklists. One of those domains was Rapidgator, one of the world's leading cyberlocker sites. Rather than simply rolling over, Rapidgator is now fighting back with with the…

With a budget of $10 million and under $2 million in domestic grosses, the movie "Killer Joe" didn't provide the box office successes its makers had hoped for. To make up for disappointing sales, movie studio "Killer Joe Nevada" is now turning to alleged BitTorrent users. The company sued a…