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Piracy Is Surging Again Because Streaming Execs Ignored The Lessons Of The Past
Back in 2019 we noted how the streaming sector risked driving consumers back to piracy if they didn’t heed the lessons of the past. We explored how the rush to raise rates, nickel-and-dime us…
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This Is Why People Still Pirate
People still pirate things. Of course they do. Because, despite 14 post-Napster years of piracy in the mainstream, studios still don't get it. Consider the $100 Dark Knight Trilogy boxed set that came out just last week:
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High 'Game of Thrones' piracy is 'better than an Emmy,' says Time Warner CEO
Game of Thrones was potentially the most pirated show of 2012, but Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes thinks that downloading could be as good as one of the most coveted awards in television. On an earnings...
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Breaking Bad creator says ‘piracy’ helped the show’s success
BREAKING BAD creator Vince Gilligan has praised 'piracy' for helping his hugely popular AMC TV drama reach new audiences. Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, Gilligan echoed comments made by Time Warner CEO Alan Bewkes earlier this year, who said that Game of Thrones becoming the world's most downloaded show was "better than winning an Emmy."
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RIAA warns against bitcoin, The Pirate Bay in latest ‘notorious websites’ list
Hoping to convince the US federal government to block websites it deems harmful to business, the RIAA has submitted its list of “notorious websites” with an especially notable version which includes a dig at the digital currency bitcoin.
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The MPAA wants schools to teach first-graders the dangers of digital piracy
The copyright lobby hasn't been shy about pressing the anti-piracy case, but a new LA Times report suggests they're taking the battle to a place it's never been before: schools.
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MPAA to Settle With Pirates For $2 Billion Plus Blood of First Born Child
Following historic and gigantic cash settlements in recent weeks, starting in the new year the MPAA will take the out-of-court piracy settlement game to a whole new level. According to sources close to the group, the first U.S.-based torrent or file-hosting service to incur Hollywood's wrath will have to cough up around $2 billion in cash and hand over the blood of their first born child. And play along with the lie that this has any basis in fact, of course.
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Pirate Bay switches address for the sixth time this year
Peer-to-peer network Pirate Bay has been forced to change its domain name for the sixth time this year after being shut down by the authorities in multiple countries. The file-sharing service actively campaigns against copyright law and provides links to illegally copied films, music and games, making it the subject of determined lawsuits for copyright infringement.
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Measures to Black Out Pirate Sites Unanimously Approved
Measures proposed by Italy’s independent Electronic Communications Authority to tackle 'pirate' sites and their owners have passed with unanimous approval. The new system, which mandates the speedy removal of copyrighted content by hosts and the blocking of file-sharing sites by ISPs, will come into force on March 31 2014. Uploaders of infringing content and service providers who fail to take action face penalties of up to 250,000 euros.
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U.S. Releases More Evidence of Megaupload’s ‘Mass Infringing Use’
The U.S. Department of Justice has released a new 191-page filing in which Megaupload is portrayed as a massive piracy hub. The Government is using data obtained from Megaupload’s seized databases to back up and expand several of the allegations against Kim Dotcom and his co-defendants. Among other things, the evidence suggests that “repeat infringers” drove a lot of traffic to Mega’s sites.
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HBO Still Doesn't Get It: Game of Thrones Again the Most Torrented Show
Three seasons in and Game of Thrones continues to set records. This time around it's at the top of TorrentFreak's list of the year's most downloaded television. Will HBO ever understand or address why this happens?
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Pirate Bay Uploads Surge 50% in a Year, Despite Anti-Piracy Efforts
Over the past year copyright holders have worked hard to stop The Pirate Bay from operating, but without success. Despite several domain changes and ISP blockades in various countries the resilient torrent site keeps on growing. This growth is reflected in the number of uploaded torrents, which increased by 50% over the past year. The Pirate Bay now lists over 2.8 million files, with video being the most shared content.
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50,000 Call to Free Pirate Bay Founder as Court Extends Custody
Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm appeared in court today and had his custody extended to February 5. Meanwhile, a petition to free the Pirate Bay founder, or at minimum improve his current conditions, swelled to more than 50,000 signatories. Svartholm is suspected of several hacking-related crimes in Denmark, where he is being kept in solitary and without free access to mail or his books.
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FOX Bankrupted a 23-Year-Old Canadian Pirate for Running a 'Simpsons' Streaming Site
We talked to Nick, the 23-year-old man who was ordered to pay FOX $10.5 million dollars for running websites such as "Watch The Simpsons Online."
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35% Of All Pirate Bay Uploads Are Porn
Every month tens of thousands of new torrent files are added to The Pirate Bay, but what content do these files point to? New data shows that with 44%, most of these uploads point to copies of TV-shows and movies. Porn comes in second place with roughly a third of all uploads, up from one in ten a few years ago. The percentage of music uploads, on the other hand, is declining steadily, with audio only making up just 9% of all new files added today.
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10 Facts About Somali Pirates
10 Facts About Somali Pirates
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Why The Copyright Industry Is Doomed, In One Single Sentence
In my last column about public libraries and the many parallels with online sharing of knowledge and culture, an unexpected gem surfaced in the comments. The most fundamental reason the copyright monopoly is harmful keeps being forgotten in details and irrelevancies about business models, so we must keep reminding ourselves of it, and keep reminding others of it.
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Judge Understands BitTorrent, Kills Mass Piracy Lawsuits
In the U.S. roughly half a million people have been sued for sharing copyrighted files in recent years, but filing of mass-lawsuits is not getting easier. A federal judge in Iowa has just issued a key order which makes mass-BitTorrent piracy lawsuits virtually impossible. The judge ruled that copyright holders can’t join multiple defendants in one suit, since there is no proof that they shared files with each other.
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Why Games Should Enter The Public Domain
A few days ago I inadvertently caused a bit of a fuss. In writing about GOG’s Time Machine sale, I expressed my two minds about the joy of older games being rescued from obscurity, and my desire that they be in the public domain. This led to some really superb discussion about the subject in the comments below, and indeed to a major developer on Twitter to call for me to be fired.
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Meet the man who could ruin porn—or save it
In a piece on last month’s AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Forbes writer Susannah Breslin interviewed Nate Glass, the owner of anti-porn-piracy company Takedown Piracy. Breslin referred to Glass as the “Darth Vader” of porn piracy. But Glass, a longtime Star Wars nerd, would like to slightly amend that metaphor.
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