Fake Pirate Movies Annoy Pirates & Anti-Pirates Alike Anti-piracy advocates are continuing to pile the pressure onto YouTube, this time from a quite unexpected angle. Bizarrely, the site is now under attack for… July 10, 2016, 12:20 by Andy Maxwell
Sony Pictures Tries to Censor Wikileaks With Dubious DMCA Notice Daniel Yankelevits, one of the top legal executives at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has asked Google to remove a leaked email published by Wikileaks after the… July 9, 2016, 20:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Shock: Copyright ‘Bullies’ Can Be Negotiated With Copyright holders are often accused of making YouTube users' lives a misery, with their nonsense claims over supposedly infringing content. But while it's easy to… July 9, 2016, 10:10 by Andy Maxwell
Technology Fair Use Threatens Innovation, Copyright Holders Warn Various music and movie industry groups have warned that fair use exceptions are a threat. The groups were responding to proposals put forward in Australia… July 8, 2016, 20:31 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Megaupload 2.0 to Launch With Original Megaupload User Database Following the news earlier this week that Kim Dotcom intends to relaunch Megaupload, the entrepreneur has just delivered a new surprise. Rather than a cold… July 8, 2016, 12:09 by Andy Maxwell
Phishing Scam Targets Game of Thrones Pirates A new phishing scam targeting online pirates is much broader than initially thought, with Internet providers all over the world being bombarded with fake copyright… July 7, 2016, 21:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar
UK ISPs Fail to Overturn Site Blocking Order In 2014, the High Court ordered Sky, TalkTalk, BT, Virgin Media and EE to block websites dealing in counterfeit luxury products. The ISPs appealed the… July 7, 2016, 12:59 by Andy Maxwell
FACT Rewards Cinema Workers For Stopping Piracy Anti-piracy group FACT has presented awards to cinema staff whose actions prevented the unauthorized recording of first-run movies . A total of 17 individuals from… July 7, 2016, 08:34 by Andy Maxwell