White House Speaks Out Against SOPA/PIPA, Sort Of…

The White House just released a statement commenting on the pending SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills in congress. While the Obama Administration sides with the…

RIAA Orders WhoisGuard to Identify Torrent Site Owner

The RIAA is continuing to put pressure on torrent sites. This week the music group went after the torrent indexer TorrentHound. The RIAA obtained a…

US Authorities Silence NinjaVideo Founder, Rush Her to Prison

Last week Hana Beshara, one of the founders of the popular NinjaVideo movie and TV show streaming site, was sentenced to 22 months in prison…

TVShack Admin Can Be Extradited To US, Judge Rules

Despite protestations that merely linking to copyright material isn't an offense in the UK, a judge has today ruled that the UK-based ex-administrator of the…

SOPA Author Is a Pirate, A Repeat Offender

Witcher 2 Devs Abandon Games Piracy Shakedown

CD Projekt RED have abandoned their misguided pay-up-or-else anti-piracy scheme. Initially a hit with fans due to their rejection of experience-killing DRM, the company fell…

The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving Torrents

In a month The Pirate Bay will no longer offer downloads of .torrent files. Instead, the largest torrent site on the Internet will only provide…

Musicians Praise BitTorrent and Creative Commons

While the major record labels see BitTorrent as a threat, thousands of independent musicians believe it's one of the best ways to gain an audience.…