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  • 404 Fail: Six Strikes’ Piracy Alternatives Go Missing

    After years of negotiating and planning the “six strikes” copyright alert system finally saw the light in February. While repeat copyright infringers will be punished, in the media the Center for Copyright Information” (CCI) mostly highlights the educational nature on the system. One of the main goals, they say, is to point alleged pirates towards [...]

  • Six Strikes “Copyright Alert” Warns Subscribers For Dangerous P2P Software

    Together with four other internet providers in the United States, Time Warner Cable is sending copyright alerts to customers who use BitTorrent to pirate movies, TV-shows and music. The goal of the “six strikes” program is to inform subscribers that their connection are being used to infringe copyrights while pointing them towards legal alternatives. However, Time Warner Cable is going one step further by warning users about the dangers of P2P software including identity theft, spyware, viruses and unsolicited access to porn.

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week

    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again, ‘The Hangover Part 3′ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Dead Man Down’. ‘Iron Man 3′ completes the top three.

  • New DRM Changes Text of eBooks to Catch Pirates

    A new form of DRM developed in Germany alters words, punctuation and other text elements so that every consumer receives a unique version of an eBook. By examining these “text watermarks”, copies that end up on the Internet can be traced back to the people who bought and allegedly pirated them. The project is a collaboration between researchers, the book industry and the Government and aims to be a consumer-friendly form of DRM.

  • File-Sharers Are Well Educated and Earn More Money

    New research commissioned by the Australasian Performing Right Association reveals that Australian file-sharers are more affluent and better educated than their non-downloading counterparts. One in three Aussie Internet pirates earn more than $100,000 and one in four enjoyed a university education. The results further confirm that pirates tend to be relatively young, with 44% of file-sharers under 30 years of age.

  • Google Doesn’t Believe Kim Dotcom is Real

    Those who enter Kim Dotcom into Google’s search box will get millions of results. Still, Google has doubts that the man is real. “The name you provided on your Google+ page, Kim Dotcom, does not look like a name,” Google informed Dotcom. The company suspects that Dotcom is a pseudonym or a business name instead. [...]

  • KickassTorrents Domain Seized After Music Industry Complaint

    After a mystery disappearance yesterday it has now been confirmed that KickassTorrents’ domain name has been seized by the Philippine authorities. The action was taken following a complaint from local record labels who argued that the second largest torrent site on the Internet was causing “irreparable damages” to the music industry. KickassTorrents, however, appears undeterred by the intervention and is continuing business as usual under a new domain name.

  • France Disconnects First File-Sharer From the Internet

    France is seen as the pioneer of so-called “three strikes” anti-piracy legislation, in which repeated file-sharing offenders are disconnected from the Internet. This week, following the issuing of millions of warning notices, the law has finally resulted in the first disconnection. The news comes as somewhat of a surprise since the Hadopi regime is set to be scrapped after doing little to stop online piracy.

  • Major Book Publishers Demand Identities of Usenet Uploaders

    Some of the world’s largest book publishers are going after two prolific Usenet uploaders. The publishers have obtained subpoenas from a federal court in the District of Columbia which require major Usenet providers to reveal their customers’ identities. Thus far legal action against Usenet users has been relatively rare, but the documents suggest that the publishers are preparing just that.

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