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Article | 27/10/2010 Court orders LimeWire to cease file-sharing business
In a major victory for the music industry, a New York federal judge has ordered embattled P2P software maker LimeWire to immediately and permanently s...
Article | 27/08/2010 US FTC drops P2P file sharing probe of LimeWire
In a rare break for LimeWire, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week decided to drop its investigation into the embattled software company's con...
Article | 10/07/2010 Judge cuts file-sharing fine to $67,500
Even after cutting a damages award in a file-sharing case to one-tenth the original sum, a judge said Friday the new fine was still excessive.
Article | 25/05/2010 ISOHunt torrent search engine hit with injunction
One of the most popular engines for searching for movies and music distributed via BitTorrent has been ordered to remove links to illegally shared con...
Article | 24/05/2010 Irish ISP launches pilot program aimed at file sharers
Irish ISP Eircom launched a three-month pilot program on Monday that will see those who repeatedly share files under copyright cut off from their Inte...
Article | 20/05/2010 US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites
The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and fiv...
Article | 13/05/2010 Court says Lime Wire liable for infringement
Lime Wire and its former CEO are liable for the copyright infringement executed by its users, a New York federal judge said on Tuesday.
Article | 7/05/2010 Next iPhone to offer HD video capture?
New rumors are flying about the latest additions to iPhone OS 4.0, the latest iteration of the iPhone operating system scheduled for public release th...
Article | 5/01/2010 Music sharer asks for reduced fine, retrial
The student ordered to pay US$675,000 for sharing music online has asked for a new trial and for a reduction in the amount of damages he must pay.
Article | 19/11/2009 Bill would restrict P2P use on US government networks
House lawmakers introduced a bill that would restrict the use of peer-to-peer technology on government networks in response to several embarrassing da...
Article | 20/10/2009 Pirate Bay appeals postponed until next year
The appeals of those convicted in April in the high-profile Pirate Bay copyright violations trial won't be heard until next year, the court said on Mo...
Article | 10/10/2009 What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?
Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving their warez to file-hosting Web sites.
Article | 17/09/2009 Prospective buyer of The Pirate Bay finds new exchange
The stock of prospective Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) will from Wednesday be traded on Mangoldlistan, a Swedish exchange run by a securities brokerag...
Article | 16/09/2009 Soon to sink, Pirate Bay's torrents come ashore
The old news kiosk in the center of Weimar, Germany, doesn't sell newspapers any more, but you can find pointers to plenty of other media there.
Article | 15/09/2009 ISP appeals verdict that temporarily closed Pirate Bay
Swedish ISP Black Internet has decided to appeal in the Stockholm district court the verdict that led to it closing file-sharing site The Pirate Bay's...

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