The UK High Court has been handing out website blocking injunctions regularly in recent months but despite the supposed transparency of the legal system, obtaining copies of the injunctions has proved impossible. Now the Open Rights Group is putting pressure on the Court in the hope of being able to…
Three weeks from now thousands of Pirate Bay supporters will gather in a festival area located a few kilometers north of Stockholm. At least, if the organizers can get them to pay for a ticket. The Pirate team needs the public to chip in, and they hope to raise 450,000…
For the past several years Rick Falkvinge has been working on his book Swarmwise. Somewhat inevitably a copy of the book ended up on the Pirate Bay this morning, which is a fitting tribute for someone in Falkvinge's position. However, the swarthy pirate leaker managed to screw up the release…
New research released by Spotify shows that music festivals appear to cause a spike in piracy, while streaming and digital sales remain unaffected. The findings suggest that festivals increase demand for artists' music, but that festival goers mainly sample through unauthorized channels. Spotify further reveals that artists who delay their…
The controversy surrounding the attempted introduction of the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP Acts may now be a fading memory for some, but in the corridors of power the 2012 fiasco remains a sensitive issue. Nevertheless, this week lawmakers in the U.S. will again be pushed to upgrade streaming…
BitTorrent Inc. has announced several new features for its free Sync app, which moves out of alpha today. Since its first release in April the secure Dropbox alternative has gathered a healthy spread of users, who to date have shared eight petabytes of data. Based on feedback from early adopters,…
Among the responsibilities of the non-profit RIPE NCC organization is to hand out IP addresses in Europe. Somehow law enforcement agencies think RIPE can identify the people behind the IP addresses it issues, and other addresses that RIPE has nothing to do with. The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre…
The website blocking bonanza has claimed another casualty in the UK, with the High Court adding a major sports streaming site to the country’s unofficial ban list. BT, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, Be and O2 must now block access to Firstrow Sports following a request from The Premier League, who…