File-Hosting Sites Blackmailed By Streaming Site Cloners

Last week TorrentFreak reported how one of the Internet's leading streaming portals has been subjected to domain takeovers and malicious clonings. It now appears that…

NSA Spying and Anti-Piracy Laws Boost Demand for VPNs

A survey has revealed that NSA spying revelations and anti-piracy laws are the most-cited reasons among new VPN users when they sign up for an…

Hive: A BitTorrent-Enabled Unlimited Cloud Storage Sharing Network

While availability of cloud storage services increases on a monthly basis there is often little to differentiate between rival products. Today though we take a…

Student Attacks Publishing Cartels to Make Textbooks Open Source

With a new college year looming, students will soon be expected to empty their bank accounts to buy textbooks to accompany their chosen course. These…

Megaupload Shutdown Hurt Smaller Films, Helped Blockbusters

While the major movie studios have all praised the demise of Megaupload, new data suggests that the shutdown has impacted part of the industry negatively.…

Censoring The Pirate Bay Is Futile, Research Shows

All around the world the copyright lobby is pushing for increased censorship of ‘pirate’ websites, The Pirate Bay in particular. Thus far this has resulted…

MPAA: Tighten the Law to Force Voluntary Anti-Piracy Cooperation

In its ongoing battle to stem a tide of online piracy, the MPAA has more recently come to rely on voluntary agreements with the six…

Portland Sues Company Over Pirated Sidewalk Toilet