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Online Piracy
ArsTechnica: Online Piracy
The most recent links on online piracy from arstechnica.
Pirate Bay Retires World's Largest BitTorrent Tracker
The Pirate Bay the world's premier BitTorrent Tracker has shut down it's trackers.
Torrent Freak
The top news site for all issues regarding BitTorrent
International coypright treaty targets online piracy
Countries including Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia as well as the European Union and US have been negotiating an anticounterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) over the past two years to combat the growing problem of counterfeit products ranging from designer clothes to downloadable music.
More Than 25 Million Americans Pirate Movies
A recent study shows that even though it's illegal many American's still download videos off the web.
The State of Music Online: Ten Years After Napster
A report by the Pew Internet Life Group on the history of Napster and the evolution of online piracy after it's shutdown.
Swedes start buying music; are anti-P2P laws working?
Digital music sales in piracy-loving Sweden have soared this year. The music industry says that it's all about tough new laws and court prosecutions, but some major labels are seeing worldwide increases.
P2P users may be music industry's best friend after all
A new study suggests that P2P users still buy plenty of music-and that "unofficial" sources of music might actually encourage more purchases.
Viacom's top lawyer: suing P2P users "felt like terrorism"
Michael Fricklas, Viacom's general counsel, tells a group of Yale students that he's a huge fan of fair use, doesn't want to take down your YouTube mashup, and has no plans to start suing P2P users in federal courts-but he still loves DRM and "three strikes" laws.
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