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Article | 19/03/2013 US defense scientist bought pirated software from Russians, Chinese, DOJ says
The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chines...
Article | 13/03/2013 Pirate Bay conviction for assisted copyright infringement was justified, EU human rights court rules
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected an appeal from two founders of The Pirate Bay, saying that a Swedish court was right to put copyright ...
Article | 12/03/2013 Third mobile-phone-unlocking bill introduced
Momentum is growing in the U.S. Congress to overturn a U.S. Library of Congress ruling that took mobile phone unlocking out of the legal exemptions to...
Article | 8/03/2013 Megaupload shutdown boosted movie sales, says study
The shutdown of Megaupload caused an increase in digital sales and rentals of movies, according to a study by two researchers, which is likely to give...
Article | 7/03/2013 Kim Dotcom allowed to sue New Zealand spy agency
Megaupload's Kim Dotcom will be allowed to pursue damages against New Zealand's spy agency for illegally spying on him, the country's Court of Appeal ...
Article | 6/03/2013 Activist launches campaign to change the DMCA
The author of a successful White House petition calling on government officials to legalize the unlocking of mobile phones has turned his attention to...
Article | 5/03/2013 EU to quiz German government over online copyright bill
The European Commission will ask the German government to explain more about a draft bill that aims to protect publishers against systematic access to...
Article | 5/03/2013 The Pirate Bay claims 'virtual asylum' in North Korea
The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long b...
Article | 1/03/2013 German Bundestag adopts controversial online copyright bill
The German Bundestag has adopted a controversial, but weakened, online copyright bill that gives publishers the exclusive right to make commercial use...
Article | 1/03/2013 UK court orders block of three torrent sites
A court in the U.K. has ordered key Internet service providers in the country to block three torrent sites on a complaint from music labels including ...
Article | 1/03/2013 Megaupload loses bid to see more evidence from US
Megaupload lost a bid on Friday to see a trove of evidence held by U.S. prosecutors prior to extradition proceedings expected to begin later this year...
Article | 26/02/2013 Pirate Bay quits Sweden to relieve pressure on bandwidth provider
The Pirate Bay has opened two new gateways to its internal network in order to shield its current Internet provider, the Swedish Pirate Party, which h...
Article | 22/02/2013 German copyright law protecting news sites from search engines delayed by constitutional concerns
New concerns about whether a controversial German online copyright bill is constitutional are likely to delay voting on the measure that would have al...
Article | 22/02/2013 RIAA says Google's plan to demote pirate sites isn't working
A recorded music industry association in the U.S. said Google's policy to demote pirate websites in search rankings was not working.
Article | 20/02/2013 Petition asks Obama to legalize unlocking of mobile phones
More than 85,000 people have signed a Whitehouse.gov petition asking U.S. President Barack Obama to reverse a decision by the Library of Congress maki...