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..

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

The European Union has finally agreed the last details of the Telecom Reform Package, and decided that citizens' internet access can be restricted if necessary, but only after a "fair and impartial procedure including the user's right to be heard".

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.

Warning messages about piracy could soon start appearing in peer-to-peer (P2P) applications if the US government agrees to new legislation..

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The original founders of Skype have filed a lawsuit against the VoIP giant and its owner eBay, claiming copyright infringement.

The French legislature has passed into law a revised version of the controversial so-called Hadopi 'three strikes' law targeting illegal online peer-to-peer file swappers

Set n' forget recordings are what make PVRs so great, but uTorrent lets file-sharers download each week just as easily.

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..

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

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

A US federal judge has issued a ruling to halt sales of the RealDVD disk-copying tool..

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

A Boston jury has ordered Joel Tenenbaum to pay a total of US$675,000 for willfully infringing 30 songs by downloading and distributing them over the KaZaA peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing network.

Google has finally found a way to monetise YouTube: by granting fair use of copyrighted materials to home videos, artists such as Chris Brown are celebrating their music bouncing up the charts, with wedding bells chiming in the asile.

In an unusual turn of events, Apple has dropped their legal action to ban forum discussions regarding iPhone and iPod hacking, after a countersuit from the EFF helped to change their minds.

After Global Gaming Factory announced its intention to buy The Pirate Bay, the world plus dog was wondering what the file sharer would become.

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