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Pirate To Join European Parliament As Youngest MemberIn a few weeks Amelia Andersdotter will be the second Pirate Party member to take a seat at the European Parliament in Brussels. The 24-year-old Swede was voted in more than two years ago, but due to bureaucratic quibbles her official appointment was delayed. TorrentFreak catches up with the soon-to-be youngest MEP to hear about her plans and expectations.
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The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit | TorrentFreakIt is said that those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it. In the case of the copyright industry, they have learned that they can get new monopoly benefits and rent-seeker's benefits every time there is a new technology, if they just complain loudly enough to the legislators.
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Megaupload to Sue Universal, Joins Fight Against SOPAFile-hosting service Megaupload has told TorrentFreak that it will sue Universal for wrongfully taking down its content from YouTube. Universal took action Friday to remove a Megaupload-produced pop video which featured leading artists singing the cyberlocker service's praises. The move has also prompted the company to enter the SOPA debate, with a call for like-minded people to join forces and fight for an Internet without censorship.
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The End of TorrentFreak?And indeed, with the current vague language of SOPA not just the traditional piracy havens are at risk, but also search engines and even news sites or blogs that occasionally link to so called “rogue sites.�
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�For Dummies’ Publisher Sues BitTorrent Users to “Educate and Settle�John Wiley and Sons, one of the world’s largest book publishers, is continuing its efforts to crack down on BitTorrent piracy. The company filed a new mass-lawsuit this month, targeting dozens of John Does who allegedly shared Wiley titles online. Talking to TorrentFreak, the publisher states that it's not their intention to litigate against individuals, but to settle and educate instead.
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From Rogue To Vogue: Megaupload and Kim DotcomLast week file-sharing site Megaupload found itself at the center of a huge controversy. After some of the world’s leading artists endorsed its service, Universal Music forced the song offline and was met with widespread accusations of censorship. Today TorrentFreak hands its Sunday guest slot to Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who tells us the row with Universal started much earlier than we thought….
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Dan Mitchell Exposes TorrentFreak as BitTorrent PiratesAt TorrentFreak we have a habit of ignoring commentary on other sites, but sometimes we make an exception. Especially when it comes from the esteemed Dan Mitchell, who has written for Fortune, the New York Times, Slate, Wired, National Public Radio, the Chicago Tribune and his school paper. Commenting on our �revelation� that the RIAA [...]
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Crysis 2 leads the list of 2011′s most pirated gamesEditorial 'game of the year 2011' picks favored the likes of Uncharted 3 and Skyrim, but the pirate vote went to Crysis 2. According to statistics published by BitTorrent blog TorrentFreak, the PC ...
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The Pirate Bay Moves to .SE Domain To Prevent Domain SeizureAfter the court case against the founders of The Pirate Bay was concluded today, the operators of the site quickly moved to change their domain name from .ORG to the Swedish .SE. A Pirate Bay insider informed TorrentFreak that this move was made to prevent the US authorities from seizing the domain, which is a serious risk now the court case has completed.
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Court Orders ISP To Block Grooveshark | TorrentFreakA group of more than 30 rightsholders have won their case targeted against Grooveshark in Denmark. A court agreed that both the streaming music service and its users infringe recording label copyrights and granted an injunction forcing an ISP to initiate a block of the service. The anti-piracy group behind the action hopes that other ISPs will now follow suit.