Piracy

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Joel Tenenbaum Appeal in Music Piracy Case
11:31 am 5/21/2012
- by Matthew Belloni
In 2009, a jury ruled that the Boston student must pay $22,500 for each of 31 songs that he downloaded and shared on the Internet.Read more

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Why 'The Avengers' Wasn't the Most Pirated Film Last Week
11:14 am 5/7/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
Fewer people downloaded the blockbuster film than one might expect. Read more

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Hollywood's Most Wanted: Megaupload's Predecessors
8:00 am 5/2/2012
- by Daniel Miller
Meet the big three file-sharing services that made their way on (and in some cases off) the web before Kim Dotcom's Megaupload.Read more

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Megaupload's Kim Dotcom: Inside the Wild Life and Dramatic Fall of the Nerd Who Burned Hollywood
8:00 am 5/2/2012
- by Daniel Miller
He wanted to be the next Steve Jobs (and talked about starring in a reality TV show). But the outrageous ex-hacker and self proclaimed Dr. Evil, who collected yachts and $400,000 supercars as his file sharing website amassed 180 million users, faces 50 years in prison as showbiz braces for the nastiest piracy fight ever.Read more

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Inside the World of Cyber-Lockers
8:00 am 5/2/2012
- by Daniel Miller
Megaupload is one of several file-sharing services alleged to have spread pirated video, music and software online.Read more

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Who Says Piracy Costs the U.S. $58 Billion a Year?
8:00 am 5/2/2012
- by Stephen Galloway
The closer one looks, the more dubious the figures seem. Read more

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Hong Kong Film Piracy on YouTube Amounts to $308 Million Loss
5:15 am 4/23/2012
- by Karen Chu
Copyright infringement of Hong Kong films on YouTube, with pirated footage of over 200 films, amounting to an estimated loss of over $308 million, has been found according to the Hong Kong Motion Pictures Association. Read more

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MPAA Warns of Megaupload 'Relaunch' If Servers Are Transferred
1:57 pm 4/2/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
Giving Megaupload back data would constitute a violation of studio rights, says a legal filing by the MPAA todayRead more

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British Court Clears the Way for Anti-Piracy Laws to Get Tough on File-Sharers
3:29 am 3/6/2012
- by Stuart Kemp
Court of Appeal throws out BT and TalkTalk legal action against Digital Economy rules telling them to pay to play.Read more

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Google Jumps Into Escalating Debate Over Legality of Selling 'Used' Digital Music
8:06 am 2/2/2012
- by Eriq Gardner
Does this lawsuit threaten cloud storage, space shifting, fair use, and the future of the Internet? Google says, it might. The recording industry says, butt out.Read more

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