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posted by: Sean F, 15:12 AEDT, Sun November 24, 2019
British Comedian sharing illegal links to his own show to fans
posted by: Sean F, 17:51 AEST, Sun June 16, 2019
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 16, 2019
posted by: Sean F, 15:32 AEST, Sat June 15, 2019
Sky Switzerland used fan-made subtitles in piracy blunder
posted by: Sean F, 16:44 AEST, Sun April 21, 2019
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 21, 2019
posted by: Sean F, 21:24 AEST, Sun September 16, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending September 16, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:46 AEST, Sun September 16, 2018
Tough times for The Pirate Bay and Demonoid, as both sites face technical difficulties
posted by: Sean F, 14:41 AEDT, Sun March 11, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 11, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:08 AEDT, Sat March 10, 2018
The creative industries call on the government to take a role in taking on "Kodi boxes", and the government, including President Trump, seems more than willing
posted by: Sean F, 15:53 AEDT, Wed March 7, 2018
Spotify does battle with uTorrent these days, but one used to own the other
posted by: Sean F, 19:51 AEDT, Sat October 21, 2017
New project aims to redefine how video distribution happens using the technology that drives Bitcoins
posted by: Sean F, 16:23 AEST, Sun August 6, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending August 6, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 13:56 AEST, Sun July 30, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 30, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:21 AEST, Sat July 29, 2017
Open source download site banned from hosting Google ads on pages for legal file sharing software
posted by: Sean F, 15:30 AEST, Sun July 23, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 23, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:45 AEST, Thu July 20, 2017
Game of Thrones season premier sees piracy spike, but torrenting losing popularity to streaming
posted by: Sean F, 19:48 AEST, Sun June 11, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 11, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:00 AEST, Fri June 9, 2017
Hackers release episodes ABC's unreleased show, promises major "offensive" against Hollywood
posted by: Sean F, 16:20 AEST, Sun June 4, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 4, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:49 AEST, Thu June 1, 2017
Torrenting continues apace after surprise shutdown of ExtraTorrent last week
posted by: Sean F, 16:32 AEST, Sun April 30, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 30, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:45 AEDT, Sat March 11, 2017
Court rules father responsible for son's illegal downloads because he failed to educate him on piracy
posted by: Sean F, 16:24 AEDT, Sun February 26, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 26, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:06 AEDT, Sun January 22, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending January 22, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 18:14 AEDT, Sun January 8, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending January 8, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:16 AEDT, Fri January 6, 2017
Graduated response seems to have no positive effect on movie box office, while the most pirated film of the year is 'Deadpool'
posted by: Sean F, 14:46 AEDT, Tue December 27, 2016
The USTR releases updated "Notorious Market" list, but critics say several inclusions should not be there
posted by: Sean F, 13:52 AEDT, Sun December 18, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending December 18, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 14:39 AEDT, Sat December 17, 2016
KickassTorrents is back, well, almost
posted by: Sean F, 17:32 AEDT, Tue December 13, 2016
Swedish ISPs argue against Pirate Bay block, warning it's just another form of censorship
posted by: Sean F, 11:57 AEDT, Sun November 27, 2016
4shared says rights-holders are wasting time submitting "bogus" take-down requests to Google
posted by: Sean F, 20:12 AEDT, Sun November 13, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 13, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:51 AEDT, Fri November 11, 2016
Rights-holder skip 4shared's own anti-piracy tool to use Google's, and this could mean bad news for the file hosting site in the future
posted by: Sean F, 20:58 AEDT, Sun October 30, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 30, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 14:55 AEDT, Sun October 16, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 16, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 15:58 AEDT, Sun October 9, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 9, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 17:46 AEDT, Sun October 2, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 2, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 12:55 AEDT, Sun October 2, 2016
Popular torrent client adds new mode for those wanting to give instead of simply taking
posted by: Sean F, 16:19 AEST, Sun August 7, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending August 7, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:12 AEST, Sat August 6, 2016
Meta search engine Torrentz shuts down in mysterious circumstances, less than two weeks after the closure of KickassTorrents
posted by: Sean F, 17:19 AEST, Sun July 31, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 31, 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:53 AEST, Tue July 26, 2016
isoHunt settles final lawsuit for $66 million, ending the legal battle fought by Hollywood and the music industry against the file sharing site
posted by: Sean F, 16:46 AEST, Sun July 24, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 24 July 2016
posted by: Sean F, 17:40 AEST, Sun April 3, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 3 April 2016
posted by: Sean F, 16:17 AEDT, Sun February 14, 2016
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 14 February 2016
posted by: Sean F, 01:49 AEDT, Mon November 9, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 8 November 2015
posted by: Sean F, 17:03 AEDT, Thu November 5, 2015
Hollywood studios behind recent closures of piracy groups, websites
posted by: Sean F, 23:06 AEDT, Sun November 1, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 1 November 2015
posted by: Sean F, 01:08 AEST, Mon September 14, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 13 September 2015
posted by: Sean F, 15:23 AEST, Sat September 12, 2015
Spotify for music pirates set to be released in early October
