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Pirate Bay renamed Beijing Bay after Olympics tracking
The Pirate Bay has a new logo, at least temporarily.
The world's most notorious torrent-tracking site has temporarily renamed itself The Beijing Bay after the International Olympic Committee sought the assistance of the Swedish government to stop it from tracking clips from the ongoing Olympics in Beijing.
The IOC claimed Monday there were more than 1 million downloads of footage from the Olympics -- mostly of the opening ceremony. TorrentFreak was the first English-speaking site to report the news.
The Swedish government has already charged the Pirate Bay operators, based in Sweden, with copyright infringement. No trial date has been set.
The Pirate Bay, which tracks millions of copyrighted works available to users for free, has no intention of shutting down or of shuttering its Olympic trackers. The Pirate Bay has a new logo, at least temporarily. ... more -
Net firms in music pirates deal
Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to backed a government plan to tackle music piracy online.
The plan commits the firms to working towards a "significant reduction" in the illegal sharing of music.
The first stage of the campaign will involve hundreds of thousands of letters being sent to net users suspected of illegally sharing music.
The BBC has been told that the memorandum commits the net firms to develop legal music services.
Official confirmation of the deal is expected later. Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to backed a government plan to tackle music piracy online. ... more -
Virgin Media: "absolutely no possibility" of legal action or disconnecti...
After a few weeks of of bad publicity thanks to its policy of working with the music industry to warn file-sharers, Virgin Media has announced that there is “absolutely no possibility” that they will disconnect they users from the Internet or hand over their details to the music industry.
Virgin have said that it was a mistake that all of the warning letters came decorated with a "Important: If you don’t read this, your broadband could be disconnected” message and that they never had any such intentions.
Pretty spectacular U-turn or genuine mistake? After a few weeks of of bad publicity thanks to its policy of working with the music industry to warn file-sharers, Virgin Media has a... more -
Kid Rock Lashes Out Against iTunes, Endorses Illegal Downloading
Rock went on to explain that he doesn’t mind people downloading his albums illegally as long as they buy tickets to his concerts. “I was telling kids: download it illegally, I don’t care. I want you to hear my music so I can play live. Rock went on to explain that he doesn’t mind people downloading his albums illegally as long as they buy tickets to his concerts. “I w... more
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MPAA wants to filter the internet at your college
In a letter to Congressional leaders, the MPAA continues to push for special copyright provisions in a new bill reauthorizing the federal student aid program for college students. Filtering, it seems, can save big money on bandwidth, but colleges remain unimpressed.
Zombie Jack Valenti however remains pleased. In a letter to Congressional leaders, the MPAA continues to push for special copyright provisions in a new bill reauthorizing the fede... more -
Kazaa downloads cost one man $750 per song in RIAA suit
"Even as Tanya Andersen refilled her malicious prosecution lawsuit last week, the RIAA won a victories in two unrelated lawsuits. One involved a case where the defendant never showed up in court; the other a defendant who admitted to using KaZaA to download and distribute music." "Even as Tanya Andersen refilled her malicious prosecution lawsuit last week, the RIAA won a victories in two unrelated lawsuits.... more
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Woman sues anti-piracy campaign for illegal spying, fraud
The Oregon lady has accused the recording industry's campaign of threatening and intimidating innocent people, and of racketeering and fraud. The new lawsuit charges the industry representatives (RIAA) and the company it hired, MediaSentry, of spying 'by unlicensed, unregistered and uncertified private investigators' who 'have illegally entered the hard drives of tens of thousands of private American citizens' in violation of laws 'in virtually every state in the country'.
The complainant is Tanya Andersen, a 41-year-old disabled single mother. Lory Lybeck, her attorney said the lawsuit will also force the industry to reveal how extensive its spying has become. The Oregon lady has accused the recording industry's campaign of threatening and intimidating innocent people, and of racketeerin... more -
Movie Download War. Criminal Movies. Criminal Records
We are terrorists - Hollywood says so. We download a movie for free maybe just the once but piracy funds terrorism, remember? We are the terrorist equivalent of a passive smoker. We are terrorists - Hollywood says so. We download a movie for free maybe just the once but piracy funds terrorism, remember? We are t... more
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Illegal downloaders could be banned from the internet
The UK government is considering a plan to ban people, who download music illegally, from the internet.
WHAT!
This means that anyone caught with pirated copies of of songs and films would be denied access to the internet by their providers.
First there would be an email warning, then accounts suspended, then contract with the service provider canceled.
How would people function with out the internet? That would be almost inhumane. The UK government is considering a plan to ban people, who download music illegally, from the internet. WHAT! ... more -
The Pirate Bay© under assault again.
The torrent giant is once again under assault. This time for copyright infringement.
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Most Illegally Downloaded Music, TV and Movies of 2007
If you want a true snapshot of what people are watching and whom they're listening to online, look no further than the file-sharing underground. Wired music has helped compile the most downloaded media on the P2P networks this year using data from all the major file-trading protocols and networks -- BitTorrent, Gnutella and eDonkey included. If you want a true snapshot of what people are watching and whom they're listening to online, look no further than the file-shari... more
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