U.S. Congressional Caucus Places Canada On Another Watch List

"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...

Spore: Most Pirated Game Ever Thanks to DRM

"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,...

MediaDefender Secretly Sells Porn to P2P Users

"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...

France to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet under three-strikes...

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...

Europe rejects anti-piracy plans

"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...

Yet more Government interferance.

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...

Sony BMG's chief anti-piracy lawyer: "Copying" music you own is "stealing"

"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."

Anti-piracy failure puts Windows users at a disadvantage

"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...

YouTube anti-piracy tool due sometime in the fall

"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...

Fake MPAA-Sponsored Video Site Goes Offline

"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...

Chances of DRM-free iTunes Store 25%

"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...

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