Donald Trump has said that “the US is acting swiftly on intellectual property theft”, hinting at a pending announcement on copyright matters. We...
MPAA chief praises site-blocking but italians love piracy and the quality
Outgoing MPAA chief Chris Dodd praised European site-blocking efforts Monday but slammed unauthorized content sites that “steal sensitive...
Spain to raise ‘anti-piracy generation’
Spain will raise “an anti-piracy generation” as part of its pledge to tackle intellectual property infringement, the country’s minister for...
Australian copyright laws have questionable benefits
As the Australian Copyright Agency comes under pressure for appearing to use member royalties to enshrine self-serving copyright laws, it’s time...
Italy’s pirate site blocklist expands with Flashx, RARBG and others
Following complaints from copyright holders, Italian ISPs are required to block hundreds of websites, a list that continues to expand. During the...
Streaming pirate content isn’t illegal, UK Trading Standards says
Every day millions of people use PCs, tablets, phones and Kodi-style devices to stream pirated content, but is it illegal? According to Trading...
Government defends 10-year sentence plan for copyright infringers
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has hit back at a campaign against new government measures to increase the sentence for online copyright...
Is Google about to launch the largest torrent search engine ever seen?
Google has made the founder of Torrentz.eu in charge of a project, a report said. After years of catering to copyright holders and their increasing...
Pirate sites in the U.S. to face same fate as Australia and Europe this year?
The future looks bleak for the pirate sites in the U.S., says Torrent Freak. The battle against pirate sites got a booster shot in 2016 after some...
RightsAlliance Forces Ten-Year-Old Site to Delete All Torrents
A private tracker that has been plagued with all kinds of legal trouble over a decade has finally succumbed to copyright holder pressure. The...