According to the operator of a TV show-focused news site, the Hollywood-backed anti-piracy outfit BREIN has ordered his project to stop offering user-translated subtitle files. A failure to sign a declaration to that effect will result in a lawsuit, BREIN has warned. Furthermore, in a move the site operator has…
A music producer and DJ who uploaded a Beyonce album to the Internet in advance of its official release has been found guilty of copyright infringement. The 48-year-old, who initially put his neighbor in the frame by using her wi-fi connection, had a potential two-year jail sentence looming and Sony…
In legal advice to the EU Court of Justice, Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón today announced that EU law allows for Internet service providers to be ordered to block their customers from accessing known copyright infringing sites. The opinion, which relates to a dispute between a pair of movie companies…
Following Gottfrid Svartholm's detainment in Sweden and his upcoming extradition to Denmark, Russia is also going after the Pirate Bay founder. A Moscow court has entered a verdict against the 29-year old after linking him to some of the largest Russian pirate sites. Svartholm is listed as the registrant for…
The MPAA is enjoying a healthy budget increase as the group intensifies its anti-piracy operations worldwide. Over a period of two years Hollywood has significantly upped its payments to the anti-piracy group, from $41.5 million to $59.7 million. Of all 200 employees MPAA boss and former Senator Chris Dodd is…
ISPs have condemned negotiations on a potential update of Swiss copyright law that is being influenced by the U.S. Government and entertainment companies. According to the ISPs the secret anti-piracy discussions, from which they were excluded, have so far yielded "useless" proposals including web blocking and file-sharer warnings. "We reject…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, 'Prisoners' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'. 'Elysium' completes the top three.
Nearly two years after Megaupload was raided, Kim Dotcom's life is now available in book form. "The Secret Life of Kim Dotcom - Spies, Lies and the War for the Internet" reveals many details on Dotcom's personal life and how he developed into the man he is today. With permission…