posted by: Sean F, 18:44 AEST, Sun August 23, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 23 August 2015
posted by: Sean F, 20:16 AEST, Mon August 17, 2015
RIAA pens another letter, this time asking BitTorrent Inc, makers of the uTorrent client, to help stop BitTorrent piracy
posted by: Sean F, 16:49 AEST, Fri August 14, 2015
CNET's Download.com again attacked for offering downloads that the RIAA says is helping people to pirate music
posted by: Sean F, 23:46 AEST, Sun July 12, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 12 July 2015
posted by: Sean F, 13:46 AEST, Mon July 6, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 5 July 2015
posted by: Sean F, 13:09 AEST, Sun May 24, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 24 May 2015
posted by: Sean F, 17:19 AEST, Wed May 20, 2015
Scammers steal all of EZTV's domain names in brazen hostile takeover, as the founder of the site calls it quits
posted by: Sean F, 18:13 AEST, Tue May 19, 2015
MPAA gets PayPal to freeze account of open source developer who has long since removed the PayPal donation button from his torrent search engine website
posted by: Sean F, 11:22 AEST, Sun May 3, 2015
Vague language in copyright amendment could grant unprecedented powers to curb anti-copyright related speech in Australia
posted by: Sean F, 22:02 AEST, Fri April 24, 2015
It took a week, but Game of Thrones has managed to break more piracy records
posted by: Sean F, 14:43 AEST, Mon April 20, 2015
HBO on the warpath over Periscope piracy, while also sending warning letters to those found to have downloaded the leaked Game of Thrones episodes
posted by: Sean F, 12:11 AEDT, Mon February 16, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 15 February 2015
posted by: Sean F, 18:40 AEDT, Fri February 13, 2015
Site's tough anti-piracy strategy could be to blame for file host's demise
posted by: Sean F, 16:55 AEDT, Wed February 4, 2015
The Pirate Bay is back, but some aren't convinced
posted by: Sean F, 00:06 AEDT, Mon January 5, 2015
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 4 January 2015
posted by: Sean F, 12:49 AEDT, Sat December 20, 2014
Piracy rates bounce back to "normal" after TPB closure
posted by: Sean F, 23:37 AEDT, Sun December 14, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 14 December 2014
posted by: Sean F, 22:20 AEDT, Thu December 11, 2014
The Pirate Bay remains down after Swedish police raid the site's nuclear bunker style server complex
posted by: Sean F, 21:18 AEDT, Sun November 30, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 30 November 2014
posted by: Sean F, 14:26 AEDT, Sun November 30, 2014
Pirate Bay linked cyberlocker site Bayfiles disappears without reason, arrest of co-founder may be linked
posted by: Sean F, 21:07 AEDT, Sun November 23, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 23 November 2014
posted by: Sean F, 16:37 AEDT, Sun November 23, 2014
Netflix's share of peak download traffic is up again, while growing Amazon Instant is a distant second
posted by: Sean F, 22:47 AEDT, Fri November 21, 2014
BitTorrent users, far from being leeching pirates, are also bigger spenders than the average Internet user
posted by: Sean F, 23:52 AEDT, Sun November 9, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 9 November 2014
posted by: Sean F, 23:10 AEDT, Sat November 8, 2014
Is the MPAA lobbying hard behind the scenes to bring in an Internet tax, and to bring an end to Net Neutrality?
posted by: Sean F, 16:04 AEST, Sun September 14, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 14 September 2014
posted by: Sean F, 17:06 AEST, Sun July 27, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 27 July 2014
posted by: Sean F, 17:27 AEST, Sun July 20, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 20 July 2014
posted by: Sean F, 14:49 AEST, Fri July 18, 2014
File sharing only causes "statistically insignificant" losses, but early piracy releases may actually boost box office revenue
posted by: Sean F, 20:25 AEST, Sun July 6, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 6 July 2014
posted by: Sean F, 18:33 AEST, Sun June 29, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 29 June 2014
posted by: Sean F, 22:35 AEST, Thu June 26, 2014
US Supreme Court rules against Aereo's unique business model, and says the company did violate copyright laws, despite usage of tiny antennas
posted by: Sean F, 15:48 AEST, Wed June 25, 2014
Australian ISP calls on government to address the real reasons behind piracy, instead of deploying a "simplistic and futile content blocking strategy" at the behest "content control freaks"
posted by: Sean F, 21:27 AEST, Sun June 22, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 22 June 2014
posted by: Sean F, 18:48 AEST, Fri June 20, 2014
Millions have downloaded the season finale of Game of Thrones just hours after the episode originally aired
posted by: Sean F, 22:37 AEST, Sun May 25, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 25 May 2014
posted by: Sean F, 17:10 AEST, Sun April 27, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 27 April 2014
posted by: Sean F, 00:20 AEST, Fri April 18, 2014
Rightscorp boss launches Facebook tirade against BitTorrent Inc
posted by: Sean F, 17:04 AEST, Sun April 13, 2014
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 13 April 2014
posted by: Sean F, 21:58 AEST, Sat April 12, 2014
Kim Dotcom and his defunct Megaupload faces new legal pressures, as MPAA and RIAA launch separate civil lawsuits
posted by: Sean F, 10:14 AEDT, Thu January 9, 2014
The government, Google and other industries can do a lot more to combat piracy, according to the MPAA's top lawyer
posted by: Sean F, 19:07 AEDT, Sun December 22, 2013
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 22 December 2013
posted by: Sean F, 17:32 AEDT, Sun December 22, 2013
The Pirate Bay tries three new domain names before returning back to its .SE roots
posted by: Sean F, 22:40 AEDT, Fri November 15, 2013
Netflix, YouTube now account for 50% of peak download traffic, with BitTorrent usage falling below 10% for the first time
posted by: Sean F, 16:24 AEDT, Sat November 2, 2013
A site claiming to be the new isoHunt is back up only a week after the original was shut down by the MPAA
posted by: Sean F, 17:32 AEDT, Sun October 20, 2013
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 20 October 2013
posted by: Sean F, 21:32 AEDT, Sat October 19, 2013
isoHunt will be closing within 7 days, after owner Gary Fung throws in the towel and agrees deal that will see $110m in damages being "paid" to the MPAA
posted by: Sean F, 17:26 AEDT, Sun October 6, 2013
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending 6 October 2013
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