Members States Block Pirate Parties’ World Intellectual Property Organization...
Member States Block Pirate Parties’ WIPO ApplicationPirate Parties International (PPI) – the international pirate party NGO – was denied an observing member status at the World intellectual Property...
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Private Torrent Sites Run Their Own Mini-PRISM to Share Data on Users
Peek-a-Boo Pirateshttp://torrentfreak.com/...Private Torrent Sites Run Their Own Mini-PRISM to Share Data on UsersLast month TorrentFreak took a look at the information being held on users by the...
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432 Million Internet Pirates Transfer 9,567 Petabytes of Data a Month
432 Million Internet Pirates Transfer 9,567 Petabytes of Data a MonthA new study commissioned by NBC Universal shows that piracy worldwide is on the rise. The report estimates that in January of this...
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Motion Picture Association of America and RIAA Teach Copyright at Kindergartens
Motion Picture Association of America and Recording Industry Association of America Teach Copyright at KindergartensThe Center for Copyright Information, a partnership between the MPAA, RIAA and five...
View ArticleAdministration Can't Let Go: Wants To Bring Back Felony Streaming Provisions...
Administration Can't Let Go: Wants To Bring Back Felony Streaming Provisions Of SOPAby Mike MasnickWe've been working our way through a paper released last week by the Commerce Department, concerning...
View ArticleNetflix Uses Pirate Sites to Determine What Shows to Buy
Netflix Uses Pirate Sites to Determine What Shows to BuyThis week Netflix rolled out its video streaming service in the Netherlands where it hopes to build a massive user base in the years to come. One...
View ArticleBitTorrent Launches ‘NSA-proof’ Serverless Messenger App
Today BitTorrent Inc. announced a new project that will also increase people’s security. The San Francisco-based company just launched BitTorrent Chat, a secure messenger app that allows people to...
View ArticleGoogle Removes ‘BitTorrent’ From Piracy Search Filter
Google Removes ‘BitTorrent’ From Piracy Search FilterTo reduce online piracy Google has implemented several changes to its search engine in recent years. Among other things, the search engine...
View ArticleHounded By Hollywood, Disbarred “Pirate Site” Lawyer Preps NSA-Proof Email
Did you hear the one about the file-sharing site that was dragged to court by the MPA and bankrupted, only to be reincarnated one month later by self-proclaimed hackers? Well, the MPA now says they...
View ArticleHollywood Attacks London School of Economics Scholars Who Deny The Evils of...
Hollywood Attacks Scholars Who Deny The Evils of PiracyA common theme is developing. Every time a study attempts to recognize that piracy is not all doom and gloom, industry lobbyists jump in to...
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BitTorrent Mastermind Controversial NSA Billboard Campaign
Controversial Billboard Campaign (More Images at Story Location)BitTorrent Mastermind Controversial NSA Billboard CampaignA billboard advertising campaign claiming that the Internet should be regulated...
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Telecoms, ISP's and RIAA Join Forces to Threaten First Graders About...
It's not enough for these telecoms to spy on us for the government. Now they're writing our kids' textbooks to protect their profits.Listen up children: Cheating on your homework or cribbing notes...
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Sarah Palin sued for copyright infringement
Not Tina Fey Uh-oh, looks like Sarah Palin is in trouble again:In legal documents obtained by CNN, the North Jersey Media Group claims that Palin used their "WTC Flag Raising Photograph" without...
View ArticleSeized Torrent Domains Must Be Released Says Domain Registrar
Seized Torrent Domains Must Be Released Says Domain RegistrarAs the fallout from this week’s seizure of file-sharing domains continues, it’s now been revealed that the registrars involved could now be...
View ArticlePirate Party Crashes Spy Drone in Front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Pirate Party Crashes Spy Drone in Front of German Chancellor Angela MerkelWith the German elections less than a week away, the Pirate Party has pulled off a quite extraordinary stunt. At a campaign...
View ArticleRepublican Staffer Fired for Copyright Memo Talks to Ars
Republican Staffer Fired for Copyright Memo Talks to ArsDerek Khanna needs a new job, but he's unapologetic about his reformist views.When the Republican Study Committee, an influential group of...
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Google Now Taking Down Eight ‘Pirate’ Links Every Single Second
Google Now Taking Down Eight ‘Pirate’ Links Every Single SecondDue to its transparency report we can see exactly how many DMCA notices Google receives each month and the latest numbers are nothing...
View ArticleJail For File-Sharers Does Nothing to Increase Music Sales
Jail For File-Sharers Does Nothing to Increase Music Sales There can be little doubt that given the chance the entertainment industries would like to see super-tough copyright legislation introduced...
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Another Reason to Hate TPP: It Gives Big Content New Tools to Undermine Sane...
Another Reason to Hate TPP: It Gives Big Content New Tools to Undermine Sane Digital Rights Policies In previous posts we've covered many of the ways the copyright provisions in the Trans-Pacific...
View ArticleNew Patent Reform Bill Targets So-called Trolls
New Patent Reform Bill Targets So-called TrollsNew patent reform legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday aims to make it more difficult for so-called patent trolls to file...
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