A chap by the name of Joseph Morganelli runs friendly looking anti-piracy site The Morganelli Group. He also used to run BinNews, a large usenet aggregator that lost a $15m piracy case. He must be a slightly conflicted man. Read More >>
A couple of men from Leeds are the latest victims of the UK's ongoing crackdown on copyright infringement, with the pair given nine-month sentences for running illegal TV and movie streaming sites. Read More >>
Featured comment by farazsaddiq:
"Hi,
Its me Faraz, theres a lot more to it than 150 hours unpaid work the 1st day of which for me is tomorrow!
Proceeds of Crime Act means they w..." More »
Another popular piracy provider from the good old days has gone under, with usenet archiver NBZMatrix collapsing under the weight of DMCA requests from Hollywood and further hindered by payment providers being wary of facilitating its deeds. Read More >>
Featured comment by g3f:
"What's more, Newznab is free so you can set up your own indexing site very easily, which is in many ways nicer than NZBmatrix. There are thousands out..." More »
The Newzbin saga has been raging for over a year now, with big media first managing to sue the original Newzbin out of existence, and then winning a court order to block the revived Newzbin2 off the face of the planet. But now the hackers behind Newzbin2 have thrown in the towel. The original Usenet indexer that brought binaries into the mainstream, is no more. Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"This is unfortunate but there are other sites out there that are more popular. They had the whole "we invented the nzb" thing going but others have co..." More »
We could well be about to see a blanket ban on easy access to usenet archive site Newzbin, with the Motion Picture Association now asking another two UK ISPs to restrict access to the popular download resource. Read More >>
BT's efforts to stop users accessing the Newzbin usenet archive doesn't appear to be working, thanks to a combination of Newzbin's own bypassing app and the general technical awareness of those who enjoy the internet's last great untamed wilderness. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"So, since this whole shebang has had no effect on people using Newzbin all that Hollywood and BT have done is provided them with a shit-ton of free pu..." More »
The high court has broken ground in the UK, with a first-of-its-kind copyright ruling ordering BT to block Newzbin2 within 14 days. The ruling follows the request of a coalition of Hollywood studios and could set a precedent leading to more filesharing clampdowns. Read More >>
Featured comment by arcanine:
"The problem here is that it's being filtered through CleanFeed, filtering technology that BT developed for the IWF to block child pornography, 95% of ..." More »
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