The makers of the Oscar-winning movie Hurt Locker have joined a very lucrative 'pay up or else' scheme that will target tens of thousands of U.S. BitTorrent users. The massive lawsuit is expected to be filed in the coming days and if ISPs cooperate, suspected downloaders will receive a settlement…

Catering to the demands of millions of people, Kim Dotcom's Mega is planning to release its encrypted messaging service in four to six weeks. The company will first roll out a web-based messaging platform, soon to be followed by apps and encrypted email. According to Mega CEO Vikram Kumar the…

In just a few weeks the trial between the MPAA and isoHunt begins, with the movie studios demanding up to $600 million in damages from the torrent site. As both parties complete their preparations, isoHunt's lawyers are pointing out that the movie studios have made a crucial mistake - some…

Libraries are wonderful places where even the poor can develop their reading skills and enrich their lives with knowledge, but for infamous rights group SABAM they are just another outlet from which to extract cash. Quite unbelievably SABAM now expect to receive payments of hundreds of euros so that libraries…