Previously the preserve of China and other regimes considered controlling or oppressive, website blocking is now becoming a common activity around the world. However, one doesn't have to sit back and accept what third parties say you can and cannot see, even if they do believe it's for the greater…
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who and to celebrate a special episode will be broadcasted simultaneously worldwide. With such a landmark, and the increased focus on the original episode, some have speculated on its upcoming passing into the public domain. Alas, even a Gallifreyan would find modern-day copyright…
On Wednesday 27 November, Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm will be removed from prison in Sweden and extradited to neighboring Denmark on hacking charges, despite already being cleared of similar charges in his home country. Speaking with TorrentFreak, Gottfrid's mother Kristina raises a number of serious concerns over her son's…
Police in Spain have made their first ever arrest of a man who leaked a pre-release album online. The man, who worked as a warehouse operative for a CD packaging plant, posted details of the disc online and invited interested parties to contact him. Representatives of the band pleaded with…
Following a new High Court order six UK ISPs are now required to block access to YIFY-Torrents, PrimeWire, Vodly, WatchFreeMovies and Project Free TV. The blocks were requested by the movie industry and are part of an ongoing effort to make all popular "piracy" sites unavailable in the country. Since…
The International Olympic Committee is pushing for the most concerted effort yet to ensure that pirate coverage of the 2014 Olympic Games reaches as few unauthorized screens as possible. In order to protect four major local media companies and others internationally, the IOC has issued demands for the creation of…
Over in Israel, there are plans afloat to legitimize downloading. According to reports in the print newspaper Ma’ariv earlier this week, Members of the Knesset (MK) Meir Sheetrit and others will be presenting a bill soon to legalize downloading of copyrighted material. Alleged losses will instead be compensated via levies.…
With 150 million visitors a month MediaFire is one of the largest file-hosting services on the Internet. Today the company launches a major overhaul which includes more media sharing options plus video streaming and desktop syncing. With up to 50 gigabytes of free storage the Texas-based company hopes to evolve…