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Download The Entire Pirate Bay In Just 90MB

6:00AM Today | Sam Biddle

Users of Swedish piracy utopia The Pirate Bay have reason to be nervous, post-Megaupload. It’s survived everything companies and cops have thrown its way, but you never know — so download this archive of every single torrent from The Bay. More »


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‘Used’ Music Service Won’t Shut Down Because Of Lawsuit… Yet

12:30PM February 8, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

Capitol Records failed to halt the operations of ReDigi, a service which sells “used” digital music, in advance of their looming legal battle. And even if you’ve never heard of ReDigi, this case holds important consequences for digital media of all kinds. More »


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LimeWire Sued By Labels Even After Shut Down

2:45PM February 7, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

LimeWire has been kaput as a file-sharing service since October, but that hasn’t stopped its legal woes. Now, after settling with the RIAA to the tune of $US105 million, the MPAA and a host of indie music labels have filed lawsuits against the company as well. Talk about beating a dead horse. More »


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7 Ways To Stop Piracy Without DRM

7:00AM February 4, 2012 | Seamus Bellamy - MaximumPC

Piracy’s a fact of life. As a defence against having their intellectual properties swiped, cracked and traded online like so many baseball cards, a lot of companies have turned to Digital Rights Management, a move that seldom does more than temporarily slow pirates and enrage paying customers. Fortunately, there’s a growing number of non-DRM related options out there for developers and software vendors to explore that’ll stymy piracy while respect the rights of their paying users. Let’s give ‘em a try. More »


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US Feds Just Seized 307 Sports Domains

6:15PM February 3, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

The Super Bowl is like a goose that lays golden eggs from which cash cows hatch. It makes obscene amounts of money. So, that could be why the DHS has stepped up its confiscation of sports-related domains in the run-up to Sunday American Football Super Bowl — nuking a total of 307 separate sites. More »


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Neil Young: Piracy Is The New Radio

7:00AM February 2, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

You can’t beat an old rocker flying in the face of the man. Neil Young has decided to let everyone know what he thinks about piracy, and it turns out he’s probably a fan of Megaupload. More »


News

The Pirate Bay’s Founders Are Going To A Prison That’s Better Than Your Life

6:15AM February 2, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Not just any prison — Swedish prison. After fighting copyright infringement charges for years, the three gents behind the world’s most notorious torrent site are headed to the slammer. Luckily, TPB lives, and Swedish prison is great! More »


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Should You Act On ACTA? What Australians Need To Know

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2:20PM January 31, 2012 | Alex Kidman

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement certainly sounds, just on the name of the thing alone, like not such a bad idea. But for the basic principles of personal privacy it is, and it’s the latest in the recent rash of acronymic acts that the Internet’s up in arms about. Here’s what we in Australia need to know. More »


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Your Megaupload Data Could Be Deleted By Thursday

8:45PM January 30, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Since the feds shut down Megaupload, there’s been concern about what would happen to the user data stored using the service. Turns out that it may just be deleted, as early as this Thursday. More »


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FBI Being Sued For Shutting Down MegaUpload

7:15PM January 27, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Well that didn’t take long. Pirate Parties International is assembling a list of users who had lost data in MU’s shutdown last week as it builds a case for an upcoming lawsuit against the Feds. More »