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Grooveshark targeted by anti-piracy group DNS block request
Grooveshark’s road to streaming music popularity has been a bumpy one. Of the big-name services that you can still sign up for, it’s arguably the one that’s faced the most legal adversity. Now,…
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Universal illegitimately yanks Megaupload song from YouTube
Consider this a sneak preview of SOPA. Megaupload recently funded a song that features popular artists singing its praises. The artists, independent of their labels, signed agreements with the file...
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Record labels join forces against Grooveshark
Grooveshark has the biggest and best library of any music streaming service. This statement could easily be made with more than a hint of sarcasm; unlike licensed services Spotify, Rdio, and Mog,...
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Activision delivers cease and desist to Skylanders tinkerer
One of the more clever things about the rising Skylanders game franchise is the models you need to play the game. Not only does is re-ignite the urge to “collect ‘em all” but…
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Grooveshark returns to iOS, courtesy of HTML5 web app
After an absence of nearly a year and a half, Grooveshark is back on iOS. The streaming service didn’t, however, have its app reinstated into the App Store. Instead, it has created a…
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The most dangerous remaining parts of SOPA and PIPA
SOPA, in its original form, is all but dead. The White House spoke up last weekend, saying that it would oppose (veto) any legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cyber security risk,…
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Jailbreaking your iPhone could become a crime
Is jailbreaking your iPhone a crime? Right now it isn’t, but that could soon change. In yet another example of legislators not quite knowing how to adapt law to the digital realm, jailbreaking…
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The next Megaupload? Danish court orders ISP to block Grooveshark
Grooveshark has a lot in common with Megaupload. Though one was a file sharing and cloud storage site, and the other is a music streaming service, both are prime targets of Hollywood and…
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Jailbreaking is legal for phones, but not for tablets
Digital rights management, the technology that locks down hardware and digital content, is frustrating enough on its own. But those protections are made worse by a provision in the Digital Millennium...
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What you should know about unlocking cellphones starting next week
Most smartphones have finally evolved to using SIM cards, and thanks to wireless radios there’s only a few degrees of difference between using a phone on one carrier versus another. But just as…
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The system behind Six Strikes might be severely flawed at identifying piracy
Recently, the Copyright Alert System (CAS) — otherwise known as the Six Strikes program — debuted across various major ISPs, perhaps striking fear into the hearts of many a pirate. The system works…
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Microsoft is accidentally sending takedown requests for OpenOffice
Poorly programmed auto-takedown bots are casting too wide a net in trying to take down pirated software links.
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AT&T threatens pirates with account termination through Copyright Alert System
The “six strikes” Copyright Alert System that went into effect earlier this year was sold to US consumers as an educational measure. It took years of negotiation and a promise that no subscribers […]
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Google took down 213,000,000 infringing URLs this year
In 2013, Google received around 235,000,000 takedown requests this year from copyright holders. 91% of those were acted upon — meaning about 213 million URLs were removed from Google’s index as a...
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Massive celebrity nudes leak causes 4chan to introduce DMCA policy
As you likely know by now, last weekend was host to a massive leak of stolen nude celebrity photos. Though an obvious illegal and immoral breach of privacy, celebrity photos leak all the […]
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Copyright police lodge complaint against 127.0.0.1 for sharing Jurassic World
The MPAA and its members have managed to shut down a number of prominent filesharing sites. One of their new targets may prove a bit trickier, however. Universal want to bring the hammer […]
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Columbia Pictures copyright claim results in own Pixels trailer being taken down
The new Adam Sandler movie Pixels is currently being savaged by critics and moviegoers alike with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 17%. Still, Columbia Pictures is apparently worried that someone might have...
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Museums can now legally jailbreak game consoles, and you can crack abandoned...
When a game developer abandons a game or console, that can mean a lot of digital content is lost forever. Games are increasingly becoming an expression of art and culture, and many feel […]
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Cox ordered to pay $25 million for its customers’ pirate downloads
Chalk up another victory for the copyright police. A federal jury in Virginia has declared that Cox Communications must pay $25 million for allowing its customers to download pirated works. Things...
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Nintendo takes down Metroid II fan remake released for 30th Anniversary
Nintendo celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the Metroid series in a weird way- by not even mentioning it. For a company so steeped in nostalgia it was a bizarre move, to say the least. […]
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