Internet Piracy
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With Torrent Sites Facing the Heat, Pirates Get Creative With Google Drive and Other Services
Google Drive is becoming increasingly popular among freeloaders, hidden YouTube videos are everywhere, and pirates are even hiding torrents in Google Maps!
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Just Like Kickass Torrents, a Clone Site Keeps Torrentz.eu Alive
Clone site for torrent search engine Torrentz.eu has surfaced and seems to imitate the functionality of original site.
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Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of 73 Websites Over Piracy Suit
The court's order came on a review plea by Star India, a broadcaster which has an exclusive media rights for various sporting events.
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FBI Seeks to Exempt Biometrics Database From Privacy Act
The Next Generation Identification database contains a wealth of biometric data such as fingerprints, palm prints, photographs, and iris scans.
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1 in 3 Piracy Websites Serve Malware to Visitors: Report
These websites take large sums from malware distributors and run their codes on the websites.
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Six Plead Guilty in $100 Million Software Piracy Case in US
The stolen software products included about 170,000 access codes for Adobe Systems and Microsoft products.
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Online Pirates Thriving on Legitimate Advertising Money
Pirate websites run ads that are covered up by other graphics, and conceal their illicit activities so advertising brands remain unaware.
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Kerala police cracks down on film piracy, case against 1000
In a major crackdown on online film piracy, Kerala Police have registered cases against more than 1000 persons for allegedly uploading or downloading recently-released Malayalam movie Bachelor Party.
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Megaupload founder accuses NZ police of beating him
Kim Dotcom said on Tuesday New Zealand police punched and kicked him during a raid on his mansion.
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US shuts down websites in piracy crackdown
In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies, the Web addresses of a number of sites that facilitate illegal file-sharing were seized this week by Immigration and Customs...
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Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement
Google Inc. is promising to do a better job of weeding out copyright violations on the Internet.As part of a crackdown announced Thursday, the Internet search leader said it will respond to complaints about pirated material posted on its YouTube...
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How the web flexed its muscle with piracy protests
The Web buzzed with protests large and small on Wednesday, and some opponents of Congressional legislation took their opposition offline, too.
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US Senate postpones vote on Internet piracy bill
US Senate leaders announced Friday they were delaying next week's vote on an anti-online piracy bill that Wikipedia, Google and other Web giants have denounced as a threat to Internet freedom.
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Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement
Google Inc. is promising to do a better job of weeding out copyright violations on the Internet.As part of a crackdown announced Thursday, the Internet search leader said it will respond to complaints about pirated material posted on its YouTube video site and other services within 24 hours. Google didn't specify what its average response time is n...
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With Torrent Sites Facing the Heat, Pirates Get Creative With Google Drive and Other Services
Google Drive is becoming increasingly popular among freeloaders, hidden YouTube videos are everywhere, and pirates are even hiding torrents in Google Maps!
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Just Like Kickass Torrents, a Clone Site Keeps Torrentz.eu Alive
Clone site for torrent search engine Torrentz.eu has surfaced and seems to imitate the functionality of original site.
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Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of 73 Websites Over Piracy Suit
The court's order came on a review plea by Star India, a broadcaster which has an exclusive media rights for various sporting events.
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FBI Seeks to Exempt Biometrics Database From Privacy Act
The Next Generation Identification database contains a wealth of biometric data such as fingerprints, palm prints, photographs, and iris scans.
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1 in 3 Piracy Websites Serve Malware to Visitors: Report
These websites take large sums from malware distributors and run their codes on the websites.
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Six Plead Guilty in $100 Million Software Piracy Case in US
The stolen software products included about 170,000 access codes for Adobe Systems and Microsoft products.
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Online Pirates Thriving on Legitimate Advertising Money
Pirate websites run ads that are covered up by other graphics, and conceal their illicit activities so advertising brands remain unaware.
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Kerala police cracks down on film piracy, case against 1000
In a major crackdown on online film piracy, Kerala Police have registered cases against more than 1000 persons for allegedly uploading or downloading recently-released Malayalam movie Bachelor Party.
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Megaupload founder accuses NZ police of beating him
Kim Dotcom said on Tuesday New Zealand police punched and kicked him during a raid on his mansion.
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US shuts down websites in piracy crackdown
In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies, the Web addresses of a number of sites that facilitate illegal file-sharing were seized this week by Immigration and Customs...
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Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement
Google Inc. is promising to do a better job of weeding out copyright violations on the Internet.As part of a crackdown announced Thursday, the Internet search leader said it will respond to complaints about pirated material posted on its YouTube...
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How the web flexed its muscle with piracy protests
The Web buzzed with protests large and small on Wednesday, and some opponents of Congressional legislation took their opposition offline, too.
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US Senate postpones vote on Internet piracy bill
US Senate leaders announced Friday they were delaying next week's vote on an anti-online piracy bill that Wikipedia, Google and other Web giants have denounced as a threat to Internet freedom.
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Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement
Google Inc. is promising to do a better job of weeding out copyright violations on the Internet.As part of a crackdown announced Thursday, the Internet search leader said it will respond to complaints about pirated material posted on its YouTube video site and other services within 24 hours. Google didn't specify what its average response time is n...
