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Looks like most people don’t understand what piracy actually is

A new study suggests that people don't know they're illegally downloading media because they don't know what piracy truly constitutes.

The future of online movie piracy is grim, experts warn

Upcoming release of new domain tags and a shift toward cloud storage make for a grim future of online piracy, or so a recent movie industry panel warns.
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Pirated TV: How it works and why it can’t be stopped

Pirated TV is a major thorn in the side of TV networks. But Pirates, who say they just want TV on their own terms, are having their way.

British high court denies Hollywood repayment from online piracy

A British high court judge has denied movie studios the profits generated by a defunct torrent site that distributed their media files illegally.
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CBS responds to injunction against CNET reporting on torrent technology

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U.S. Congress employees are just like us! Report of illegal downloads at work surfaces

A new online report lists the movies and television shows illegally downloaded by workers in the U.S. House of Representatives during the fall of last year.
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Google, Yahoo ad networks fund online piracy websites, USC report claims

A report from USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab claims that Google, Yahoo, and others are helping fund online piracy through advertising.
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Switzerland makes the Anti-Piracy watchlist

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Blame Canada: Our friends to the North make America’s ‘Priority Watch List’ for Internet piracy

Are you joking? Microsoft bravely parodies anti-piracy ads in latest video

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The open Internet’s five deadliest enemies

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Illegal file sharing isn’t ‘stealing’: Here’s why

Could music stream ripping software put Spotify and other music services at major risk?

GoDaddy backpedals some more: now officially opposes SOPA

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China’s Baidu removed from U.S. “notorious markets” list

Steam services render piracy a ‘non-issue’ for Valve, Newell says

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Grooveshark slams Universal lawsuit: Data is ‘blatantly false’

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Will piracy kill e-book lending?

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British government scraps plans to block P2P sites, legalizes ripping

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U.K. High Court orders ISP to block pirate site

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Judge reduces Jammie Thomas’ file-sharing penalty to $54,000

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Music organization wants illegal download sites flagged in search results

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China’s Baidu inks deal with three major music labels

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EU court finds eBay must do more to protect trademarks

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iTunes Match may be a compromise for the music industry and P2P file sharing

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Ballmer: 95 percent of Chinese software revenue lost to piracy

Eric Schmidt compares U.S., British domain name blocking efforts to Chinese censorship

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China’s Baidu fined for copyright infringement

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Software piracy totaled $59 billion in 2010

Judge denies subpoenas based on IP addresses

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FBI takes down alleged King’s Speech, Black Swan pirate

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China to ‘punish’ Baidu, others for illegal music downloads

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New Zealand illegalizes file sharing

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China’s Baidu to pay royalities on downloaded songs