piracy

  • Prospective buyer of The Pirate Bay finds new exchange 17/09/2009 05:03:00

    But questions about the acquisition are still unanswered
    The stock of prospective Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) will from Wednesday be traded on Mangoldlistan, a Swedish exchange run by a securities brokerage company. But GGF's new home, on an exchange that lists only seven companies, hasn't answered any of the questions about its proposed acquisition of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.
  • Soon to sink, Pirate Bay's torrents come ashore 16/09/2009 06:27:00

    Supporters of the torrent site continue the pirate tradition by making its database of torrents available
    The old news kiosk in the center of Weimar, Germany, doesn't sell newspapers any more, but you can find pointers to plenty of other media there.
  • Gotcha! Pursuing software pirates 15/09/2009 08:06:00

    The inside story of how corporate software piracy cases are investigated and prosecuted. Hint: They often start with an IT informant.
    You might not realize it, but two out of every 10 of your co-workers might be using pirated software, according to industry statistics. You might be, too, for that matter, particularly if you work in manufacturing or at a small or midsize company with 100 to 500 PCs. You just might not know it.
  • ISP appeals verdict that temporarily closed Pirate Bay 15/09/2009 06:19:00

    The district court made a very controversial decision, CEO says
    Swedish ISP Black Internet has decided to appeal in the Stockholm district court the verdict that led to it closing file-sharing site The Pirate Bay's data connection.
  • Grand jury indicts four on music piracy charges 11/09/2009 05:05:00

    Members of a music piracy group are accused of obtaining music before it was commercially released
    A grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has indicted four alleged members of a music piracy group for conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
  • Microsoft expands Office antipiracy 'nagging' 26/08/2009 05:43:00

    U.S., U.K. and 11 other countries added to 'voluntary' program that pesters pirates with on-screen messages
    Microsoft Corp. today announced it was expanding an antipiracy program for Office to the U.S., the U.K. and 11 other countries that will identify pirated copies of the suite and nag users with on-screen messages.
  • Illegal downloaders face broadband ban 26/08/2009 00:57:00

    Mandelson behind new anti-piracy proposals
    Aggressive efforts to cut off illegal file sharers from the internet, originally rejected in the government's Digital Britain report, are back on with a new plan which effectively takes communications regulator Ofcom out of the loop as an online anti-piracy enforcer.
  • Chinese 'Tomato Garden' software pirates get jail terms 24/08/2009 05:11:00

    Court also levies fines on four people convicted of copyright infringement in the case
    A Chinese court has sentenced four people to jail for pirating Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, China's state-owned media reported on Friday.
  • Report: Singapore considers 'three strikes' anti-piracy law 20/08/2009 17:33:00

    Law being studied would cut off Internet access for users warned three times to stop downloading pirated content
    Singaporean authorities are studying a law that would cut off the Internet access of users who receive three warnings to stop downloading pirated content, the Straits Times newspaper reported.
  • Court fines man $210K for selling software copies 18/08/2009 06:59:00

    A Delaware man allegedly tried to sell $11,900 worth of software for $45, the BSA says
    A U.S. judge has ordered a Delaware man who sold copies of software packages on an Internet auction site to pay US$210,563 in damages and court costs, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) announced Monday.
  • Tenenbaum hit with $675,000 fine for music piracy 03/08/2009 07:42:00

    Student slapped with $22,500 fine for each of 30 songs he admitted to illegally downloading
    In another big victory for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a federal jury has fined Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum $675,000 for illegally downloading and distributing 30 copyrighted songs.
  • Illegal file-sharing between teens falls 14/07/2009 03:01:00

    Streaming more popular than illegal downloads
    The number of teens illegally file-sharing has fallen since 2007, says Music Ally.
  • Music pirate mum deserves a new trial 08/07/2009 09:07:00

    Music pirate's attorneys file request against 'ridiculous' judgment
    Attorneys for Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a Minnesota mother of four slapped with a $1.92 million fine by a federal jury last month for illegally downloading 24 songs, have filed a request for a new trial.
  • The Pirate Bay will let users delete accounts ahead of sale 02/07/2009 05:44:00

    The planned sale of the torrent-tracking site has prompted users to worry about the security of their personal data
    The operators of The Pirate Bay will allow users to delete their accounts on the torrent-tracking site, a feature many users have requested since a deal to sell the site was announced Tuesday.
  • Pirate Party finds France fertile territory 26/06/2009 05:58:00

    Third copy of the hit party takes to the Internet
    Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.
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