Developer to Software Pirates - "Why are you stealing my games?"

An independent game developer wants to know "why people pirate my games,"He's not angry or anything, he just really wants to know why it happens. The reasoning, the logic behind it. He promises pirates to not divulge...

Maritime terrorism gains roots in Indian Ocean

In an article from New Delhi, the author repeats the Indian Navy and says that maritime terrorism has gained roots and expanded in the Indian Ocean region. Though the Indian Navy's chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta denied...

Major UK Internet Providers Get Together to Tackle Online Piracy

Internet providers in the UK have joined together to tackle music piracy online, however the first 'big step' for the industry is apparently to - write letters?That's right, thousands of letters will be sent out to users who the movie and music industry believe to be pirating...

British Internet Piracy Clamp Down

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Internet-Service-Providers-In-Major-Crackdown-On-Illegal-Music-And-Film-Downloads/Article/200807415052126?f=vg According to Sky News - British Internet Service Providers will be monitoring clients usage and warning those it beleives...

Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears

"NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked an outcry on...

Somalia: Pirates demand $1M ransom for 4 Europeans

Somalian captors of  the German couple  & French boat captain have demanded a hefty $1 million ransom for releasing them.  Kidnappings have become a thriving business in Somalia. Highjackers have got huge ransom in the past. " A government minister says...

French Culture Minister, Albanel, wants to reduce piracy from 80%

Christine Albanel, the Culture Minister, plans to reduce internet piracy thanks to HADOPI law. "We can't irradicate 100% of internet piracy. But reduces internet piracy from 70 to 80% should be great." she said. ADA...

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 way...

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement defended by Hon David Emerson today

Opinion: The following is an email reply to my concernes about the implications of the ACTA. I do not believe that our politicians understand the nature of intellectual property rights in the Internet Age. New, more modern, revenue models are emerging and this kind of...

DVD-Sniffing Anti-Piracy Dog Dead

" Malaysia's plan to use dogs to sniff out pirated DVDs suffered a setback after one of two Labradors trained for the task died of an unknown cause, officials said Monday.Authorities were investigating the cause of...

Film piracy may be source of terrorist funding

Film piracy may be a primary source of funding for terrorists and other organized crime groups.  This is according to chairman of the Philippines' Optical Media Board (OMB) Eduardo "Edu" Manzano, who came up with the conclusion after his group yielded illegal drugs and...

Pirate Bay to Record Labels: “Bring It On!”

I love these guys, proud pirates that they are."“The record companies can go screw themselves,” said Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in response to a compensation and damages law suit filed against him...

Sealing activists bailed out with bag of toonies

Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies! "Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton...

"Buy OEM or the Terrorists Win"

The Attorney General of the US has made a frankly bizarre claim that terrorist organizations are financing their operations via software piracy. This may have been somewhat plausible if he had a shred of proof, but...

MusicBlob » Hey, there’s pirate music in my Qtrax…! A Musicblob exclusive

"The last find about that improbable digital distributor called Qtrax happened here at Musicblob this morning: there’s apparently pirate music in Qtrax (!)."

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