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U.K. government outlines new anti-piracy rules

British ISPs will start sending warning letters to broadband subscribers whose accounts have been flagged for illegal file-sharing starting in 2014 under new rules proposed by the U.K. government. Link...

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Tech and media executives are likely to debate piracy

With Hollywood and Silicon Valley getting together in Sun Valley, Idaho, this week for the annual Allen & Co. mogul fest, SOPA is likely to bubble up in conversation. Link www.nytimes.com

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Leaked RIAA report: SOPA/PIPA ‘Ineffective tool’ against music piracy

TorrentFreak has got hold of a cache of internal RIAA/IFPI documents regarding anti-piracy efforts that contain some embarrassing — if unsurprising — tidbits. Link torrentfreak.com

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Google denies anti-piracy measure skips YouTube

Google issues a clarification of its new anti-piracy search policy that doesn’t quite clarify. Given the scrutiny Google is under for favoring its own brands in search results, expect this one to be...

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Google: Many popular sites will escape pirate penalty, not just YouTube

Google isn’t saying how, but it says its algorithm will account for things other than takedown requests when demoting sites’ organic search ranking. YouTube will be safe, along with Facebook, IMDB,...

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RapidShare wants a crackdown on linking sites

At the Technology Policy summit in Aspen today, the file-hosting service RapidShare argues that it isn’t the real source or cause of piracy, it’s the linking sites that help people find infringing...

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US authorities seize alleged Android piracy sites

The U.S. Justice Department seized three web sites it claims were distributing illegal copies of copyrighted Android apps, PCWorld reported early this morning. The operation, which is reportedly the...

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Mega Antigua (Updated)

A ruling by the WTO allows the government of Antigua to set up a website to sell movies, music and other material that infringes U.S. copyright without making payments to U.S. copyright owners.

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France considers striking three-strikes, taxing connected devices

A report issued Monday by a special commission appointed to recommend changes to French media laws and regulations proposes dismantling Hadopi, the agency created in 2009 to enforce France's...

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Retail’s reinvention: technology’s impact on today’s supply chain

Further growth of online sales is inevitable. This continued shift from brick-and-mortar retail shops to the online world affects everyone from the manufacturer to the distributor. Those looking to...

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SOPA gets washed out in election

The entertainment industry lost a number of key allies on Capitol Hill as a result of the election and the returns have scrambled the leadership of key committees in both the House and Senate at a time...

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U.S. copyright review expands

The Commerce Department recommendations, which represent the views of the Obama Administration, come as the Judiciary Committee remains very much in fact-finding mode in its review, setting up the...

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Induce me not

What makes the Hotfile decision notable is not simply that it marks the first time the studios have been able to take down a cyberlocker site but because it was done via summary judgment on an...

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Turns out not that many people use Popcorn Time, after all

Popcorn Time Reality Check: Usage of the Piracy App Is Actually Tiny BitTorrent-based video streaming app Popcorn Time may be the media darling of the moment, but it doesn’t account for a whole lot of...

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ISP’s “six-strike” system is now in full force, says industry official

A U.S. Chamber of Commerce official stated on Wednesday that an anti-piracy program involving major internet service providers is now in full effect, more than a year after news of the so-called...

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Movie studios sue Megaupload for millions over downloaded Hollywood hits

The U.S. government shut down popular file-storage service, Megaupload, in a 2012 criminal raid, and is still seeking to extradite the site’s CEO, Kim Dotcom, from New Zealand. Now, Disney and five...

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File sharing is alive and well, to the tune of 300 million users a month

Surprise: P2P isn’t dead, after all. 300 million users swap files via BitTorrent every month, according to new numbers from media intelligence startup Tru Optik, which estimates that every month, more...

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Wil Wheaton: pirate my TV show if you have to, but help my ratings if you can

Wil Wheaton isn’t holding a grudge against anyone who is downloading his new show, aptly titled the Wil Wheaton Project, via BitTorrent. However, he’d prefer that people who have access to cable or any...

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New data on “6-strikes” copyright system says 3% of alleged pirates had...

Internet service providers sent 1.3 million copyright warnings to subscribers in 2013, but only took steps to punish a small percentage of those by slowing down their connections. Those findings are...

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UK ISPs to alert customers suspected of unlawfully downloading copyrighted...

Major British internet service providers will start sending out alerts to subscribers they believe to be unlawfully downloading copyrighted material. But there won’t be any consequences beyond that....

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