Italian ISPs Sued For Ignoring BTjunkie Blockade

A criminal investigation has been launched against two prominent Italian Internet providers because they allowed their customers to access the BitTorrent site BTjunkie. The ISPs…

Anti-Piracy Lawyer Has Been A Very Bad Boy

As ISPs Mull Pact To Fight AFACT, Pirate Party Condemns ‘Extortion’

Following an ultimatum set by AFACT, Australian ISPs have until the close of business today to comply with veiled threats from the big Hollywood studios…

Google’s Anti-Piracy Filter Is Quite Effective

January this year Google started censoring various ‘piracy-related’ keywords from two widely-used search services. According to Google, the anti-piracy filter is an attempt to curb…

TVShack: The Human Cost of Extradition, a Mother’s Story

As part of Operation in Our Sites, in mid-2010 the US government seized the domain name of TVShack.net. The site was operated by 23-year-old UK-based…

Judge: Hotfile Not Primary Infringer In MPAA Case

Graduated Piracy Response Coming To Australia, Or Else

Under the banner of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft, the big Hollywood studios are flexing their muscles down-under. If the latest rhetoric is to…

ISPs, Academics and Citizens Oppose EU Anti-Piracy Legislation

Today the European Commission published the responses to a public consultation on Europe's anti-piracy directive IPRED. As expected, there is a huge divide between the…