This Week We Kill ACTA – Or Get Locked Down In Monopolies For Decades

This is it. This is the week when ACTA lives or dies, globally. We have seen it coming. Now is the time for the very…

Leap Second Did NOT Crash The Pirate Bay

Last night thousands of websites, including Reddit, ran into trouble due to the "leap second." According to some reports The Pirate Bay also crashed due…

Music Piracy Is NOT a Problem, It’s an Excuse

It’s 2012 and “Piracy” is still a hot topic of conversation in the industry. People who torrent music or have a huge music library are…

Webhost Refuses To Censor Its Own ‘Pirate Bay’ Anti-Censorship Tool

A webhost has come under pressure from Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN for providing a Wordpress-based anti-censorship tool which unblocks, among other sites, The Pirate Bay.…

Megaupload Judge To Issue Order On Return Of User Data “Shortly”

A United States District Judge indicated in a hearing today that a little more time is needed to consider the fate of data uploaded by…

Universal Music Takes Down Band’s YouTube Videos “By Accident”

Top Artists Line Up for Kim Dotcom’s Megabox

Kim Dotcom is currently involved in a high-profile criminal prosecution in the U.S., but that isn't stopping him from preparing the launch of a revolutionary…

How Long Does Your ISP Store IP-Address Logs?

The ongoing avalanche of mass-BitTorrent lawsuits reveal that IP-addresses can get people into a heap of trouble and it's not unusual for Internet subscribers to…