Articles about "illegal downloads"

The online world has launched a blackout fest to voice its very strong view against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), which some industry insiders said somewhat resembled our own pride and joy – the DEA (Digital Economy Act). Websites such as Wikipedia, WordPress, PostSecret, Internet Archive and Reddit have all… Read the rest...

This Monday seemed to have a lot of news about fighting piracy and jailing the copyright infringement facilitators. Yes, it was a mouth-full. First of all Rupert Murdoch went on a Twitter rage saying that Google was in favour of piracy and that its search results… Read the rest...

Last week it has emerged that after BT was forced to block Newzbin2, tech-savvy, or indeed code-savvy internet users have found a way to access the website despite the ban. This week, some Rights Holders along with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) decided to team up… Read the rest...

The news has recently come out that BT has just 2 weeks to block NewzBin2 (a copyright infringement facilitating website). Countdown starts now. Creative industries have welcomed the decision with open arms while the Open Rights Group for one had a very different opinion. “Website blocking simply will not work. It’s… Read the rest...

It has recently been reported that the first illegal file sharer in Scotland was today convicted for her oh-so inappropriate activity – downloading free karaoke songs. More or less 30,000 illegally downloaded files were found on her karaoke system and now the “web pirate” is facing a three years probation… Read the rest...