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IFPI, UK Cops, Credit Cards Unite Against Unlicensed MP3 Sites

Continues a pattern of copyright holders trying to choke off sources of revenue for alleged infringing sites. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has announced a new partnership involving it, the City...

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 Net News No Comments

BREIN Threatens Usenet Sites

After their recent victory against the Usenet portal FTD, BREIN – an anti-piracy group – started to use this against other file-sharing websites. Another 11 Usenet sites servicing over 900.000 members closed their...

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Friday, February 25th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Perfect 10 Files $5 Million Infringement Suit Against Megaupload

Says it sent the cyberlocker 22 takedown notices that "as far as Perfect 10 can determine" most "have not been removed." Megaupload's Bonnie Lam counters that every single one it's reported has been...

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Friday, February 4th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Porn, King of File-Sharing Landscape as Music Piracy Sinks

Back in the day when you said ‘file-sharing’ you basically meant ‘music’ – the mighty mp3 was king of the new distribution model on the internet that was revolutionizing the digital era. But...

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Friday, February 4th, 2011 Net News No Comments

BitTorrent’s “Backbone” Not That Strong?

Although millions of people benefit from the p2p file-sharing system,  according to some reports only few of them are actually responsible for sharing most of the content. A number of 55,000 streams of...

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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 Net News No Comments