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Studies: Android's malware, piracy problem growing

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:44:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368648670_Android-malware-piracy-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />New research from F-Secure Labs on the prevalence of malware on sma...]]>

Heavy piracy of Game of Thrones a compliment to HBO

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:03:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/gameofthrones.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Game of Thrones may retain its crown of being the most pirated television show, based on reports. Despite the number of downloads of the season premiere entering the millions...]]>

Google takedown requests increase tenfold in six months

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:40:00 GMT

Chinese IP chief says China piracy record distorted, untrue

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:11:00 GMT

Ruling: torrent site host liable for copyright infringement

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:35:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351125494_hague-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />BREIN has won a prescedent-setting case against web host XS Networks, the previous provider for torrent site SumoTorrent. XS Networks was found to be culpable in facilitation of copy...]]>

MPAA chief Chris Dodd: SOPA, PIPA gone, not coming back

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349312713_chrisdodd-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Wired in an interview that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA)...]]>

Google to penalize pirates, infringers in search rankings

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:51:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344643136_MPAA-UK-SurfTheChannel-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />pirated material. From next week, the search engine will start to factor in the number of valid copyright notices it receives aga...]]>

Comcast: piracy case 'shaking down' potential infringers

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:24:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339637406_digitalpirate-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Comcast historically complies with content owner's requests to name BitTorrent infringers when provided with sufficient data, but a legal skirmish in the Illinois district court is playing out differently. Comcast has asked the court to dismiss the subpoenas for subscriber's information issued in a battle...]]>

German 'flash drive tax' jumps 2,338 percent

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:47:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339021251_ZPU-German-Blank-Media-Tax.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Heise is reporting that the ZP�, the German organization responsible for administering a tax on blank media, has announced a sizable increase in the blank media levy. Acc...]]>

Study: More than half of computer users pirate software

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:08:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/piratebayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />a new study (pdf) from the Business Software Alliance, an industry group consisting of Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe, among others. The BSA's survey found more than half of all res...]]>