The UK Government has just increased the maximum sentence for illegal downloaders from two to ten years imprisonment in a new copyright legislation bill. Online… Read More »Torrent Downloaders Could Now Face Maximum Ten Year Sentence
Game of Thrones fans that download the show illegally may have more to worry about than spotting a plot-killing spoiler on social media after it… Read More »HBO’s Warning to Game of Thrones Torrent Abusers
A 55-year old Leicestershire man has been arrested by British police suspected of illegally uploading an equivalent of 3,000 mixed martial arts and sports entertainment… Read More »Briton Arrested for Illegally Uploading 3,000 WWE and UFC Videos
It’s the end of an era for some, as long time file sharing RapidShare are choosing to close their doors for the last time next… Read More »Rapidshare To Close After 13 Years
As we all know the use of mobile phones behind the wheel without using a handsfree kit is strictly prohibited in the UK, and fines… Read More »Using Apple Watch While Driving Illegal in UK
Do you remember the piracy adverts that you used to get at the beginning of VHS tapes – You know, the one with the upbeat… Read More »London Police Team Up With Project Sunblock to Fight Websites Committing Piracy
Popular fantasy TV show Games of Thrones becomes king of pirate downloads as more watch dodgy copies of new episode than actual broadcasts.
Singer Gwen Stefani & band No Doubt will take Call of Duty publisher to court over likeness fraud in 2009’s Band Hero.
More of copyright’s main antagonists have been facing stiff sentences this week as the file-sharing swashbucklers behind The Pirate Bay have been denied a reduced… Read More »The Pirate Bay Founders Facing Sentencing in Sweden in Latest Copyright Case
As the Gadget Helpline covered in early October, online music distributor Rhapsody entered a deal to buy out one-time piracy paradise Napster – and today… Read More »Rhapsody Completes Napster Acquisition – Online Music Services Merge Into One
As you’ve maybe read, those Angry Birds have recently reached 350-million downloads and flown the coop landing in China for the grand launch the brand… Read More »Fake Angry Birds ‘Theme Park’ operating in China
