News Archive

PIRACY NEWS STORIES
DATE
Boxing broadcasters battle Periscope's pirates 04/05/15
HBO angered at Game of Thrones leak 15/04/15
Piracy sites are 'rife with scams' says media industry 30/04/14
Could new net neutrality rules fuel piracy? 28/04/14
Russia's anti-internet piracy law faces backlash 01/08/13
Google asked to remove 100 million 'piracy' links in 2013 29/07/13
UK court orders block on two file-sharing sites 22/07/13
Music piracy 'rises' after festivals 19/07/13
Video games embrace China's freemium model to beat piracy 04/01/13
Japan introduces piracy penalties for illegal downloads 01/10/12
A glimpse at piracy in the UK and beyond 17/09/12
European Court of Justice rejects web piracy fiter 24/11/11
Google and Facebook warn against new US piracy legislation 16/11/11
France acts against net pirates 06/10/11
Web pirates ready block-busting software 15/09/11
Jeremy Hunt urges web firms to join anti-piracy drive 14/09/11
UK looks to US on piracy blocking 05/07/11
Film makers seek injunction to block pirate site 28/06/11s
Brussels readies net piracy purge 24/05/11
Americans face piracy website blocking 13/05/11
Music publishers plan rights database 24/01/11
Gaming industry loses 'billions' to chipped consoles 21/01/11
Piracy websites attract billions of visits 11/01/11
Piracy concerns over Apple's new Mac download store 07/01/11
Avatar is 'most pirated film of 2010' 22/12/10
Illegal music downloads are 'on the rise' 16/12/10
Google tweaks to tackle online piracy 02/12/10
US shuts down file-sharing sites 29/11/10
Pirate Bay founders lose appeal 26/11/10
Ministry of Sound abandons net piracy case 03/11/10
Illegal online sports streaming of matches 'increases' 22/10/10
Irish court rules in favour of ISPs in piracy case 12/10/10
BT seeks freeze on net piracy cases 04/10/10
Lawyers to continue piracy fight 30/09/10
Piracy activists target recording industry websites 20/09/10
Rights-holders bear brunt of costs of chasing pirates 14/09/10
European police in pirate raids 08/09/10
Game copiers for Nintendo DS rules illegal in UK 28/07/10
US cracks down on online film piracy 01/07/10
US pirate hunters target movies 23/06/10
The Hurt Locker producers to sue illegal file-sharers 02/06/10
Ofcom unveils anti-piracy policy 28/05/10
Big Irish crackdown on net piracy 25/05/10
Music piracy unstoppable, Universal admits 14/05/10
Software piracy continues to rise 11/05/10
Anti-piracy firm defends net hunt 15/04/10
Lords pass controversial internet piracy bill 16/03/10
Illegal fire-sharing policy criticised by BT boss 10/03/10
Lords force rethink of government's online piracy plans 04/03/10
Digital Economy Bill could 'breach rights' 05/02/10
Piracy letter campaign nets innocents 26/01/10
Online music piracy 'destroys local music' 21/01/10
US company sues China for Green Dam 'code theft' 06/01/10
No decrease in illegal downloading, says BPI 18/12/09
Lawyers target thousands of 'illegal' file-sharers 27/11/09
Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers 11/11/09
EU offers hope to file-sharers 05/11/09
File-sharers are big spenders too 02/11/09
Net pirates to be 'disconnected' 28/10/09
Q&A: Internet piracy plans 28/10/09
Europe backs down on piracy plans 23/10/09
Piracy officers probe Leona leak 19/08/09
BBC looks to copy protect content 16/09/09
Cunning copyright catches crooks 15/09/09
French 'pass' piracy legislation 15/09/09
Musicians hit out at piracy plans 10/09/09
Innocents accused of net piracy 02/07/09
Anti-piracy music deal for Virgin 15/06/09
Court curbs French net piracy law 10/06/09
Pirates 'ignore' warning letters 10/06/09
Pirated pop keeps stars popular 14/05/09
French net piracy bill passed 12/05/09
French reject internet piracy law 09/04/09
Piracy law cuts internet traffic 02/04/09
Shift in anti-film piracy tactics 02/04/09
New Wolverine film leaked online 01/04/09
'Three-strikes' law for net users 27/03/09
File sharing agency up for debate 16/03/09
MPs urge action on cinema filming 11/03/09
L'Oreal takes action against eBay 09/03/09
Fake games carried 'advertising' 18/02/09
How the Pirate Bay sailed into infamy 16/02/09
Pirate Bay file-share case starts 16/02/09
UK will not legislate on piracy 28/01/09
Legal downloads swamped by piracy 16/01/08
Spore at top of the piracy charts 10/12/08
Microsoft tackles auction pirates 05/12/08
What will stop you from pirating? 12/11/08
