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January 26, 2015
Pirate Site Offers $100k for Developers and Uploaders
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When the Pirate Bay main site went offline a few weeks ago, there was a scramble to fill the vacuum left by the web's largest trafficker of stolen goods. Isohunt launched the Oldpiratebay.org and promptly found them
October 10, 2014
Why We Don’t Like Aggregators & Why You Shouldn’t Either
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I occasionally get asked questions by Pirate site operators... which sounds cooler than it is. Normally, the questions involve a lot of four letter words, inquiries about my intelligence and/or paternity and a great
September 25, 2014
The Real Effects of Piracy (Part 1): Disintermediation
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dis路in路ter路me路di路a路tion noun : reduction in the use of intermediaries between producers and consumers. The elimination of the "middle-man". Talk about your $5 words... The first time I came face to face with
September 9, 2014
Life Among the Black Hats: Auto-Content Generators & Search Results
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Occasionally we receive emails from clients letting us know that "This site has all of my titles" or "I just received this Google alert and it looks like they have EVERY ONE of my plug-ins". These emails usually res
August 8, 2014
Bad Actors and Petty Vengeance II: Caught in the Crossfire
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I had an odd experience this week, which while not uncommon on the internet or in the course of my duties, surprised me with its cruelty and irony. I looked up from monitor to find one of our team-members with an u
July 3, 2014
Bad Actors and Petty Vengeance: A Catalog of Characters
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I鈥檝e worked online for over a decade now, in a variety of capacities, and I鈥檝e watched the Internet change, mature, devolve, quake and thrive. In all my various roles I鈥檝e experienced moments of shock at the s
June 6, 2014
How Pirates Generate Their Revenues from Copyright Infringement
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The problem of online piracy is not one of sheer, random malevolence; that is, pirates don鈥檛 do what they do just for the sake of hurting people, and they don鈥檛 do it just because they can. There is something in
April 7, 2014
Promotion vs. Piracy: Where to Draw the Line?
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Imagine the following scenario: A local car dealer says he is going to hold a drawing and randomly choose one person in town to receive a free automobile. It may be a publicity gimmick, but it鈥檚 a pretty good one;
April 1, 2014
Cutting Off Ad Revenue To Illegal Sites
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A new online database has been created in hopes of steering advertising firms from displaying ads on websites that have been verified or are known to host illegal copyrighted material. Advertising firms and third p
February 27, 2014
The Romance Fiction Sector: Navigating the Digital Age and Piracy
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Readers have loved romance novels for hundreds of years. The deep emotional connection developed by talented romance writers has created loyal fans, who eagerly anticipate the next release from their favorite author
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