Stories tagged "piracy"

The US Chamber of Commerce is claiming that 750,000 American jobs have been lost to piracy. Yet, it doesn't cite where that number comes from.

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) is one of the oldest, and perhaps most effective anti-piracy strategies. Today, we take a peek at how FUD is used by universities to counter campus piracy.

The software giant seems to have begun quietly suing individual citizens who have pirated copies of Call of Duty 3. Don't worry, it gets even weirder. These are rock solid legal cases, does the app phone home?

PRO-IP bill would significantly increase penalties for copyright infringement and create a new office of IP enforcement coordinator in the White House

A security hole in Adobe Systems Inc software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon's video streaming service.

Sony got into big trouble over DRM technology in 2005. Now, another sony developed technology has put Electronic Arts in the hot seat. It's not so much that they used the system but that they didn't disclose what they were doing. A lawsuit awaits..

September 19th may be Talk Like a Pirate Day, but why just talk the talk when you can walk the walk? And why restrict yourself to one day a year? Here's how to plunder the high seas of the internet for some priceless booty.

Slipknot vocalist and frontman Corey Taylor says its time for the music industry to stop taking legal action against downloaders. He feels it is the labels themselves who are to blame for online piracy, since the quality of released music is so bad, no-on

Last month Guns N' Roses managed to sic the FBI on a blogger who was leaking tracks from Chinese Democracy, its perpetually delayed album. Guess what happened next? The following is an email exchange between music writer Bob Lefsetz and Eric Garland, who

The group has contracted with MediaSentry to do the work of identifying the infringing computers, but that company's methods have been called into question in a number of states that have licensing requirements for private investigators