Digital Experts, Internet Service Providers (ISP), along with consumer rights groups on Tuesday expressed strong opposition over the proposed legislation of the British government that would permanently cutoff illegal file-shares from the internet.
In a statement, Rob Bratby of Olswang Law firm said that the sudden change in government position over the peer-to-peer users and alleged [...]

Popular BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay lost its chairman, Magnus Bergman, who apparently isn’t satisfied with the company’s new management.
In a report by a Swedish newpaper, Bergman has filed the necessary documents for his resignation at the Companies Registration Office of Sweden in an apparent show of defection to the incoming owner, Global Gaming Factory [...]

The Swedish government through its Economic Crimes Bureau on Saturday started its probe over the questionable planned sale of The Pirate Bay, the most popular BitTorrent tracker in the world, to Global Gaming Factor X.
A published report by a Swedish newspaper told that the ECB are looking to company documents following a sharp increase in [...]

A Delaware native was sentenced by a Northern California District Court to pay more than $210, 000 worth of penalty for illegally selling and auctioning unlicensed and pirated copies of Autodesk, Adobe, and Microsoft Office software in the Internet.
In a decision handed by Northern California District Court Judge Susan Illston, Matthew Miller, a resident of [...]

The US Department of Justice on Wednesday finally broke its silence and defended the $1.92 million fine against peer-to-peer user Jammie Thomas-Rasset, saying that the amount of damage penalties were what the Congress intended to impose against the file-sharer.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the justice department said that the amount imposed as penalty against [...]

A new study conducted by the European Union showed that internet users are not willing to pay for content being shared in peer-to-peer networks contrary to what industry executives’ claim.
The study, which was released on Friday, also said that nothing is going to change the mindset of consumers over free contents they get from the [...]

The biggest names in the music industry on Monday expressed support to peer-to-peer file-sharing website users as they slammed plans by record companies to permanently cut the Internet connection of people who are found “guilty” of illegally downloading music files.
Britain’s music legends like Sirs Elton John and Paul McCartney openly expressed opposition over the plan [...]

The lawyer of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay on Monday said that it will file an appeal for retrial before the District Court in Amsterdam, Netherlands after a lower court ordered the temporary ban of all its service and activities in the country.
In an interview, Pirate Bay chief legal counsel Ernst Louwers said that the [...]

Julius Genachowski, the newly appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on Monday reiterated the Obama-administration’s stance over the issue of net neutrality, saying that the US government will persecute violators of the principle.
In a statement, Genachowski said that President Barack Obama is pushing for the neutrality in the Internet, adding that he did [...]

After major cases and stiff penalties imposed on people found “guilty” of using peer-to-peer file-sharing websites, the Federal Court is now in hot water over violation of its own rules. Critics cried foul over the “excessive” fines slapped against “violators”, adding that the court also violated the people’s right to due process in accordance to [...]