Mega Launches: Brilliantly Secure, But Not Anonymous

Today a few dozen people were invited to try Mega, the new and improved version of the defunct Megaupload file-hosting service. With "The Privacy Company"…

Happy Internet Freedom Day! – But Was SOPA Really Defeated?

Today is Internet Freedom Day. After historic protests last year SOPA was shelved and the anti-piracy proposal eventually died completely, a big victory for the…

Pirate Bay Branded “Malware Distributor” by Google

“Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Affects Some Businesses, Public WiFi Forbidden

During the coming weeks the controversial “six-strikes” anti-piracy system will start in the U.S. The initiative is aimed at educating the public, but last week…

Record Labels “Correct” Dotcom: Only Way to Stop Piracy is Suing File-Sharers

Last week Kim Dotcom posted a few lines on Twitter detailing his guidelines on how the piracy conundrum might be solved. The Megaupload founder said…

Pirated Cartoon Download Leads to Kindergarten Porn Show

A teacher with an apparently limited knowledge of file-sharing techniques committed a blunder of epic proportions last Friday. In an attempt to obtain a cartoon…

Canadian Court Refuses to Ship Megaupload Servers to the US

A Canadian court has rejected a request from the United States to hand over 32 servers hosted by a local provider. Instead of simply handing…

Math Teacher Convicted for Linking to Pirated Answer Sheets

A Dutch teacher has been convicted for linking to pirated copies of math answer sheets stored on file-storage sites. The Amsterdam court ordered the teacher…