Since January 2013 copyright holders have asked Google to remove more than 100,000,000 links to infringing webpages, which is already double the number Google processed for the whole of 2012. The search giant is currently processing an average of 15 million “infringing” links per month. This number appears to be…
While there are often disputes over what age rating films should be awarded, New Zealand's censors have just gone a step further by banning a horror film from any kind of public distribution. The censors say that Maniac, a serial killer flick starring Elijah Wood, is potentially "injurious to the…
Following news that music, movie and TV show piracy has been declining in Norway for years, entertainment industry companies and their anti-piracy groups are back to settle some unfinished business. After spending large sums of money on prolonged and unsuccessful legal action to block The Pirate Bay, they will now…
PayPal has cut off VPN provider iPredator, an anonymity service launched by Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde. The popular VPN provider is no longer allowed to accept payments and PayPal has frozen all funds for up to 180 days. PayPal didn't provide any details as to why iPredator was banned,…
By now most people have probably seen KTVU’s embarrassing blunder, reading the made-up names of Asiana Airlines pilots. The clip became an instant viral and hundreds of copies have been posted on YouTube, generating millions of views. But enough is enough for the local TV-station, as they started to use…
Known for attempting to censor a variety of Internet sites and even SMS messages, the authorities in Pakistan have today flicked the switch on some of the world's largest torrent sites. The Pirate Bay, KickassTorrents, Torrentz and ExtraTorrent are now censored for unknown reasons but the blockade doesn't stop there.…
Google has quietly expanded its list of censored search phrases with the addition of music streaming service Grooveshark. The piracy blacklist was introduced to curb copyright infringement and prevents popular keywords from appearing in Google’s Instant and Autocomplete services. On precisely what grounds Google decided to censor Grooveshark is unknown…
The continuing Prenda Law debacle has just resulted in another defeat for the world’s most famous copyright trolls, this time to the tune of $22,000. The ongoing fall of Prenda Law is even more drawn out than that of it’s ancestor in the scheme, the now-defunct ACS:law. Andrew Crossley lost…