The beginning of the end? (Via TorrentFreak.) Music Industry Orders BitTorrent Blackout Last month, Eircom announced that at the behest of the music industry it will disconnect customers who are allegedly sharing copyrighted material. Initially…
Eircom to block Pirate Bay: “ ‘Automatic’ music label salute Eircom, Ireland’s biggest internet provider, has agreed to block access to any website the music industry says is responsible for illegal music-swapping.… “ (Via The…
IE – Music-swapping sites to be blocked by internet providers: “(Sunday Post) Irish internet users are to be blocked from accessing music swapping websites, as internet service providers bow to pressure from the music industry….
Post from: TorrentFreak FBI Tracks Down Oscars BitTorrent Uploaders Two Californian men have been charged with uploading leaked copies of Oscar-nominated Hollywood movies to the Internet. According to the U.S. attorney’s office, yesterday a federal…
U2 No Line on the Horizon album on Pirate Bay file sharing site: “U2’s long-awaited new album has been leaked online and is being downloaded by thousands of fans on the file sharing site Pirate…
Pirate Bay prosecutor tosses infringement charges overboard: “ Watered down to ‘assisting making available’ Updated Half of the charges made against the four men behind the notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay have been sensationally…
Pirate Bay supporters ram Swedish IFPI website: “ ‘We’re winning, stop hacking plz’ Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has pleaded with fans to stop attacking official entertainment industry websites after the Swedish wing of the…
Half of Pirate Bay case dropped in courtroom drama: “Prosecutors have been forced to drop their more serious charges against file-sharing links site The Pirate Bay in a dramatic climbdown in the closely-watched trial in…
Internet piracy trial of the decade to begin: “A courtroom in Stockholm is set to stage the internet piracy trial of the decade. Four men behind the hugely popular Pirate Bay filesharing website are about…
Software body slams uk.gov’s ‘special treatment’ of music biz: “ Don’t ya think we’re sexy? The Government’s Digital Britain plan is a failure that gives favourable treatment to the music business and props up failed…