‘Your KaZaA Library’ lets you relive the glory days of music piracy
Minus the malware.
On Nov 24, 2015 by April Siese
DOJ shutters Sharebeast, the largest American music-sharing website
It’s the biggest piracy site takedown since Megaupload.
On Sep 15, 2015 by Josh Katzowitz
Does BitTorrent Sync measure up to Dropbox and Google Drive?
We put it through the ringer to see if it’s worth the money.
On Mar 22, 2015 by Joey Keeton
Hacker offers BBC server to highest bidder
The news site suffers yet another cyberattack.
On Dec 30, 2013 by Miles Klee
Did Iron Maiden plan a world tour based on piracy?
Legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden has a secret, and the government probably won’t like it.
On Dec 24, 2013 by Aja Romano
There’s no containing the Pirate Bay
A recent study shows the limitations to cracking down on pirating sites: When one goes down, a dozen others spring up to take its place.
On Aug 28, 2013 by Aaron Sankin
RIAA sends 25 million takedown notices, only makes piracy worse
The RIAA has ramped up its efforts to remove file sharing links from Google, in an effort that may be hopeless.
On Jul 8, 2013 by Miles Klee
Kim Dotcom will get his confiscated files back
A New Zealand court ordered law enforcement to return Dotcom’s hard drives, taken in a 2012 raid.
On May 31, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Judge makes crucial ruling on the value of “used” MP3s
The ruling threatens the very existence of startup ReDigi, which could owe Capitol Records millions in statutory damages.
On Apr 2, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Supreme Court denies final appeal of $222,000 file-sharing fine
Jammie Thomas-Rasset won’t be able to appeal her $222,000 fine for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on a peer-to-peer network.
On Mar 18, 2013 by Kevin Collier
The Paper Bay launches in honor of Aaron Swartz
Jacques Mattheij’s site is intended to level the playing field when it comes to access to academic papers.
On Feb 15, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
Did Germany’s GEMA take down Kim Dotcom’s Mega launch video?
Dotcom says GEMA eighty-sixed his video from YouTube, and he’s threatening legal action. GEMA says it did nothing of the sort.
On Jan 24, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Is Kim Dotcom’s new site, Mega, really safer than Megaupload?
Dotcom seems to think so, but from a legal standpoint, the risks are almost exactly the same.
On Jan 18, 2013 by Kevin Collier
Finnish 9-year-old’s Pooh laptop seized in file sharing case
The girl tried to download an album on the Pirate Bay before her dad bought it for her legally. Authorities still raided the family’s house and seized the computer.
On Nov 22, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Kim Dotcom returns with “100% safe and unstoppable” file-sharing site
Dotcom has taken steps to ensure that his new venture, Mega, will avoid the legal pitfalls Megaupload faced.
On Oct 19, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
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