Youtube could be 'eclipsed' if Facebook video tackles piracy - Fullscreen boss
MCN regularly sees its videos uploaded without permission to social network: ‘I’m shocked that a rights holder with deep pockets has not sued’Facebook’s native video features have the potential to...
View ArticleStephen Witt: ‘Music piracy is illegal – but morally, is it wrong?’
Kitty Empire talks to Stephen Witt about his eagerly awaited book charting the rise of the MP3 file, the online pirates who exploited it and the record industry that ignored its cultural impact until...
View ArticleMusic groups win court battle over private copying of CDs
Judge rules government erred in law by not introducing compensation scheme for rights holders when it changed rulesMusic industry organisations have won a high court battle over measures introduced by...
View ArticleLaws targeting illegal downloads from overseas websites pass Senate
Legislation allows copyright holders to seek injunctions forcing internet service providers to block access to sites that facilitate piracyNew piracy laws mean it may soon be harder for Australians to...
View ArticleSky Broadband customers targeted for allegedly pirating Robert Redford film
US firm TCYK, apparently named after film The Company You Keep, made Sky hand over details of customers accused of downloading movieDozens of UK broadband customers have received letters from a US firm...
View ArticleLetter to Sky subscribers accusing them of pirating Robert Redford film
Dozens of UK broadband customers have received letters from TCYK LLC demanding they pay for pirating The Company You KeepRead the story: Sky Broadband customers targeted for allegedly pirating...
View ArticleHigh court quashes regulations allowing people to copy CDs
Move follows judge’s recent ruling that government was legally mistaken in deciding not to introduce compensation scheme for musicians who faced lossesThe high court has quashed regulations introduced...
View ArticleLarge-scale online pirates to face up to 10 years’ jail under ministers’...
Consultation calls for maximum sentence to be vastly increased so penalties for online offences tally with those for copyright infringement of physical goodsCommercial infringement of copyright online...
View ArticleUniversal finds pirated copy of Jurassic World seeded from its own servers
Movie studio discovers that its own computers host pirated copies of Jurassic World and requests Google to remove links to itUniversal Pictures in France has been seeding a pirated copy of its latest...
View ArticleEbooks are unfamiliar waters for digital pirates, according to UK survey
Publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and musicFor publishers, fresh from winning a...
View ArticleYouTube star attacks ‘theft, lies and Facebook video’
Vlogbrothers’ Hank Green wants social network to rethink the way it counts views, and crack down on ‘freebooted’ videos ripped from YouTubeFacebook has ambitions to compete with YouTube in the online...
View ArticleRussian publisher prints books about Putin under names of western authors
Writers consider legal action against Moscow publishing house after discovering series about president circulated in their names. The Moscow Times reportsA Russian publishing house has printed a series...
View ArticleGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo claim MPAA is trying to resurrect Sopa
Technology companies file brief with New York court urging judges to strike down film studios’ injunction in MovieTube piracy caseGoogle, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have accused US film studios of...
View ArticlePolice anti-piracy operation cuts advertising on illegal sites by 70%
Operation Creative, backed by ad industry and film, music and TV trade bodies, seeks to stop legitimate brands’ campaigns appearing on pirate websitesA police operation to starve websites offering...
View ArticleMobile game Shooting Stars gets an unbeatable version to troll pirates
Developer Noodlecake Studios saw high piracy for previous game Wayward Souls, and decided to have some fun at the downloaders’ expenseMobile games developer Noodlecake Studios is having some fun at...
View ArticleDallas Buyers Club piracy case: court dismisses many of studio's 'surreal'...
Australia’s federal court rejects many of US studio’s claims for damages, saying it may invoice downloaders only for the cost of a legitimate copy of the filmThe US studio behind the film Dallas Buyers...
View ArticleTV industry needs to keep up effort to tackle piracy, says A + E chief
Paul Buccieri, president of US channel, says issue is bigger than ever, with increase in digital making problem more difficult to deal withPiracy is a bigger issue than ever for the TV industry,...
View ArticleSocial recluse jailed for £300,000 internet piracy scam
Paul Mahoney from Londonderry, who had £82,000 in cash hidden in his home, receives four-year sentenceA man whose bedroom-run internet piracy scam put the film industry at risk of losing an estimated...
View ArticleLast Pirate Bay co-founder released from prison
Gottfrid Svartholm, also known as Anakata, released from prison three years after his arrest in CambodiaA co-founder of the Pirate Bay has been released from prison after serving three years for...
View ArticleMusic labels sue Aurous filesharing app for 'copyright theft on a massive scale'
Software’s developer claims it’s a player for music from legal sources, but industry body RIAA says it’s sourcing songs from piracy sitesMajor music labels are suing filesharing application Aurous for...
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