A secret treaty might bind the world's countries to act as copyright cops, but no one other than a few lawyers for big corporations is allowed to read the draft.

The Pirate Bay has announced that it has shut down its tracker technology for good and replaced it with a new form of peer-to-peer network..

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has defended the US$1.92m fine levied against a US woman who illegally downloaded 24 songs..

iiNet have been ordered to give up IP records of twenty file downloaders in the controversial court challenge between the Australian ISP and copyright group AFACT.

Bittorrent megasite Mininova have begun trialling torrent filtering software that will allow the site to automatically block material from a list, flagged by copyright holders.

Controversial organisation launches video streaming service to rival YouTube.

Film and television industries battling popular internet provider iiNet have withdrawn key parts of their claim against the company in the Federal court, and have been told to pay legal costs.

Global Gaming Factory (GGF) is to propose to shareholders a new operating model for The Pirate Bay, whereby the entertainment industry would be reimbursed for downloads..

Quiet Sweden is bubbling over with righteous indignation following revelations that the judge in the Pirate Bay trial has various links with the Big Media Mafiaa.

A US court has ruled in favour of Apple at the close of a long-running legal battle with Mac clone maker Psystar..

A Spanish judge has ruled that downloading copyright files online is legal, as long as it's not for profit, a ruling that would make Spain one of the most lenient in the world

Apple is speaking out in the debate over allowing users to 'jail break' mobile phones..

An IIPA Special 301 Report advises that Spain should be added to the American government's watchlist for countries with dubious file sharing laws. Oddly enough, companies such as Mitsubishi are using the laws to create ingenious Bittorrent promotions.

Is file sharing a great way to make money? The founders of file-sharing site Mininova claim to have a tax-paying, revenue-making business model which just happens to be the world's largest BitTorrent search portal.

ICO confirms Street View does not breach privacy act, while Pirate Bay lawyercalls for retrial.

From webcasting to the DMCA to net neutrality - a list of top ten IT priorities for the new president.

About 100 people signing up every hour to support the pro-file sharing agenda of the Pirate Party.

The Pirate Bay co-founder has stepped down as spokesman, and the founder of Filesoup has been arrested.