Tag: illegal
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Torrent Downloaders Could Now Face Maximum Ten Year Sentence
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 downloading and unauthorised sharing of movies, television and music is an offence the government now considers to be on par with full scale counterfeiting and therefore the sentencing for breaking…
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HBO’s Warning to Game of Thrones Torrent Abusers
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 was revealed that broadcaster HBO is looking to axe their internet access if they watch the show from a torrent file. Home Box Office (HBO) – which is GoT’s network…
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Briton Arrested for Illegally Uploading 3,000 WWE and UFC Videos
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 videos, the majority of which were ripped from megabucks global companies World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) which specialises in…
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Rapidshare To Close After 13 Years
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 month. The venerable service is to go offline after serving users with content for over 13 years, with the site advising users to get their affairs in order by March…
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Using Apple Watch While Driving Illegal in UK
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 and penalties exist for those caught breaking the law. Now it seems that complex devices, including wearables, will now be subject to that law too. According to the Institute of…
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London Police Team Up With Project Sunblock to Fight Websites Committing Piracy
Do you remember the piracy adverts that you used to get at the beginning of VHS tapes – You know, the one with the upbeat music so that the ad was ‘down wid da kids’? You wouldn’t steal a car? You wouldn’t steal a handbag? Does this even run at the beginning of movies now?…
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Game of Thrones Season 3 Premiere Illegally Downloaded By 1-Million Viewers
Popular fantasy TV show Games of Thrones becomes king of pirate downloads as more watch dodgy copies of new episode than actual broadcasts.
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Countdown to E3 2012: 90s Pop-Rock Band No Doubt Takes Activision to Court Over Likeness Infringement
Singer Gwen Stefani & band No Doubt will take Call of Duty publisher to court over likeness fraud in 2009’s Band Hero.
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The Pirate Bay Founders Facing Sentencing in Sweden in Latest Copyright Case
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 punishment by Sweden’s supreme courts. Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundstrom are the crew which runs the offending Swedish website which boasts the claim of “the most…
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Rhapsody Completes Napster Acquisition – Online Music Services Merge Into One
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 it’s being reported that the merge is complete with both services united taking on the new owners name of simply “Rhapsody” (and not “Rhapster” – as was humourously suggested!) Both…
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Fake Angry Birds ‘Theme Park’ operating in China
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 and the popular feather-flinging app game for iPhone, iPod and Android gadgets in the Far East, as well as introducing a new stage for its Seasons spin-off to celebrate the…