Anti Piracy

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• Court Orders ISP To Hand Over Torrent Site Operator Details

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  In July this year, four movie companies applied to a Swedish court requesting that it force an ISP to hand over the personal details of one of its customers. The application was made under the IPRED legislation introduced in April this year, which made it easier to track down and identify potential copyright ...
  7 hours ago

• UK ISPs Oppose the Digital Economy Bill

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 137
  Earlier this week we reported about the criticism with which the Digital Economy Bill was received despite the positive light in which Lord Mandelson has tried to put it and the support from the Premier League’s CEO Richard Scudamore. The UK ISPs firm opposition against the bill was manifested again as they ...
  19 hours ago

• How to Tell: Check your Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 authenticity

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 546
  Microsoft considers users running pirated copies of its software as victims of piracy phenomenon. Microsoft is well aware that in certain cases, the bootleggers use advanced technology to replicate Microsoft software, to the point where even its own employees can barely tell difference between genuine and pirated ...
  21 hours ago

• Hacktivists Deface Spanish Anti-Piracy Group Website

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  Spain has been considered to be a safe place for file-sharing enthusiasts. Downloading copyrighted music and movies for personal use is allowed, and operating a file-sharing oriented website also falls within the boundaries of the law if no profits are made directly from infringements. This lenient stance towards ...
  22 hours ago

• Anti-Piracy Group To DRM Breaker: OK To Break The Law

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  Danish copyfighter Henrik Anderson has a dilemma. Although the laws in his country allow him to copy DVDs for his own personal use, they forbid him to remove the DRM in order to do so. Wanting to have this legal contradiction dealt with by his government, he confessed to anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen that he had ...
  1 day ago

• Microsoft global software piracy campaign launched in about 70 countries

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 546
  Microsoft announced a surge of its own voluntary reports with Consumer Action Day, a simultaneous launch of education initiatives with government agencies, law enforcement officials and others on more than 300 civil and enforcement actions in more than 70 countries to help protect consumers and increase awareness of ...
  1 day ago

• IFPI and Antipiratbyrån Face File-Sharing Data Scrutiny

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  As the world heads deeper into the information age, it becomes increasingly critical that information held by organizations on private individuals is handled in a secure and responsible manner, and used only for limited purposes. Taking the responsibility for ensuring this happens in Sweden is the Data Inspection ...
  1 day ago

• Guy Demands to Be Arrested for Ripping His Own DVDs [Crime]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
    In Denmark it’s legal to make backup copies of your DVDs, but illegal to break the DRM that prevents copying them. This annoyed a guy so much that he decided to turn himself in for ripping his own DVD collection At first thought, Henrik Anderson seems crazy for doing something like this, but he’s actually ...
  1 day ago

• Spain’s Music Industry Protests against Piracy

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 137
  Spanish record labels are following the example of their “sisters” in other European countries and are pushing for a harsher legislative protection against p2p illegal file sharing. Yesterday the Madrid-based industry ministry was the witness of a massive protest from artists and workers in the Spanish music ...
  1 day ago

• Spain Mulls Legislation To Shutdown File-Sharing Sites

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  After endless negotiations between the copyright industries and Internet service providers which ultimately led nowhere , Spain’s Ministry of Culture has decided to take action to break the impasse. The new Sustainable Economy Law, sponsored by President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, includes draft amendments to ...
  2 days ago

• Pirated Windows 7 10-in-1 Ultimate Steve Ballmer Signature Edition USB key for sale in China

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 546
  Tech.163 claims that a USBs preloaded with pirated version of Windows 7 Ultimate Steve Ballmer Signature Edition, passed as a new, but also inexistent 10-in-1 SKU, is available for sale in Shenzhen, SEG Plaza. The images indicates, that the Windows 7 10-in-1 Ultimate Steve Ballmer Signature Edition comes on an 8GB USB ...
  2 days ago

• Anti-Piracy Group Refuses Bait, DRM Breaker Goes To Police

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  At the end of October, a Danish citizen took drastic action to draw attention to some restrictive and seemingly contradictory copyright legislation. Henrik Anderson told TorrentFreak that in order to force his government’s hand on laws which allow him to copy DVDs for his own personal use, but forbid him to ...
  2 days ago

• “Human Rights and Asylum” — Why the EU’s Anti-Pirate Laws Are Failing

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 607
  The European Union’s attempts to crack down on modern-day sea pirates off the coast of Africa are doomed to failure because of its own “human rights” and asylum policies, it has been revealed. According to reports, Somali pirates are either not arrested at all when captured or are allowed to go free by the ...
  3 days ago

• The Need to Have File Sharers Disconnected – Nothing but Empty Rhetoric

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 137
  Richard Scudamore speak against piracy but does he know what he is saying? When Lord Mandelsons Digital Economy Bill was recently published it triggered a torrent of harsh criticism. While the Business Secretary was pretty theatrical about the importance of protecting our creative communities from the threat of ...
  3 days ago

• UN extends mandate for anti-piracy operations off Somalia

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New York, Dec 1 (DPA) The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to extend for another 12 months a mandate for member countries to conduct anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.The Security Council Monday renewed for another 12 months the authorisation for states and regional organisations ...
  3 days ago

• Lessons The Next Big Torrent Sites Will Learn From Mininova

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  In June 2005 when the now-famous Grokster decision was handed down, initial reaction was almost unanimous. The Internet was alive with this historic defeat – Grokster had been savaged by the Supreme Court, lost their case in the biggest possible way and would have to shut down. No other outfit would dare get ...
  4 days ago

• Somali Pirates Seize Super Tanker Carrying Oil From Saudi Arabia to U.S.

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  NAIROBI, Kenya — The EUs anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have seized a super tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States. Cmdr. John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU Naval Force, says the Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was hijacked Sunday about 800 miles off the coast of Somalia. Pirates have ...
  4 days ago

• Pirates Hijack Oil Super Tanker Headed for U.S.

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  <p>NAIROBI, Kenya — The EUs anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have seized a super tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States.</p> Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
  4 days ago

• Anti-Piracy Outfits Demand Cash Without Proof

  
  TorrentFreak — Authority: 730
  Good times lie ahead for the companies that gather information on BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks. In the US, the MPAA and RIAA are negotiating with ISPs on how to deal with alleged copyright infringers, and in the UK citizens could lose their Internet access for this alleged offense if overall levels of ...
  5 days ago

• Mininova Removes All Links to Copyrighted Files

  
  P2P News! — Authority: 137
  A week ago we reported that Mininova, one of the most popular sites around had hit another important milestone – 10 billion torrent downloads served to file sharers across the world. The site hit the news again, this time with something less pleasant for p2p users – it has removed all torrents to copyrighted ...
  1 week ago

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