Piracy articles

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  'Battle Dungeon' iOS game aborted after rampant piracy overwhelms developers

  By Chris Welch on December 4, 2012 01:39 pm + 174 comments

  Available on Apple's iOS App Store for less than a week, Battle Dungeon has abruptly been pulled by Continue reading…

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  Head of BitTorrent piracy group jailed for 40 months, longest file-sharing sentence ever

  By Aaron Souppouris on December 1, 2012 08:42 am + 101 comments

  After pleading guilty to charges earlier this year, Gregory Cherwonik, a member of the BitTorrent Continue reading…

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  Internet providers' latest scheme to fight piracy delayed until next year

  By Ben Kersey on November 29, 2012 04:22 am + 21 comments

  The Copyright Alert System that was due to be implemented by ISPs such as AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon Continue reading…

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  European Union dismisses domain blocking as ineffective against illegal gambling sites

  By Chris Welch on October 25, 2012 10:51 am + 5 comments

  Cutting off access to websites that engage in illegal activity has become a popular tactic among law Continue reading…

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  France's controversial Hadopi piracy law nets its first conviction, a man who says he didn't do it

  By Kimber Streams on September 14, 2012 01:19 pm + 51 comments

  Alain Prevost has become the first individual to be convicted under France's controversial Hadopi Continue reading…

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  Judge upholds $675,000 fine for sharing 30 songs, says it isn't 'obviously unreasonable'

  By Kimber Streams on August 24, 2012 11:42 am + 209 comments

  Former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum's $675,000 fine for illegally downloading and Continue reading…

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  RapidShare talks piracy and balancing Hollywood's interests

  By Kimber Streams on August 23, 2012 12:34 pm + 12 comments

  In an interview with CNET, RapidShare's general counsel Daniel Raimer discussed the service's strict Continue reading…

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  Prominent Android piracy sites seized by US government

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 22, 2012 07:15 am + 127 comments

  Three of the most popular sites for illegally downloading Android apps have been seized by law Continue reading…

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  Music industry group asked Google to remove search links to album reviews

  By Adi Robertson on August 15, 2012 03:23 pm + 26 comments

  On June 30th, the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) group listed a series of pages that it Continue reading…

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  German federal court: ISPs must hand over pirates' details to rights holders

  By Louis Goddard on August 15, 2012 05:55 am + 24 comments

  Germany's Federal Court of Justice has ruled that ISPs must in future hand over the names and Continue reading…