Piracy “Going BitTorrent” Settles FrostWire’s FTC Charges The popular file-sharing application FrostWire has settled its dispute with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC accused FrostWire of disregarding the privacy of its… October 11, 2011, 23:22 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Will ISP ‘Child Protection’ Website Filtering Hit File-Sharing Sites? Today, UK media regulators launched ParentPort, a website which will allow parents to complain more easily about TV shows, adverts, products and Internet sites which… October 11, 2011, 14:13 by Andy Maxwell
Anti-Piracy Company Pirates Deus Ex in Controversial Experiment A young anti-piracy outfit say they conducted a most unusual experiment a few weeks ago. According to the founder of Vigilant Defender, the company took… October 10, 2011, 22:19 by Andy Maxwell
Piracy Patent Violation Lawsuit Against BitTorrent / uTorrent Dropped Millions of BitTorrent users can breathe a sigh of relief today. The patent lawsuit against BitTorrent Inc., the makers of uTorrent and the BitTorrent Mainline… October 10, 2011, 14:40 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Stats Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Transformers 3' tops the chart this week, followed by 'Arena'. 'Green Lantern' completes the top three. October 10, 2011, 12:02 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Dramatic Footage Shows Raid on Pirates Blamed For Hollywood Movie Boycott A release group blamed for a Hollywood boycott of all early release movies in Hungary has been raided by the authorities. Dramatic footage shows armed… October 9, 2011, 17:00 by Andy Maxwell
Music Copyright Police Ruin Artists’ Gigs (and Coconut Curry) This year alone more than 50 small restaurants, pubs and bars have been sued by the U.S. royalty collectors agency BMI for playing (live) music… October 8, 2011, 23:11 by Allan Gregory
Anti-Piracy Eureka! Ditching DRM Decreases Piracy A new paper to be published in the upcoming issue of Marketing Science shows that removing DRM from music leads to a decrease in piracy.… October 8, 2011, 12:38 by Ernesto Van der Sar