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.

We own your software, not you

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.

Dancing baby sets legal landmark.

Film and television industries battling popular internet provider iiNet have withdrawn key parts of their claim against the company in the Federal court, and have been told to pay legal costs.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

Evidence not needed in legal actions group claims.

Can 'crimes' committed online, such as theft or murder, get you in trouble with the police? Davey Winder investigates.

Two brothers sent down in major sting.

Is Kylie's entire oeuvre worth that?.

We're wondering how long Torrentspy can survive. The free ride looks like being over, with US authorities wanting up to US$30,000 in compensation per film. That's an expensive download.

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