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Pirate Bay peers hit 22 million mark
Growth rate of nearly 100% in just over half a year 7 November 2008 16:44 GMT
They may riding a storm of controversy, but the swahbucklers behind the notorious P2P website, The Pirate Bay, are celebrating massive growth.

Despite measures by the music and movie industries, and several governments, to shut them down, it seems, as Ars Technica...
COMMENT: False accusations fly over games downloads
Thousands of court cases predicted 31 October 2008 17:23 GMT
Games developers, software manufacturers and the music industry are all getting tougher on illegal downloads.

Microsoft wanted us all to be waving flags on 21 October - a day it declared Global Anti-Piracy Day (did you remember?) - whilst there have been months...
New organisation founded to fight online piracy
Media and tech companies create Arts+Labs 1 October 2008 12:27 GMT
The battle between peer-2-peer websites and the music and movie industries is hotting up.

The notorious file sharing website, Pirate Bay, is facing bans in Italy, Denmark and Sweden.

Despite a recent vote by the EU, not to adopt a three strikes...
Woman fined £16,000 in file sharing crackdown
One of the first people to be taken to court 19 August 2008 10:02 GMT
And so it starts ... the Italian government is trying to ban Pirate Bay, ISPs in the UK are sending letters to internet users who they know are illegally downloading content from the web, and now someone has actually been taken to court.

A woman, who hasn't...
Pirate Bay banned by Italian government
File sharing site accuses Italian ISPs of being "fascists" 12 August 2008 12:32 GMT
It's been banned in Denmark, the Swedish government is trying to shut it down, and it's facing numerous lawsuits from the music and movie industry alike, but the notorious file sharing website, The Pirate Bay, just keeps on going...

But now the Italian government...
EU proposes crackdown on music and movie piracy
Surfers could be thrown off the web 8 July 2008 11:42 GMT
Proposals have been put before European authorities that could see ISPs adopting a far stricter policy towards internet users who illegally download copyrighted music and movie content.

The Telecom Packet includes the proposal of several laws that would see...
Pirate Bay sued
Motion Picture Association after £8 million 8 May 2008 22:50 GMT
The Motion Picture Association has filed a copyright infringement case against the people behind Pirate Bay for SEK93 million (£7.9 million).

According to reports online, the claim focuses on "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "The Pink Panther", "Syriana",...
China and Russia harbouring cyber copyright criminals
Improvements but still topping US Gov list 28 April 2008 13:10 GMT
The US has pointed the finger at China and Russia and told them to sort out their online pirating problems.

The blacklist of intellectual property abusers has now been published by the US Trade Office; and yet again China and Russia are at the top.
Pirate Bay banned by Danish court
Court calls for site to be blocked 5 February 2008 10:19 GMT
Last week it was Sweden, and now the Danish government is taking action against the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay.

Following on from an announcement that four of the crew of The Pirate Bay are to be charged with aiding copyright infringement in Sweden,...
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Catch up with the tech news web tv show 1 February 2008 19:20 GMT
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In the headlines today: Amazon buys Audible; Pirate Bay faces court; moving the goal posts at this year's Super Bowl; the BBC iPlayer shows Six Nations; and...
Microsoft praises action against Pirate Bay
News of charges met with glee 1 February 2008 13:18 GMT
Microsoft is one of the first companies to release a statement in praise of the Swedish government and its copyright infringement action against The Pirate Bay - one of the world's most popular websites.

In a statement sent to Pocket-lint, Michala Wardell, head...
Sweden charges Pirate Bay crew
"We’ve been here for years and will be here for many more" 1 February 2008 12:18 GMT
Four employees at the "file sharing" site The Pirate Bay have been charged by the Swedish government.

As we reported just a couple of days ago, the website, which is one of the world's most visited, has been targeted by a Swedish prosecutor over copyright infringement.
Sweden takes on Pirate Bay
...in battle against music and file downloads 30 January 2008 18:43 GMT
This week has already seen big record bosses taking a pop at ISPs about illegal music downloads but now one website accused of aiding this very crime is facing a court case.

The government of Sweden has decided to charge Pirate Bay - one of the world's most...