Despite new legislation in Norway, not one site has been blocked nor a single file-sharer fined. However, behind the scenes there is a hive of activity, with more than a dozen entities now officially registered to spy on file-sharing networks. In addition to the usual anti-piracy groups more unusual applications…

Google discarded 9% of the 235,000,000 allegedly infringing links copyright holders asked the company to remove from its search engine this year. This amounts to 21 million URLs for which Google took no action, either because the requests were illegitimate or were duplicates already submitted in previous notices. NBC Universal,…

Russia's telecoms regulator has just stated that the country's Facebook equivalent vKontakte has done enough against piracy to have itself removed from the USTR's Special 301 Report. However, the major labels including Sony, Universal, EMI and Warner seem to disagree and say they are preparing to sue the social networking…

While laying the blame firmly at the feet of entertainment companies for failing to keep pace with technology, the recently appointed IP advisor to the UK Prime Minister says that should education and new products fail to have the desired effect on illegal downloading, ISPs should be held responsible for…

BitTorrent is used by millions of people every day, even in places where you wouldn’t really expect. New data suggests that employees at the European Parliament are particularly interested in downloading pirated movies and TV-shows at work. They are in good company though, as pirates can also be found at…

With 2013 nearing its end we begin our annual look at the most-pirated entertainment titles across various categories, starting today with TV-shows. Game of Thrones takes the crown again this year, followed by Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead.

Copyright trolls do not care about people. Copyright trolls do not care about family life. Copyright trolls do not care if they ruin someone's reputation. What copyright trolls care about is money, as much money as they can get their greedy hands on. Nevertheless, some people have been standing up…

For more than a decade piracy has been a hot topic in the music industry. While some of the major labels have tried to eliminate the problem by taking pirates to court, English heavy metal band Iron Maiden has taken a more positive approach to the phenomenon. Instead of hunting…