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In February 2011, the MPAA announced a lawsuit against Hotfile, one of the Internet’s most popular cyberlocker services. The site’s popularity is “a direct result of the massive digital theft that Hotfile promotes,” the movie industry group said. …
It is no secret that Hollywood wants The Pirate Bay to shut down. But to accomplish this authorities may soon have to shoot down the site’s servers as these will be hovering in the air. The Pirate Bay today unveiled their new mission. They’re working on …
“Content theft is a global problem and we must have a global commitment to solving it. This is an important opportunity for the Indian government to move forward with strong protections against online theft,” MPAA chairman and CEO Chris Dodd told the Fed …
The past several months will go down in history as a period Grooveshark and parent company Escape Media would rather forget. In November 2011, Universal Music, the world’s largest recording label, sued the music streaming service in a copyright infringe …
Let’s start around the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. In that day and age, copyright monopoly laws were in force in the United Kingdom, and pretty much the United Kingdom alone (where they were enacted in 1557). You know the “Made in Country X” th …
GayTorrent.ru, one of the largest gay torrent trackers appears to have shut down. The homepage has been replaced by a RIP banner with some moody music playing in the background. Tens of thousands of users are left in the dark, and will have to find a …
Every now and again, the world’s most famous piracy release groups get together and have a big old meeting to decide how they’ll carry out their future activities. At the top of the agenda is an item of utmost importance – how to change things around to en …
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Left Quote“The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship.
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