Piracy

A U.S. judge has declined to dismiss the criminal case against Artem Vaulin, the alleged mastermind behind the notorious peer-to-peer file sharing service Kickass Torrents. Vaulin, 31, has been…

Canadian courts can now force search engines like Google to remove illegal sites from search results both in Canada and worldwide. The landmark ruling, handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada…

The creative sector has a new ace up its sleeve in the fight against online piracy. Some of the world's largest digital media and entertainment corporations have united under the Alliance for…

It’s no secret YouTube has an uneasy relationship with its content providers from the music biz. Through (apparently) gritted teeth, Warner Music’s CEO Stephen Cooper negotiated recorded music and…

Finally, Facebook is taking a strong-arm approach to video pirates. The social network is letting video content creators claim ad revenue when their work is stolen. Similar to YouTube's Content ID…

A new application to the courts asks for a list of torrenting sites to be blocked for users by Australian ISPs. Last year Tone Deaf reported that longstanding torrenting site The Pirate Bay was to be…