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Topic: The Pirate Bay

  
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CHEWBACCA DEFENSE   |  Comment

Torrent Site Fights Legal Action with 'Chewbacca Defense'

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Feb 19, 2009 at 11:55 AM

Yesterday was the third installment of the Pirate Bay Trial in Stockholm, Sweden, that has pitted a popular file-sharing site against media companies claiming copyright infringement. Fresh off yesterday's minor victory, when half the ...READ»

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PIRATE BAY   |  Comment

Four Convicted in Pirate Bay Trial

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Apr 17, 2009 at 9:42 AM

The music industry won a major victory against copyright infringement today with the conviction of the four men behind the Pirate Bay, a file-swapping service with over 20 million members. The men were sentenced in a Swedish court ...READ»

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PIRATE BAY   |  2 comments

Pirate Bay Not Dead After All

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Aug 27, 2009 at 2:12 PM

Just two days ago it seemed as if former torrent network the Pirate Bay was going to be scuttled forever, as deals for its acquisition fell apart and its users held a hacking vigil in remembrance. But now it appears that that the ...READ»

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PIRATE BAY   |  1 comment

As Pirate Bay Sinks, Cyber-Attacks Mourn It

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Aug 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM

The popular peer-to-peer torrent network Pirate Bay will not go quietly. That's the message of deliberate attacks on the Pirate Bay's Internet service provider, perpetrated today as the company attempted to comply with a Swedish ...READ»

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TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR   |  Comment

Acquisition of the Pirate Bay Collapses

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jul 29, 2009 at 10:43 AM

Hackers and Web nerds worldwide were distressed when torrent search engine The Pirate Bay announced last month that it had be sold into a legitimate channel of business. A company called Global Gaming Factory had a plan that would ...READ»

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UN-PIRATE BAY   |  Comment

Pirate Bay Pulls a Napster: Sells for $8 Million

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 97
Tue Jun 30, 2009 at 5:57 AM

Just like Napster, the music sharing site that was sold in the midst of its legal woes, Pirate Bay has just been bought by Global Gaming Factory for $7.8 million. So while its creators still face jail time, the Bay's about to go ...READ»

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DIGITAL MUSIC   |  11 comments

Why Spotify's Legal Music Service Could Beat the Revamped Pirate Bay

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 96
Wed Jul 1, 2009 at 10:23 AM

Legal music-sharing service Spotify just revealed that it's apparently five to six times more used than its nearest rivals. That's a pretty astonishing measure of success, and the site has big plans. In fact, it's likely to beat a ...READ»

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PIRACY   |  Comment

Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 90
Mon Nov 2, 2009 at 9:19 AM

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really ...READ»

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IRANONYMOUS   |  10 comments

Internet Vigilantes Lend a Hand to Iranian Protestors

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 89
Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 2:05 PM

Anonymous--the infamous, faceless hacker group--creates a guide to evading Iranian censors.READ»

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PIRACY   |  Comment

Pirate Party Wins a Seat on E.U. Parliament

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 89
Mon Jun 8, 2009 at 6:46 AM

Europeans have been busy choosing new members of the European Parliament, and the Swedes have pulled off a surprising maneuver: They've elected a member of the Pirate Party. For the anti-copyright movement, it's a huge ...READ»

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NET AWARENESS   |  5 comments

Why Aren't Government Staffers More Net Savvy?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 61
Thu Jul 30, 2009 at 9:51 AM

Congress has been briefed that highly-sensitive government and personal info was leaked into the public domain by unthinking use of file-sharing software. That's terrible. But why the hell aren't Governmental employees more net ...READ»

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PIRACY   |  Comment

RIAA Still Suing Individuals, While E.U. Lightens Three Strikes Rule

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 19
Thu May 7, 2009 at 8:32 AM

Piracy and copyright issues are still troubling the world, and recent news about the RIAA, and the European Union's copyright laws highlight this fact. The RIAA is reportedly still suing people when it said it wouldn't, and in ...READ»

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DIGITAL MUSIC   |  5 comments

MySpace Buying iMeem: A Plan to Beat Spotify?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 18
Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM

There are rumors abounding that MySpace is in advanced stages of trying to social-network music system iMeem, and they set us thinking. Looking at Facebook's tie-up with Lala, and even MySpace's with iLike, is this all to outsmart ...READ»