 |
Posted by: Sean F, 18:44 AEST, Sun April 8, 2018 |
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 8, 2018 ... More |
 |
Posted by: Sean F, 15:54 AEST, Sat April 7, 2018 |
The movie business has never been better, and digital is playing a huge part in driving increased revenue ... More |
 |
Posted by: Sean F, 16:15 AEST, Wed April 4, 2018 |
Music industry revenue grows again, two years in a row, but RIAA still not happy with "gaps in core rights" ... More |
posted by: Sean F, 20:18 AEST, Sun April 1, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 1, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 15:12 AEST, Sun April 1, 2018
Spotify identifies two millions users using hacked version of its app to unlock premium features for free
posted by: Sean F, 14:48 AEDT, Fri March 30, 2018
Google starts filtering the term 'Kodi' from autocomplete
posted by: Sean F, 15:01 AEDT, Mon March 26, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 25, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 15:32 AEDT, Wed March 21, 2018
Game cracker offers to help game developer to promote struggling game
posted by: Sean F, 14:41 AEDT, Sun March 11, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 11, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:08 AEDT, Sat March 10, 2018
The creative industries call on the government to take a role in taking on "Kodi boxes", and the government, including President Trump, seems more than willing
posted by: Sean F, 16:58 AEDT, Fri March 9, 2018
Square Enix's huge mistakes allows full game to be played without Denuvo, and may finally allow measurement of Denuvo's performance hit
posted by: Sean F, 15:53 AEDT, Wed March 7, 2018
Spotify does battle with uTorrent these days, but one used to own the other
posted by: Sean F, 18:33 AEDT, Sun February 25, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 25, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 17:55 AEDT, Thu February 22, 2018
Disney faces setback in its lawsuit to stop Redbox from "dismantling" Blu-ray combo packs to for rental of the discs and "resale" of the digital codes
posted by: Sean F, 15:34 AEDT, Tue February 20, 2018
Google forced to remove useful links in image search due to copyright complaint by Getty Images
posted by: Sean F, 20:55 AEDT, Sun February 18, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 18, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:52 AEDT, Sun February 18, 2018
Anime, manga streaming site Crunchyroll has a flaw that allows anyone to view content without a subscription
posted by: Sean F, 16:57 AEDT, Sun February 11, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 11, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 16:11 AEDT, Sun February 4, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 4, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 14:12 AEDT, Sat February 3, 2018
Redbox fights back against Disney with a lawsuit of its own, claiming Disney is stifling competition
posted by: Sean F, 12:27 AEDT, Mon January 29, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending January 28, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 11:47 AEDT, Sun January 28, 2018
Denuvo's latest efforts foiled again by crackers
posted by: Sean F, 21:09 AEDT, Wed January 24, 2018
Blockchain technology could be used as an alternative to DRM, that would enable digital game resale, but could also draw the ire of game publishers
posted by: Sean F, 17:52 AEDT, Sun January 14, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending January 14, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 17:15 AEDT, Sun January 7, 2018
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending January 7, 2018
posted by: Sean F, 15:35 AEDT, Thu January 4, 2018
Google is taking down pirated links before they even appear in their search engine
posted by: Sean F, 16:47 AEDT, Wed January 3, 2018
Blu-ray and DVD ripping should be allowed, says filmmakers
posted by: Sean F, 15:52 AEDT, Sun December 10, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending December 10, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 18:11 AEDT, Thu December 7, 2017
Studio alleges Redbox took digital movie code printouts from retail copies of movies to sell in kiosks
posted by: Sean F, 00:08 AEDT, Mon December 4, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending December 3, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:46 AEDT, Sat December 2, 2017
Subscription streaming may not be the solution that will end piracy, a new study finds
posted by: Sean F, 01:32 AEDT, Mon November 27, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 26, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:45 AEDT, Sat November 25, 2017
FBI issues arrest warrant on former Iranian military hacker believed to be behind the HBO hack earlier in the year
posted by: Sean F, 18:21 AEDT, Tue November 21, 2017
American movie studios trying to interfere in Australia's attempt to create fairer copyright laws
posted by: Sean F, 23:09 AEDT, Sun November 12, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 12, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 19:58 AEDT, Sat November 11, 2017
Kodi under renewed attack from the MPAA over piracy links
posted by: Sean F, 18:13 AEDT, Thu November 9, 2017
Streaming, downloads, or legal action, may be responsible for a further decline in the piracy rate in Australia
posted by: Sean F, 16:55 AEDT, Sun November 5, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending November 5, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 13:35 AEDT, Sat October 28, 2017
Portugal adopts new copyright laws that makes DRM ripping legal in many cases
posted by: Sean F, 20:10 AEDT, Sun October 22, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 22, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:55 AEDT, Sun October 22, 2017
Streaming giants join forces with Hollywood to tackle the Kodi box problem
posted by: Sean F, 15:29 AEDT, Sat October 21, 2017
Denuvo faces more setbacks, as more games are cracked in record time
posted by: Sean F, 13:13 AEDT, Sun October 8, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 8, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:31 AEDT, Sat October 7, 2017
The effectiveness of Denuvo called into question again as hit game cracked in only a few hours after release
posted by: Sean F, 12:20 AEDT, Fri October 6, 2017
First commercial Ultra HD Blu-ray ripper made available, capable of ripping more than 30 discs so far
posted by: Sean F, 15:46 AEDT, Thu October 5, 2017
There are now pirated PS4 games you can download, but most likely, you won't be able to play them
posted by: Sean F, 20:36 AEDT, Sun October 1, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending October 1, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:29 AEST, Thu September 28, 2017
The EFF has resigned from the W3C over the introduction of a DRM as a Web Standard and the lack of a circumvention exemption for security researchers
posted by: Sean F, 18:07 AEST, Sun September 24, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending September 24, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:21 AEST, Wed September 20, 2017
