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Piracy: If the Internet Isn’t Broken, Should We Fix it Until it is?

There have long been warnings that tough anti-piracy measures will eventually 'break the Internet'. While that catastrophe is yet to happen, meddling in any piece…

July 1, 2018, 18:25 by Andy Maxwell

‘Well Respected’ People Send DMCA Notices to Hide Their Mishaps

The DMCA allows copyright holders to protect their work, by sending takedown requests to remove infringing material. However, some people appear to use this tool…

July 1, 2018, 11:48 by Ernesto Van der Sar

NYC.com ‘Secretly’ Hosts a Pirate Torrent Site

NYC.com advertises itself as the world's go-to source for everything there is to love about New York City. Since its inception, the site has sold…

June 30, 2018, 22:25 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Ukraine Cyberpolice Shut Down Pirate Streaming Site

A pirate site which served copyrighted content over a nine-year period has been shut down by Ukranian cyberpolice. With half a million users, authorities say…

June 30, 2018, 10:59 by Andy Maxwell

Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

With the aim to protect the interests of copyright holders, Google is making ‘pirate’ sites more difficult for its users to find. This week the…

June 29, 2018, 22:02 by Ernesto Van der Sar

‘Pirate’ Cyberlocker Sites Vulnerable to Takedown, Study Finds

A study carried out by Queen Mary University of London has found that streaming piracy sources are vulnerable to takedown. The research, which sampled 33…

June 29, 2018, 15:02 by Andy Maxwell

Irish Pirate Site Blocklist Expands to Over 250 Domains

After several updates, major Internet providers in Ireland are now blocking more than 250 pirate site domain names. Many of these were added after the…

June 29, 2018, 10:16 by Ernesto Van der Sar

This Year’s ‘Anti-Piracy Award’ Goes to Spanish Police

The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance has announced the winner of the first "Anti-Piracy Award." At this year’s Europol Intellectual Property Crime conference the honors went to…

June 28, 2018, 21:18 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy: If the Internet Isn’t Broken, Should We Fix it Until it is?

‘Well Respected’ People Send DMCA Notices to Hide Their Mishaps

NYC.com ‘Secretly’ Hosts a Pirate Torrent Site

Ukraine Cyberpolice Shut Down Pirate Streaming Site

Google Downranks 65,000 Pirate Sites in Search Results

‘Pirate’ Cyberlocker Sites Vulnerable to Takedown, Study Finds

Irish Pirate Site Blocklist Expands to Over 250 Domains

This Year’s ‘Anti-Piracy Award’ Goes to Spanish Police

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