WordPress Wants Statutory Damages for DMCA Abuse WordPress.com is taking a strong stance against copyright takedown abuse. The company is recommending that the U.S. Copyright Office should introduce statutory damages and bonds… April 4, 2016, 16:08 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Aussie Pirates Have Another Year Not to Worry About Warnings Internet pirates in Australia may now have at least another year, possibly longer, not to worry about a "three strikes" style system landing on their… April 4, 2016, 09:56 by Andy Maxwell
Stats Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 04/04/16 The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Deadpool' 'Batman… April 4, 2016, 09:52 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Contra Piracy Targets Filesharers With Automated $250 ‘Fines’ Every day tens of thousands of subscribers receive piracy notifications from their Internet providers. While most notifications come without any strings attached, automated settlement requests… April 3, 2016, 21:44 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Copyright Troll Partner Threatens to Report Blogger to the Police A company assisting US-based copyright troll outfit TCYK LLC has just threatened to report a blogger to the police. Joe Hickster, an anti-troll activist who… April 3, 2016, 13:27 by Andy Maxwell
This Millennium’s Best Picture Oscar Winners Are Not On Netflix A recent study commissioned by Hollywood shows that with 120 legal online services, movies and TV-shows are more accessible than ever before. Unfortunately, however, content… April 2, 2016, 19:35 by Ernesto Van der Sar
Rightscorp Plans to Hijack Pirates’ Browsers Until a Fine is Paid Anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp says that it's working on a new method to extract cash settlements from suspected Internet pirates. The company says new technology will… April 2, 2016, 11:35 by Andy Maxwell
Law and Politics Music Industry: DMCA Copyright Law is Obsolete and Harmful A coalition of 400 artists and various music groups including the RIAA are calling on Congress to reform existing copyright law. The DMCA is obsolete,… April 1, 2016, 20:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar