Popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing website Mininova has been forced by a Dutch court ruling to remove all links to copyrighted materials despites pending appeal.
Mininova has recently moved up to the ranks of highest rated P2P websites along side The Pirate Bay. However, the online giant has been doing some cleaning up in its network, removing [...]
A 25-year-old Union County native is now facing charges of theft and falsifying of documents after he allegedly stole a company’s peer-to-peer file-sharing domain name before selling it to a National Basketball Association player through eBay.
Investigation showed that Daniel Goncalves, a resident of Union County, New Jersey, hacked into a GoDaddy.com account in a P2P.com, [...]
A United Nation (UN) director general on Thursday said that heavy punishment, like jail term, for illegal file sharers in the Internet will have a counter-productive effect in the overall fight against piracy and copyright infringement.
In a statement, UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)director general Francis Gurry had asked world governments and other stakeholders not [...]
A new survey commissioned by professional online cogitators showed that illegal file-sharers and music downloader are actually spending more money on music than those people who buy their songs at legitimate stores.
UK-based Demos, citing the survey conducted by omeletteheads at Ipsos MORI, said that file-sharers using peer-to-peer (P2P) websites spend 75 percent more money on [...]
Corporation Bank, a Mangalore-based public sector financing system, on Friday launched a new and unique value remittance scheme that uses peer-to-peer file-sharing website.
In a statement, the Corporation Bank said that the new money transfer service would extend the scope of its banking services under its financial inclusion program.
Under the said program, an account holder in [...]
UK-based EMI Music has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against a California-based online music website over illegal streaming and downloading of Beatles songs to users.
In a statement released on Wednesday, EMI has confirmed that it has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Bluebeat.com at the US District Court in Los Angeles City. The music label [...]
Giant electronic retailers Best Buy Co Inc on Tuesday unveiled plans to partner with Sonic Solutions’ Roxio CinemaNow Service that would allow the company to offer consumers movies that they can buy, rent, and download in the their computers.
In a statement, the retail giant said that it would soon offer its loyal consumers latest movies [...]
Qtrax, a China-based online music service company, on Monday unveiled plans to receive Internet traffic from China then divert users to legitimate music downloading websites in a bid to reduce the worsening problem of piracy in the country.
The free online music service plans to offer songs to Chinese users, which can be downloaded for free.
The [...]