Police Handcuffed Then Attacked Me, Says Busted Torrent Site Owner

A torrent site owner who was arrested in 2008 but later found "not guilty" in court has been targeted again. The man, who runs Latvia's…

Google Relaxes DMCA Takedown Restrictions, Eyes Abuse

Following requests from some copyright holders, search giant Google has relaxed its DMCA restrictions allowing for more takedown notices to be processed. As a result…

IMAGiNE Piracy Group Founder Jailed For 23 Months

Another member of the movie piracy release group IMAGiNE has been sentenced to prison. Javier E. Ferrer, known online as bigdaddykane, admitted to camming pre-release…

New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains (About to be) Seized

In anticipation of having their Swedish domain name seized, this week the crew of The Pirate Bay took evasive action. In the early hours of…

Kim Dotcom Beating Kim Jong Un, Takes 3rd in Current Time 100 Voting

Somewhat predictably this year's Time 100 list features the usual political and technological giants such as Barack Obama and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. However, in…

Richard O’Dwyer to Return With New Movie/TV Streaming Portal

After months of uncertainty, last December former TVShack owner Richard O'Dwyer averted his looming extradition from the UK on criminal copyright infringement charges by cutting…

Four Alleged Movie Pirates Set to Cover Entire Horror Movie Budget

No one really knows how much money they generate but it's generally acknowledged that file-sharing settlements can be a lucrative business. However, while it has…

Ubisoft Games for Free With No DRM After Hackers Exploit uPlay