Joe Biden Pushed For “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Plan, IFPI Says

IFPI wants governments worldwide to facilitate plans to tackle online piracy, whether voluntary or not. The music group's CEO Frances Moore mentions the U.S. six-strikes…

“I’m Back, Bitches”: Busted NinjaVideo Founder Freed From Prison

After being sent to prison early 2012 for running NinjaVideo, the first site to fall victim to the U.S. Government's 'Operation in Our Sites', founder…

IsoHunt Wants Jury to Rule on Free Speech Issues in MPAA Case

Last month BitTorrent site isoHunt lost its appeal against the MPAA, meaning that the site has to continue filtering movie and TV related terms from…

Anti-Piracy Group Takes Usenet-Crawler Offline

YouTube’s Deal With Universal Blocks DMCA Counter Notices

When content is removed from the Internet following a DMCA complaint filed by a rightsholder the user who uploaded the content gets a chance to…

“Why I Pulled Out of The Pirate Bay Trial,” An Artist’s Perspective

When the lawsuit against the Pirate Bay began, hip-hop artist Max Peezay found out that his album was being used by the IFPI as evidence…

Movie Studios Want Google to Take Down Their Own Takedown Request

In a comical display of meta-censorship several copyright holders including 20th Century Fox and NBC Universal have sent Google takedown requests asking the search engine…

Oh Oh…Are the Prenda Trolls Being Watched by the IRS?