Record-Breaking BitTorrent Lawsuit Decimated

Voltage Pictures, the makers of The Hurt Locker, have voluntarily dismissed around 90% of the defendants from their record-breaking lawsuit against alleged file-sharers. More than…

Major Usenet Provider Ordered to Remove All Infringing Content

Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN has won its landmark court case against News-Service.com, one of the leading Usenet providers. The Amsterdam court ruled that the Usenet…

TalkTalk’s P2P Throttling Kills OnLive Games

The popular cloud gaming service OnLive has been active in the U.S. for more than a year, and last week it launched in the U.K.…

Internet Observatory Brings Real-Time P2P Traffic Statistics

NHL’s Montreal Canadiens Accused of Pirating The Hurt Locker

Last month it became clear that having developed their pay-up-or-else file-sharing settlement scheme in the United States, the makers of the Hurt Locker had moved…

Music Piracy Continues to Decline Thanks to Spotify

A new report looking into online music consumption habits shows that since 2009 the number of people who pirate music has dropped by 25 percent…

Payment Provider Hands Over Name of Torrent Site Owner

After being threatened with a lawsuit by the Hollywood-funded anti-piracy outfit BREIN, a Dutch payment provider has handed over the personal details of a torrent…

They’re Back – Porn Outfit Sues UK Citizens For Illegal File-Sharing

After the ACS:Law debacle, one might think that potential claimants would be deterred from taking legal action against alleged file-sharers in the UK, or at…