French pirates face net cut-off 03/11/08
Music fans back legal downloads 12/10/08
DVD copying software gets pulled 07/10/08
Game sharers face legal crackdown 19/08/08
Europe votes on anti-piracy laws 07/07/08
UK software piracy rate declines 14/05/08
Europe rejects anti-piracy plans 11/04/08
Policing internet 'not ISP's job' 04/04/08
Blu-ray copy protection cracked 28/03/08
Creativity at mercy of intellectual pirates 18/03/08
CD pirates told to repay £400,000 12/03/08
Dogs nip at heels of DVD pirates 03/03/08
ISPs could face piracy sanctions 22/02/08
Chaos of China's music industry 21/02/08
Illegal downlaoders 'face UK ban' 12/02/08
China sued over web music piracy 04/02/08
Pirate Bay hit with legal action 31/01/08
U2 manager wants end to piracy 29/01/08
Copying CDs could be made legal 08/01/08
Sony drops locks on music albums 07/01/08
Digital locks future questioned 10/12/07
'Kill switch' dropped from Vista 04/12/07
France unveils anti-piracy plan 23/11/07
Huge pirate music site shut down 23/10/07
YouTube rolls out filtering tools 16/10/07
Dogs bite at Big Apple DVD piracy 30/08/07
A digital game of cat and mouse 27/08/07
Fighting fakes in a virtual world 18/08/07
US in formal China piracy action 13/08/07
Huge Chinese piracy ring tackled 26/07/07
Social networks lure music fans 31/07/07
Sony BMG sues anti-piracy company 13/07/07
Piracy police raid Honeywell site 29/06/07
Leader of net piracy gang jailed 25/06/07
Net losses for software pirates 22/06/07
Malaysia seeks Irish sniffer dogs 30/05/07
DVD DRM row sparks user rebellion 02/05/07
China slams US piracy complaint 10/04/07
EMI takes locks off music tracks 02/04/07
Retrial for Microsoft piracy case 27/03/07
Rampant piracy threatens PC games 14/03/07
The fact and fiction of camcorder piracy 06/02/07
Hike in piracy sentences proposed 06/12/06
Technology can beat film piracy 13/10/06
Cinema detective to tackle piracy 03/07/06
White light 'blinds' pirates 20/06/06
Call to target UK software piracy 23/05/06
Piracy in almost every street 24/02/06
Seven admit copying Star Wars DVD 26/01/06
File-sharing 'not cut by courts' 19/1/06
Microsoft to remove Sony CD code 14/11/05
Viruses use Sony anti-piracy CDs 11/11/05
The rootkit of all evil? 04/11/05
Sony slated over anti-piracy CD 03/11/05
Top software enforcer talks tough 18/10/05
Businesses unite to fight piracy 04/10/05
Software pirates tap into technology 02/08/05
Software piracy seen 'as normal' 23/06/05
Swap offer for pirated Windows 26/11/04
Pirate or harmless computer buff? 06/05/04
Internet piracy trio sent to jail 06/05/04
US law tackles online pirates 28/04/05
Fake goods tempting young adults 09/08/04
Legal action closes DVD copy firm 04/08/04
Pirate CD sales hit record high 22/07/04
Piracy blitz unites film industry 12/07/04
Tracking down the pirated DVDs 12/07/04
Software piracy continues to grow 07/07/04
Digital crackdown - do copyright laws help or hinder? 10/05/04
US leads Internet piracy raids 23/04/04
Two arrests under camcorder law 15/04/04
Cinema trailer fights film piracy 23/03/04
Will piracy sink the DVD? 15/03/04
Coke song site 'Europe's biggest' - overcoming the need for piracy? 11/03/04
EU backs tighter rules on piracy 09/03/04
Online piracy 'devastates' music 04/03/04
Italy heads 'piracy shame league' 29/01/04
FBI arrest Oscar movie 'pirate' 23/01/04
Web music piracy fight working 22/01/03
Blow to online music piracy fight 19/12/03
Raid nets £10m 'fakes' haul 15/12/03
Student sued over CD piracy study 10/10/03
Satellites used to track workers 24/08/03
Convicted music pirate faces jail 22/08/03
Hollywood launches anti-piracy campaign 22/07/03
Music piracy probe stepped up 17/07/03
Software piracy - is it ok to copy? 07/07/03
I am a net pirate 26/06/03
Music piracy - question and answers 26/06/03
Software piracy on the wane 03/06/03
File swappers learn new tricks 02/06/03
Matrix sequel pirated online 27/05/03
How cyber piracy affects you 09/04/03
The high price of Piracy 03/04/03
Lucas leads anti-piracy campaign
 06/03/03
AOL joins music piracy battle
 26/02/03
New weapon in piracy battle 25/02/03
Real boss tackles online piracy
 18/02/03
Web piracy hits music sales
 10/02/03
Government urged to ensure piracy laws are fair
 10/02/03
Music chiefs win internet cafe ruling 29/01/03
US firms reach deal to cut software piracy 15/01/03
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