Early 2017 will see the long-awaited start of a broad UK anti-piracy effort. With help from copyright holders, ISPs will send email notifications to subscribers whose connections ... More
Tag Archives: digital piracy
U.K. ISPs to Start Sending ‘Piracy Alerts’ Soon (TorrentFreak)
IPTV: Mass Piracy That’s Flying Largely Under The Radar (TorrentFreak)
Kodi and its third party 'pirate' addons have been getting an awful lot of press this year but there's a hidden side to streaming that receives much less attention. Enter the world... More
Clinton v. Trump on Copyrights, Patents (Ars Technica)
The hot-button issues this election can be counted on one's fingers—and for most voters, things like copyright and patent policy don't make the list. Assigned to a wonkish zone ... More
Cisco Considers New Anti-Piracy Approach a Game-Changer
For the longest time, content owners and distributors have had to tackle online piracy in a mostly legal fashion, sending notifications to search engines, web sites and hosting com... More
Chrome, Firefox Make it Harder to Hit Pirate Bay (PC Mag)
Thinking of a Friday night torrent-and-chill session? Think again. Google and Mozilla are reportedly blocking direct access to The Pirate Bay's download pages. The homepage and s... More
10 Reasons Why People Pirate Movies, Songs (FossBytes)
People download pirated content from the internet because they don’t want to pay for the movies, shows, software they want to use. But the “free” tag alone is not the reason... More
EFF Files Lawsuit Challenging DMCA’s Restrictions on Security Researchers (Threat Post)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Government over a provision within the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that it says impinges on free s... More
Google Defends its Anti-Piracy Efforts (Engadget)
If you believe Trent Reznor and a good chunk of the music industry, Google (particularly YouTube) is a giant piracy machine -- it's allegedly doing little to block stolen content, ... More
Chrome DRM Bug Makes it Easy to Download Streaming Video (ARS Technica)
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser that could allow users to bypass itscopy protection system and download content from streaming vid... More
Is the ‘Six Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Idea Doomed? (Torrent Freak)
Five years ago the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with several major U.S. Internet providers, announcing their plan to shift the norms and behavior of BitTorrent pirates. The parties lau... More