Piracy articles

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  RIAA says Google’s attempts to fight piracy in search results are ineffective

  By Greg Sandoval on February 21, 2013 08:00 am + 82 comments

  Six months after Google announced that it would demote accused pirate sites in the company’s Continue reading…

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  Anti-piracy groups want Google to allow even more takedown requests per day

  By Adi Robertson on February 19, 2013 12:04 pm + 51 comments

  Google's takedown system for Search — which lets entities submit requests to remove URLs with Continue reading…

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  Google isn't teaming up with credit card companies to block pirates' funding, sources say

  By Adi Robertson on February 19, 2013 10:54 am + 16 comments

  Accusations of abetting piracy have plagued Google for years, whether because of illicit Android Continue reading…

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  'Gears of War: Judgement' leaks early, Microsoft threatens pirates with lifetime Xbox Live ban

  By Amar Toor on February 19, 2013 07:37 am + 59 comments

  A leaked version of Gears of War: Judgement has reportedly begun circulating around the internet, Continue reading…

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  The Pirate Bay reports anti-piracy group to copyright police for ripping off its website

  By T.C. Sottek on February 18, 2013 02:31 pm + 70 comments

  The Pirate Bay raised eyebrows last week when it announced that it would sue CIAPC, an anti-piracy Continue reading…

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  Mega and the return of Kim Dotcom

  By Adrianne Jeffries on February 8, 2013 06:21 pm

  Internet celebrity, file-sharing mogul, and top-ranked Modern Warfare 3 player Kim Dotcom is back in Continue reading…

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  3DLT takes its 3D printing site down after listing pirated designs

  By Kimber Streams on February 7, 2013 04:38 pm + 38 comments

  3DLT, a 3D printing service similar to Shapeways, took its site down today after Wired reported that Continue reading…

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  'Grand Theft Auto: Kirk Douglas' and other pirated games from a Nairobi market

  By Adi Robertson on February 6, 2013 04:32 pm + 13 comments

  The Gameological Society's Joe Keiser, not content with mere torrented or knockoff titles, has Continue reading…

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  Pirates beware: Kim Dotcom's Mega isn't the safe haven he says it is

  By Adrianne Jeffries on January 31, 2013 02:30 pm + 148 comments

  Kim Dotcom — the infamous, indefatigable internet entrepreneur with an unidentifiable European Continue reading…

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  How a phone call made Aaron Swartz join the fight against SOPA

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 21, 2013 06:01 am + 26 comments

  On the one-year anniversary of the international SOPA blackout, BuzzFeed published an excerpt from H Continue reading…