MPAA Takes Legal Action To Force ISP to Block Newzbin: “Three months ago, TorrentFreak discovered that the Motion Picture Association were about to make an unprecedented move against file-sharing in the UK. Their targets were…
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Post from: TorrentFreak Unfinished X-Men Movie a Hit On BitTorrent April 1st. What fun. Everywhere you look torrent sites and release sites are being shut down, that’s if they aren’t teaming up with the movie…
Post from: TorrentFreak MPAA Study Links Piracy to Gangs and Terrorists: “ On reading the report’s summary, there is a strong wave of deja-vu. It hardly seems like 4 years have passed similar claims put…
Post from: TorrentFreak TorrentSpy to Appeal in MPAA Court Case For years, TorrentSpy has been a well known player in the BitTorrent community. In 2006 the site attracted more visitors than any other BitTorrent site,…
Post from: TorrentFreak Online Pirates vs MPAA – The 2009 Oscars Last year we took a look at the excellent research carried out by Waxy’s Andy Baio, as he provided detailed piracy stats for every…
MPAA Urges Obama to Embrace Internet Filtering: “The Motion Picture Association of America, Hollywood’s lobbying arm, is urging the incoming Obama administration to embrace internet filtering to crack down on online piracy. The announcement comes…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ Anti-Piracy Lobby Defeats European Democracy: “ An amendment designed to protect Internet users from the anti-piracy lobby has been rejected by President Sarkozy of the European Council. The rejection goes against…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ No Solace for Bond: Movie Pirates Evade Camcorder Spies: “ Hitting US theaters this week, the latest Bond movie ‘Quantum of Solace’ has already been released in the UK. However, despite…
Film industry takes action on film link sites: “The film industry’s US trade body has sued two websites because they provide links to copyright-infringing copies of films. The body said that it believes that the…
MPAA Says No Proof Needed in Copyright Infringement Lawsuits: “The Motion Picture Association of America says intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having…