Streamza, a handy service that allows people to stream music or video torrents directly from the cloud, is no longer allowed to accept PayPal payments. According to the payment provider Streamza violates its policies, even though it has plenty of legitimate uses.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) "apologized" last week to a streaming links site owner for wrongfully taking down his Facebook page on copyright grounds. On offer was a compensatory WWE gift bag, but it quickly became clear that nicely wrapped presents were probably the last thing the wrestling outfit had in…
Hollywood studio Warner Bros. is fighting a request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to a Florida federal court to unseal details of the movie studio's anti-piracy practices. The sealed documents are part of Warner's DMCA-abuse case against Hotfile, and the movie studio says that pirates could "infringe without fear of…
Following today's copyright settlement between Google and Viacom, it's interesting to note that YouTube still has plenty of illicit Hollywood content online. The MPAA has certainly noticed, with an effort last week to have several Popcorn Time-style dedicated web interfaces de-listed by Google, a request that was declined.
Last year Finland wrote history after it became the first country to vote on a "fairer" copyright law, crowd-sourced by the public. Now that the vote is near, several lawmakers have warned against the disastrous effects of the proposal, by parroting a memo handed to them by the copyright lobby.
A U.S. federal court has handed down a significant damages award in favor of adult movie studio Malibu Media. In a default judgment, defendant L. Sagala from Muskegon, Michigan is ordered to pay $40,500 for downloading "X-Art" films via BitTorrent.
After the team behind the controversial Popcorn Time software called it quits, Kim Dotcom has weighed in on the debate ignited by the app. "Popcorn Time and countless similar applications show where the road ends for Hollywood," the Megaupload founder says.
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Anchorman 2’ '12 Years A Slave' completes the top three.