Kim Dotcom makes no secret of the fact that he holds U.S. President Barack Obama personally responsible for the destruction of Megaupload. The outspoken Internet phenom is determined to uncover the political scandal behind Megaupload's demise and wants Obama to be voted out of office. But what would Dotcom do…
"Hollywood is keeping piracy alive by failing to make content available legally." It's an often heard argument, but one that's not "borne out by the facts" according to the MPAA. However, the "facts" presented in a rebuttal by the movie industry group are twisted and show utter contempt for those…
A German law firm will hit a new low next week, even for companies engaged in the file-sharing settlement letter business. The company says that from September 1st it will begin publishing the details of individuals it claims have infringed their clients' copyrights by sharing hardcore pornography online. To make…
After torrent sites and streaming portals, U.S. authorities have now taken down three websites offering pirated Android apps. The FBI operation, which also involved police from France and the Netherlands, is the first to incorporate domain name seizure of sites offering mobile apps. It is unclear at this point whether…
The CEO of games giant Ubisoft has revealed an interesting parallel in the company's business models. Speaking at Gamescom this week, Yves Guillemot said that around 95% of players of the company's boxed PC games are pirates. Equally, of all players of the company's free-to-play games who can voluntarily part…
Due to court imposed blockades millions of Pirate Bay users rely on proxy websites to access their favorite BitTorrent site. Approximately 5% of all Pirate Bay users now visit the site through a proxy address, and thanks to "The Pirate Patch" app they can now do so using the familiar…
The chief executive of one of Australia's biggest media companies has come out all guns blazing in an attack on Internet piracy and those who carry it out. Speaking at the Australian International Movie Convention, News Limited CEO Kim Williams described movie downloading as "scumbag theft" carried out by "copyright…
The battle between the owners of the currently offline Oron cyberlocker and adult movie studio Liberty Media continues, despite a judge ordering a $550,000 settlement. Lawyers for Oron have asked the court to unfreeze the company's assets so it can take the case to appeal, but Liberty Media has objected,…