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January 21, 2014
Major Publishers Sue Hotfile For Copyright Infringement
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Several major book publishers have filed a complaint with a Florida District Court, and are pursuing up to $7.5 million in damages from the now defunct file-sharing website, Hotfile. Pearson Education, Cengage Lear
December 4, 2013
Hotfile To Pay $80 Million In Copyright Suit
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Only a week prior to the schedule court date between MPAA and the popular filesharing website, Hotfile both parties have agreed to an $80 million settlement. The lawsuit was originally set in motion by industry lead
December 2, 2013
US Army Caught Pirating Software, Settles For $50 Million
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The United States government has agreed to a $50 million settlement over a case regarding pirated software. In 2004, the Army paid the Texas based software company Apptricity $4.5 million to use their software. Thi
November 19, 2013
Copyright Industries Add $1 Trillion to U.S. Economy in 2012
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In a recent study released by the Intellectual Property Alliance, it has been revealed those employed in the copyright industries have contributed more than $1 trillion to the gross domestic product for 2012. The sa
October 18, 2013
MPAA Wins Major Victory Over isoHunt
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The popular BitTorrent search engine, isoHunt will indefinitely shut its doors within the next week. After several years of legal battles between the website and the Motion Picture Association of America, Gary Fung,
October 4, 2013
Torrent Site H33t Is Currently Blocked
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The German division of Universal Media Group has successfully hindered the notorious BitTorrent site, h33t. Recently Universal Media Group found itself requesting a temporary injunction against h33t over Robin Thick
September 24, 2013
Sizing the Piracy Universe
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NetNames and NBCUniversal have released an in depth report on the amount of content that is infringed from Internet users in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The report titled, "Sizing the Piracy Universe"
September 11, 2013
How Google Fights Piracy
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An in depth report has been released by Google outlining its different strategies at fighting online piracy. The report goes one step further and gives copyright holders a variety of tips for combating piracy but al
September 3, 2013
Record Labels Ask Broadband Companies To Identify Illegal Downloads
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Several British broadband companies are being asked to voluntarily sign up for a code of conduct to help identify users who download illegally. BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB and TalkTalk are being asked to create a datab
August 12, 2013
The Pirate Bay Launches ‘Pirate Browser’
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Known as one of the largest torrent platforms on the Internet, The Pirate Bay has released a new web browser that will be available to individuals who are currently blocked from accessing the site. 'Pirate Browser'
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