Google URL Takedown Requests Up 100% In a Month, Up 1137% On 2011

The massive wave of DMCA takedowns sent by rightsholders to Google in recent months is growing at an astonishing rate. During the past month the…

Movie Studio Wants to Bankrupt Pirate Bay Founder

Movie company Yellow Bird has asked the Stockholm District Court to declare Pirate Bay founder Fredrik Neij bankrupt. Neij, who currently lives in Asia, owes…

Court Upholds $675k Verdict in RIAA Piracy Case

Kim Dotcom: If I Was President of the United States….

Kim Dotcom makes no secret of the fact that he holds U.S. President Barack Obama personally responsible for the destruction of Megaupload. The outspoken Internet…

MPAA [Wrongly] Downplays Hollywood’s Role In Keeping Piracy Alive

"Hollywood is keeping piracy alive by failing to make content available legally." It's an often heard argument, but one that's not "borne out by the…

Anti-Piracy Law Firm Will Publicly Humiliate The Clergy, Police & Arabs

A German law firm will hit a new low next week, even for companies engaged in the file-sharing settlement letter business. The company says that…

FBI Seizes Domains of Pirate Android App Websites

After torrent sites and streaming portals, U.S. authorities have now taken down three websites offering pirated Android apps. The FBI operation, which also involved police…

Ubisoft: PC Piracy Levels 95%, and 95% of Free-To-Play Users Do Not Pay

The CEO of games giant Ubisoft has revealed an interesting parallel in the company's business models. Speaking at Gamescom this week, Yves Guillemot said that…