(Via TorrentFreak.) Top 10 Most Pirated TV-Shows of 2008 TV-shows are getting increasingly more popular on BitTorrent. Most TV-broadcasters won’t be happy to hear this, but one could argue that BitTorrent has actually helped TV-shows…
(Via Techdirt.) RIAA’s New Policy Isn’t About Deterrence, It’s About Sidestepping Due Process: “On Friday, the RIAA announced its plan to end their campaign of suing thousands of alleged downloaders; instead, it has negotiated with…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Spanish ‘Pirates’ Share Files on Government Doorstep Sharing copyrighted files on filesharing networks such as BitTorrent is a serious offense, according to the entertainment industry lobbyists, that is. This is also what these…
(Via TorrentFreak.) ‘Wanted’ P2P Pre-Releaser Gets 2 Year Jail Sentence All around the world, people who pre-release media onto the Internet face the prospect of harsh treatment if caught. The crew at EliteTorrents felt the…
(Via TorrentFreak.) RIAA Stops Lawsuits, But Not the Threats Ironically, the decision by the RIAA to stop their mass lawsuits is followed by a proposal to target an even larger group of Internet users. The…
RIAA won’t sue, but will throttle: “ Abandons lawsuit campaign The Recording Industry Association of America has signaled a major strategy shift in its war against the downloading of copyrighted music, saying it would largely…
Music Industry Drops Effort to Sue Song Swappers: “The Recording Industry Association of America says it will try to stop alleged music pirates by working with Internet service providers to cut access to frequent abusers….
RIAA adopts new antipiracy strategy: “The record industry has dropped its longtime legal strategy of targeting individuals suspected of sharing music files online and is working instead with Internet service providers to send warnings before…
BREIN Takes out ‘Largest Illegal Top Site Ever’: “It seems that BREIN, the Dutch anti-piracy organization, is on a roll as it has announced the take down of Sparta. In November of this year, BREIN…
Virgin Media to dump neutrality and target BitTorrent users: It’s deep packet inspection, but it’s not for Phorm… Exclusive The UK’s second largest ISP, Virgin Media, will next year introduce network monitoring technology to specifically…