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• Hearing on draconian new U.S. piracy legislation is under way

  16.11.2011

  The bill, introduced by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a group of 12 other co-sponsors, aims to combat the threat of "foreign rogue sites" that enable and/or facilitate copyright infringement and to strengthen penalties against thieves of intelectual property.

• App piracy is hurting Android developers

  09.09.2011

  App downloads in the U.S. are booming to the tune of 40 apps per user per year, according to the Yankee Group.

• BT commanded to block site linking to pirated content

  28.07.2011

  The verdict is in: British Telecom must block users from accessing the Newzbin 2 website, an aggregator of links to pirated movies and other content.

• US demands extradition of UK owner of link site

  22.07.2011

  23-year-old UK citizen Richard O'Dwyer is currently fending off an extradition request by United States authorities.

• Admins of popular movie streaming portal arrested, site shut down

  09.06.2011

  Kino.to, one of the most popular European movie streaming portals, has been shut down following coordinated raids executed by police officers in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands.

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