"Because one unfounded and unsupportable designation as a pirate nation is never enough, the U.S. Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus has placed Canada on a watch list alongside China, Mexico, Russia and...
created by mtippett | 27 wks ago | updated 27 wks ago 135 views | 14 recommendations | 4 comments
"Of course the record breaking number of Spore downloads can’t be attributed solely to DRM, but it sure helped. That’s not all, it also contributed to making Spore one of the worst rated games on Amazon. Out of the 2,219 reviews, 2,018 awarded the game with just 1 star,...
created by RC Cone | 1 year ago 126 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"MediaDefender Secretly Sells Porn to P2P Users Written by Ernesto on September 20, 2008 MediaDefender is widely known for their anti-piracy operations, spoofing and...
created by RC Cone | 1 year ago 222 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
France has become the first country to implement the controversial new law that anyone who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access.So a country that has long led the...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 397 views | 25 recommendations | 3 comments
"European politicians have voted down calls to throw suspected file-sharers off the net.The idea to cut off persistent pirates formed part of a wide-ranging report on creative industries written for the European parliament.But in a narrow vote MEPs backed an amendment to the...
Uk considering anti-file-sharing laws."The UK government could legislate to crack down on illegal file-sharers, a senior politician has told the BBC's iPM programme. Lord
Triesman, the parliamentary Under...
created by Silicon_shaman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 254 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"When questioned by Richard Gabriel, lead counsel for the record labels, Pariser suggested that what millions of music fans do is actually theft. The dirty deed? Ripping your own CDs or downloading songs you already own."
created by nk | 2 years ago 206 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Lots of people start packing up early on a Friday afternoon, and last week, Microsoft's WGA servers decided to follow suit. WGA stands for Windows Genuine Advantage, though a more accurate name would be WAPS, for...
created by pgaliba | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 224 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Google’s YouTube is set to have video fingerprinting software tested and enabled sometime in the fall according to statements made in court on Friday. The statements were made during the initial hearing of the Viacom trial against YouTube owner Google. Viacom sued Google...
created by pgaliba | 2 years ago 187 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"A video download site that had been exposed as a front for the MPAA to catch those who download copyrighted content, as well as those who may have already downloaded it, has been taken offline.
The site, called "MiiVi," contained whole downloads of movies as well as links to...
"Despite calls by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs for major record labels to drop their anti-piracy requirements for songs sold over online music stores, there is less than a 25 percent chance the labels will...
created by bigbrother | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 935 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment