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The Pirate Bay: A complete archive is available for download

by Robert Nelson on Aug 17, 2009 at 07:11 AM

The Pirate Bay in its current form is just a a few days away from being handed over to its new owners and with that a complete archive has been uploaded and made available (via torrent file) for download. According to the anonymous person who posted the file, he just… Continue Reading »

Pirate Bay advertising the $675,000 mixtape

by Shawn Ingram on Aug 16, 2009 at 03:30 PM

In an expected attack on the RIAA, The Pirate Bay is now advertising what it calls “The $675,000 mixtape.”  The collection is comprised of the 30 songs that grad student Joel Tenenbaum was found guilty of sharing through filesharing services.  The listing even goes so far as to say that… Continue Reading »

Pirate Bay in a bit of trouble, ordered out of the Netherlands

by Shawn Ingram on Jul 31, 2009 at 11:02 AM

Everyone’s favorite torrent site (if only for the interesting news they provide) looks to be in quite a bit of trouble again.  It just can’t seem to catch a break—it’s as if every organization with a ton of copyrights finds it necessary to sue the site.  Last time it was… Continue Reading »

Illegal file sharing is down, streaming is up

by Jodie Andrefski on Jul 13, 2009 at 01:18 PM

Illegal file sharing is down, and streaming is up, at least when it comes to teenagers.  According to new research, teens are changing their ways when it comes to piracy.  There has been a dramatic drop in the number of youth aged 14 to 18 who are illegally sharing music. … Continue Reading »

AT&T to be first ISP to start combating piracy

by Heather Wood on Mar 25, 2009 at 01:19 PM

Media companies have realized the near impossibility of attempting to sue each individual that downloads illegal music and other media.  Instead, their new anti-piracy plan involves enlisting the help of Internet service providers to combat the issue.  AT&T will be the first ISP to work alongside the Recording Industry Association… Continue Reading »

Yo Ho Ho - Ye Pirate Bay is under attack!

by Jodie Andrefski on Feb 24, 2009 at 01:10 PM

Apparently it isn’t only pirates that do the attacking.  At least not when it comes to Pirate Bay.  They’ve found themselves under attack quite a bit as of late, and it doesn’t look like that is going to be abating any time soon. Just last week, the trial kicked off… Continue Reading »

A new way to get a digital copy of a DVD

by Eric Brown on Jan 30, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Tired of not having control when replicating digital content on DVDs?  Old digital copy methods simply copy the exact pre-encoded files (provided you have permission) to your computer.  Protect Software has released LiveDigitalCopy; software designed to allow for transcoding when creating DVD copies and distribute them to a range of… Continue Reading »

Global Garde attempts to kill piracy dead

by Shawn Ingram on Dec 29, 2008 at 07:11 PM

Raise your hand if you remember the Spore SecuROM fiasco.  The community backlash, and the resulting huge amount of pirated copies of the game that became available.  You’d think that somebody would try to create a form of copy protection that both copyright holders and consumers can be okay with. … Continue Reading »

MP3 becomes official king of music

by Christian Milsom on Nov 30, 2008 at 06:03 PM

Since it became an official standard in 1991, Moving Picture Experts Group -1 Audio Layer 3 (or MP3) has proven popular due to the fact that it is easily transferable, good quality and cheaper than hard copies.  So far it has been unpopular with record companies as a result of… Continue Reading »

Pirates (and non-pirates) beware! The gaming cops are out to get ya.

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 30, 2008 at 01:07 PM

You don’t even have to be illegally sharing your files to have the gaming firms after you apparently.  Just ask Gill and Ken Murdoch.  They’re senior citizens who don’t even play computer games and had never even heard the term “peer-to-peer” until they got a letter in the mail telling… Continue Reading »

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