Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some of the most infamous so-called shadow libraries have increasingly faced legal pressure to either stop pirating books or risk being shut down or driven to the dark web. Among the biggest target… Continue reading Nvidia Denies Pirate e-Book Sites Are ‘Shadow Libraries’ To Shut Down Lawsuit
Microsoft PlayReady vulnerabilities that could allow rogue subscribers to illegally download movies from popular streaming services.
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The Motion Picture Association is going off on piracy again. During CinemaCon in Las Vegas, MPA CEO Charles Rivkin announced that the organization plans on working with Congress to pass rules blocking websites with pirated content. The Verge: The MPA i… Continue reading MPA Has Big Plans To Crack Down on Movie Piracy Again
Plex is a multi-functional streaming platform that allows users to watch, organize, and curate their favorite media entertainment. Sharing Plex libraries is also an option; one that comes with piracy concerns. In an effort to “avoid the growth of pirac… Continue reading Plex Asks GitHub to Take Down ‘Reshare’ Repository Over Piracy Fears
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Today, more than two decades have passed and most of the files shared on The Pirate Bay in the early years are no longer available. BitTorrent requires at least one person to share a full file copy… Continue reading The Pirate Bay’s Oldest Torrent Is Now 20 Years Old
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Brazilian anti-piracy campaign ‘Operation 404’ has taken down many pirate sites and services over the past five years, but criminal prosecutions have been scarce. This week, anti-piracy group ALIAN… Continue reading ‘Operation 404’ Results In First Prison Sentence For Pirate IPTV Operator
The Dutch pirate site blocklist has expanded with two new targets, shadow libraries Anna’s Archive and Library Genesis. The court order was obtained by local anti-piracy group BREIN, acting on behalf of major publishers. Interestingly, Z-Library isn’t … Continue reading Dutch Court Orders ISP To Block ‘Anna’s Archive’ and ‘LibGen’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Back in 2004, in the pre-Web 2.0 era, research indicated that BitTorrent was responsible for an impressive 35% of all Internet traffic. At the time, file-sharing via peer-to-peer networks was the m… Continue reading BitTorrent Is No Longer the ‘King’ of Upstream Internet Traffic
Piracy was traditionally seen as something that predominantly young males were interested in. This is a largely outdated representation of reality, as girls and women began to catch up a long time ago. In some countries, including Indonesia, more women… Continue reading In Indonesia, Women Pirate More Music and Movies Than Men
jbmartin6 shares a report from Phys.Org: Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you’re a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found. According to the research, women tend to respond positively… Continue reading Study Finds Anti-Piracy Messages Backfire, Especially For Men