Many thousands of Internet users set to be targeted by an adult content copyright troll can today breathe a sigh of relief. Streaming video portal RedTube, the site where targets were said to have viewed unauthorized content, has obtained an injunction to stop the lawfirm involved sending out any more…
File-hosting service RapidGator has had nearly all of its search results wiped from Google, including many clearly non-infringing pages. The URLs in question were removed by the search engine after a DMCA notice from several copyright holders. RapidGator is outraged and says the overbroad censorship is hurting its business, warning…
Supporter of copyright law or not, targeting politicians for copyright violations is becoming more common these days, with Sarah Palin becoming the latest one in the crosshairs. The question is, however, whether these cases will have any affect on the pro-copyright lobby in Washington, which continues to call for ever…
According to figures just released by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, since April 2013 more than a dozen alleged cammers of major movies have been apprehended in the UK thanks to the vigilance of theater staff. A total of 15 workers, who posed together for a group photo, are considered…
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, ‘Riddick’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Gravity’. ‘Don Jon’ completes the top three.
A few weeks ago the U.S. Government paid a $50 million settlement for pirating military logistics software, which was used to protect soldiers and shipments in critical missions. Following this news, a soldier stationed in Qatar told TorrentFreak that several computers at his base run unlicensed copies of Windows 7,…
Earlier this week a torrent site user was hit with a damages claim of $652,000 for uploading one movie to the Internet. With the huge amount undoubtedly still ringing in the 28-year-old's ears, questions are now being raised about how this figure was arrived at. It's an amazing process that…
The U.S. Department of Justice has released a new 191-page filing in which Megaupload is portrayed as a massive piracy hub. The Government is using data obtained from Megaupload's seized databases to back up and expand several of the allegations against Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants. Among other things, the…