Tag: Piracy
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James Gunn Confirms Anti-Piracy Tech at San Diego Comic Con
San Diego Comic Con International is the biggest geek-fest of the year and whether you’re lucky enough to attend, or even if you’re not, you can always guarantee some tantalising footage from some of the top upcoming movies is sure to follow! As much as we love a shiny new HD trailer, sometimes this isn’t […]
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Netflix Charges According To Piracy Rates
More and more media outlets are waking up to the fact that piracy is not only inevitable, but also a clear indicator of popularity. Last week we reported that the creators of Game of Thrones were not only aware of their show’s status as the most pirated online, but also welcomed it as the biggest […]
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Pirates Won’t Get Free Windows 10 Upgrade
It’s not a great idea to pirate your operating system these days, especially a Microsoft one. Whilst of course there are ways to circumvent the law, you can’t run and hide from the anti piracy measures forever. In fact, as is the case with the upcoming Windows 10, anti piracy measures are going to be […]
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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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Microsoft Offers Free Windows 10 Upgrade For Pirates
Microsoft has announced that it will give be giving free upgrades of Windows 10 to anyone who uses Windows right now, regardless if you forgot to pay them for the version you are currently using, and are currently running pirated copies of the operating system. Speaking to Reuters, Microsoft’s operating system chief Terry Myerson explained […]
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Pirate Bay Returns With Phoenix Logo
After a few weeks downtime, the Pirate Bay has returned to the internet in its usual form, despite the earlier raid on the site’s servers a few weeks ago. The site was up in some form during the downtime, although mirror sites did include some questionable ads. However, the old, ad-free version of the site, […]
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The Pirate Bay is shut down Following Police raids in Sweden
After being the public scapegoat for online Torrent and illegal piracy, many could be forgiven for thinking the Pirate Bay was already down, but this is not the case, well until today anyway. The popular Torrent Site has once again been shut down and taken offline following a big police raid in Stockholm, Sweden […]
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YouTube Talk Music Streaming, Ad Removal
YouTube is a video streaming site. This much is clear. It says it on the label, people tell you that’s what it’s for. But under the skin is another, hidden use for the site – which sees users gluing their own private playlists of copyrighted music tracks, uploaded as ‘videos’ displaying a single image accompanied […]
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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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The Hobbit, Django Unchained and Fast & Furious 6 top 2013 Most Pirated Films list
So we can now officially say goodbye to 2013 and a big fat hello to 2014, but as the year ticks over movie studios today have been given a stark reminder of just what they have missed out on in 2013, as torrent and download website TorrentFreak has listed its top 10 most pirated movies of […]
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The Hobbit, Django Unchained and Fast & Furious 6 top 2013 Most Pirated Films list
So we can now officially say goodbye to 2013 and a big fat hello to 2014, but as the year ticks over movie studios today have been given a stark reminder of just what they have missed out on in 2013, as torrent and download website TorrentFreak has listed its top 10 most pirated movies of […]
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Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and AOL set to Take on Piracy Adverts
Microsoft and several other of the world’s leading technology companies are pushing on with the fight against online Piracy today as the companies have announced new plans to tackle the Advertising revenue that Pirate sites (like Piratebay.org) are getting from adverts. Tech giants such as Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and AOL have formed an initiative that […]