Israel to Consider Legalizing Downloading

File-Sharing Giant MediaFire Adds Desktop Syncing and Online Streaming Support

With 150 million visitors a month MediaFire is one of the largest file-hosting services on the Internet. Today the company launches a major overhaul which…

Pirate Party Gets Observer Status at World Trade Organization

Pirate Parties International (PPI), the international umbrella organization for dozens of Pirate Parties worldwide, has been granted observer status by the World Trade Organization. PPI…

Amazon to Lawmakers: Keep the Internet Open & Limit Copyright Excesses

Speaking to members of a U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Courts subcommittee, Amazon's vice president for global public policy has urged that potential barriers to…

Court Orders ISPs to Police the Internet for Pirate Bay Proxies

The Supreme Court of Belgium has ordered local Internet providers to proactively search for Pirate Bay proxies, and block subscribers' access to these sites. The…

Largest Ever BitTorrent Tracker Movie Uploader Trial Concludes

The largest online piracy case of its type ever initiated in Sweden has just concluded with a two day trial at a district court. A…

IsoHunt Founder Promotes “Freedom to Share” With New Clothing Line

After being shut down last month isoHunt reappeared online this weekend, directing visitors towards legal platforms to enjoy movies and TV shows. However, the notice…

Court Orders ISPs to Block Russia’s Facebook and Rapidgator

In a sign of just how far authorities are prepared to go in order to protect copyright, a court in Italy has ordered a nationwide…