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Isn’t Baidu doing what Google does? So why all the fuss? view story
7 votes- Submitted by ali.kiyani
- 3 months ago
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- Became popular 3 months ago
Recently China’s largest search engine Baidu has come under fire from music industry accusing it of supporting pirated music. Music industry representatives have warned advertisers to stop supporting Baidu because they believe it is......
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IFPI Demands Millions From The Pirate Bay view story
34 votes- Submitted by Syxle
- 5 months ago
- (http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-dema...)
- Became popular 5 months ago
The IFPI has announced that it demands $2.5 million from the Pirate Bay in the upcoming court case, to cover the damages they suffered from 24 music albums that were made available on the popular BitTorrent tracker.
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IFPI Pressure Forces ISPs to Block Another File-Sharing Site view story
15 votes- Submitted by Syxle
- 6 months ago
- (http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-forc...)
- Became popular 6 months ago
Following pressure from the IFPI, a court has ruled that ISPs should be forced to block access to a file-sharing link site.
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Pirate Bay to IFPI: Danish ban has led to even more traffic view story
21 votes- Submitted by DiffeeOnline
- 6 months ago
- (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/p...)
- Became popular 6 months ago
The IFPI is battling The Pirate Bay, but the latest move seems to have backfired. Attempts to get TPB blocked in countries like Denmark has only driven more traffic and attention to the site. Meanwhile, TPB maintains that its activities are legal.
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Unprecedented year in shutting down file sharing sites view story
3 votes- Submitted by rmorrill
- 8 months ago
- (http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/securi...)
- Became popular 8 months ago
While the Kazza case was previously the biggest win that the Anti-Piracy Movement has had, the unprecedented shutdown of Oink, Demonoid, and sites like TV-Links have made 2007 the most busy and important year in Anti-piracy operations since Napster
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Pirate Bay Use Peer Power to Take Back the Grammys view story
18 votes- Submitted by Syxle
- 8 months ago
- (http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-ba...)
- Became popular 8 months ago
The Pirate Bay is encouraging its users to vote for Familjen, an independent artists who is nominated for a Swedish Grammy. They are using the power of peers to break with the tradition of music cartels that reward their own artists, and to annoy the IFPI
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IFPI Pressure Leads Police to Detain File-Sharing Students view story
26 votes- Submitted by Syxle
- 8 months ago
- (http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-pres...)
- Became popular 8 months ago
As part of its anti-piracy activities within âOperation Premiereâ, Czech police raided a students dormitory in the Prague-Strahov area. As well confiscating many terabytes of pirate material, police detained seven students who they claim form...
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The Pirate Bay Loses IFPI.com Domain view story
3 votes- Submitted by stuart
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.slyck.com/story1623_Th...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
The Pirate Bay, one of the largest BitTorrent trackers, obtained the IFPI.com domain in early October of this year. The IFPI.com domain originally belonged to the industry trade group, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Claiming it
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The Pirate Bay looses IFPI dot Com | TechWag view story
1 vote- Submitted by rmorrill
- 9 months ago
- (http://techwag.com/index.php/2007...)
- Became popular 9 months ago
In a tersely worded letter from WIPO (World Intellectual Trade Organization) the Pirate Bay has been found to be “domain squatting” on the IFPI.com domain, and has been ordered to return it to IFPI.org. Brokep has posted the entire WIPO letter, and hi