Game developers chooses to fight fire with fire, or rather, free with free
posted by: Sean F, 20:58 AEST, Sun September 17, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending September 17, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:29 AEST, Tue September 12, 2017
Number of total requests more than double, but number of legitimate requests actually down due to DMCA abuse
posted by: Sean F, 19:50 AEST, Sun September 3, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending September 3, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:05 AEST, Thu August 31, 2017
Studio fails to protect film from pirates, possibly due to Netflix Japan
posted by: Sean F, 20:10 AEST, Sun August 20, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending August 20, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:20 AEST, Fri August 18, 2017
More Game of Thrones leaks, this time coming from HBO themselves
posted by: Sean F, 18:17 AEST, Sun August 13, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending August 13, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:24 AEST, Sat August 12, 2017
Innovative way to upload screener, involving two iPhones (one cracked), a sore arm, and a talkative leaker
posted by: Sean F, 16:23 AEST, Sun August 6, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending August 6, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:33 AEST, Thu August 3, 2017
HBO victim of massive hack, TBs of data stolen including Game of Thrones content, some of it already leaked online
posted by: Sean F, 13:56 AEST, Sun July 30, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 30, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:21 AEST, Sat July 29, 2017
Open source download site banned from hosting Google ads on pages for legal file sharing software
posted by: Sean F, 15:30 AEST, Sun July 23, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 23, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:45 AEST, Thu July 20, 2017
Game of Thrones season premier sees piracy spike, but torrenting losing popularity to streaming
posted by: Sean F, 19:57 AEST, Sun July 2, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending July 2, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:12 AEST, Sat July 1, 2017
Game developer offers olive branch to pirates because he used to pirate games too when he couldn't afford them
posted by: Sean F, 16:47 AEST, Sun June 18, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 18, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 11:15 AEST, Thu June 15, 2017
More Ultra HD Blu-ray rips appear on the scene, and nobody knows how they were ripped
posted by: Sean F, 16:46 AEST, Tue June 13, 2017
Sony to edit movies to make them "family friendly", to the horror of artists
posted by: Sean F, 19:48 AEST, Sun June 11, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 11, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:00 AEST, Fri June 9, 2017
Hackers release episodes ABC's unreleased show, promises major "offensive" against Hollywood
posted by: Sean F, 16:20 AEST, Sun June 4, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending June 4, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:21 AEST, Sat June 3, 2017
Latest version of Denuvo making hundreds of thousands of protection calls, potentially causing performance problems - but still gets cracked in record time
posted by: Sean F, 17:49 AEST, Thu June 1, 2017
Torrenting continues apace after surprise shutdown of ExtraTorrent last week
posted by: Sean F, 17:33 AEST, Sun May 28, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending May 28, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:11 AEST, Sun May 21, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending May 21, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:06 AEST, Sat May 20, 2017
More theft and ransom demands in Hollywood as hackers strike again
posted by: Sean F, 11:04 AEST, Thu May 18, 2017
Netflix's latest Android app brings joy and pain depending on what type of phone you use
posted by: Sean F, 19:39 AEST, Sun May 7, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending May 7, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 10:33 AEST, Sat May 6, 2017
Possible breakthrough in the cracking of AACS 2.0 leads to the first ripped Ultra HD Blu-ray movie
posted by: Sean F, 16:32 AEST, Sun April 30, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 30, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 14:53 AEST, Sun April 30, 2017
Hacker release unreleased episodes of OITNB after Netflix refused to pay ransom demands
posted by: Sean F, 15:53 AEST, Fri April 28, 2017
Kodi clarifies DRM stance amid "fake news" controversies
posted by: Sean F, 17:11 AEST, Sun April 23, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 23, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 19:36 AEST, Tue April 18, 2017
Not great news for Denuvo, but game publishers will still be able to protect their games for a while
posted by: Sean F, 16:01 AEST, Sun April 9, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 9, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 17:20 AEST, Thu April 6, 2017
Amazon taking a hardline stance against media players being sold with pre-installed piracy software
posted by: Sean F, 16:19 AEST, Tue April 4, 2017
Music industry now dependent on streaming more than ever, but despite growing revenue, there are still complaints about YouTube piracy
posted by: Sean F, 15:46 AEST, Sun April 2, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending April 2, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 15:53 AEDT, Sat April 1, 2017
Piracy filters are expensive, prone to error and limited in scope, says lobby group representing tech startups
posted by: Sean F, 17:18 AEDT, Thu March 30, 2017
Big name movies are appearing on adult video sites, and they're not porn parodies
posted by: Sean F, 20:49 AEDT, Sun March 26, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 26, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 14:58 AEDT, Tue March 21, 2017
"Illegal fire sharing was what made me" says Ed Sheeran
posted by: Sean F, 14:40 AEDT, Sun March 12, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 12, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 13:24 AEDT, Sun March 12, 2017
More details revealed about Google/Bing's industry first anti-piracy agreement with rights-holders
posted by: Sean F, 15:45 AEDT, Sat March 11, 2017
Court rules father responsible for son's illegal downloads because he failed to educate him on piracy
posted by: Sean F, 20:06 AEDT, Fri March 10, 2017
VLC player has been used by the CIA to spy on targets
posted by: Sean F, 15:27 AEDT, Sun March 5, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending March 5, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:24 AEDT, Sun February 26, 2017
Weekly News Roundup for the week ending February 26, 2017
posted by: Sean F, 16:25 AEDT, Sat February 25, 2017
Google and Bing sign up to "world's first" voluntary code of practice in regards to piracy, will begin to demote piracy results starting in July in the UK
There are more news items in the News Archive section... |