YouTube Liable For Copyright Infringements, Court Rules

A court in Germany has ruled that YouTube is responsible when its users post videos containing copyright music. On top of its existing ContentID systems,…

Google’s Piracy Filter Cuts “Pirate Bay” Searches in Half, But…

A few months ago Google quietly expanded its search blacklist to include many of the top file-sharing sites on the Internet, including The Pirate Bay.…

iiNet: ISP Not Liable For BitTorrent Piracy, High Court Rules

After an epic four year legal battle, the Australian High Court has upheld previous rulings that ISP iiNet is not responsible for the copyright infringements…

RapidShare Publishes Anti-Piracy Manifesto for Cyberlockers

Swiss-based file-hosting service RapidShare has released an anti-piracy manifesto to serve as a guideline for cyberlocker and cloud hosting sites. Partly motivated by the criminal…

ISPs Have to Identify Alleged Pirates, EU Court Rules

A dispute over whether a Swedish ISP can be forced to hand over the details of one its subscribers to an anti-piracy group has just…

Belgium Blocks Alternative Pirate Bay Domain

Major Book Publisher Demands Jury Trial Against BitTorrent Pirates

John Wiley & Sons, one of the world’s largest book publishers, is continuing its efforts to crack down on BitTorrent piracy. The company has now…

Kiwi ISP Issues First Music Piracy ‘3rd Strike’, Movie Biz Can’t Be Bothered

Following the introduction of new legislation last September which would see alleged Kiwi file-sharers monitored, warned, and eventually punished for their infringements, the first so-called…