Legality of Voluntary ‘Pirate’ Site Blocking Regime Under Fire Following the mass blocking of more than 50 alleged pirate sites in Portugal this week, lawyers are questioning the legality of the action. Since the… October 28, 2015, 19:09 by Andy Maxwell
Spotify Helps to Beat Music Piracy, European Commission Finds New research published by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre shows that Spotify is helping to beat piracy. The researchers examined the effects of legal… October 28, 2015, 12:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Aurous Offers to Shut Down But RIAA Isn’t Interested Following an attempt by its developer to completely open-source Aurous this past weekend, the RIAA says a court order which bans distribution of the controversial… October 27, 2015, 19:39 by Andy Maxwell
EU Adopts ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules, Keeps Loopholes Open The European Parliament adopted Europe's first net neutrality rules today, as part of the new telecoms package. However, many net neutrality proponents see the new… October 27, 2015, 16:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar
KickassTorrents Blocked Again Over “Harmful Programs” KickassTorrents is continuing to have problems with Google's unwanted software policy. After the site resolved an earlier problem with a bad advertiser, Firefox and Chrome… October 27, 2015, 13:57 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Orwell Estate Sends Copyright Takedown Over the Number “1984” The Orwell estate appears to crack down on people who dare to use the number "1984" without permission. In a truly Orwellian move they have… October 27, 2015, 12:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
YIFY / YTS May Be Gone For Good After nearly a week of silence YTS is still offline, and associated movie release group YIFY hasn't put out any new films either. While many… October 26, 2015, 21:14 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Portugal Blocks Popular Torrent and Streaming Sites Portuguese Internet providers have blocked access to more than 50 domain names of popular torrent sites and streaming portals. The blockades are part of a… October 26, 2015, 16:53 by Ernesto Van der Sar