Sony Blocks Creative Commons Movie With Bogus DMCA Takedown

Sony And YouTube Take Down Sintel; Blender's Open Source, Creative Commons, Crowdfunded Masterpiece

Kim Dotcom faces massive lawsuit by big-name Hollywood studios

Movie Studios Demand Millions From Megaupload in New Lawsuit

Police Arrest Streaming Site Admin, Several Domains Suspended

City of London Police's anti-piracy campaign Operation Creative is pushing ahead with the disruption of copyright-infringing sites. On Monday, detectives arrested a man in his mid-20s on suspicion of operating several streaming links sites. The unit also suspended several domains, which now show a familiar warning banner.

Pirate Party Vindicated By Highest EU Court, Killing Mass Surveillance Law. Oldmedia Reacts By Writing Cat Story

The Swedish Pirate Party’s political work has been consistently ignored by Swedish media from our setting foot in the European Parliament in general, and in this election campaign in particular. After having been excluded from televised live debates three days ahead of voting despite being up for re-election to the European Parliament, we had a huge victory yesterday where the European Court of Justice made us right in what we had been saying all along about privacy. Swedish oldmedia responded with a story about the party leader’s cat.

The Netherlands Must Outlaw Downloading, EU Court Rules (Update)

The European Court of Justice has ruled that the Netherlands can no longer permit its citizens to freely download copyrighted movies and music without paying for them. In its judgment the Court rules that the current system of a "piracy levy" to compensate rightsholders is unlawful.

Document Reveals When Copyright Trolls Drop Piracy Cases

A submission to an Illinois court that was supposed to remain under seal has revealed when a leading BitTorrent troll will dismiss cases against alleged pirates. In a surprise twist the comprehensive report also reveals that Internet account holders who pass a lie detector test will be left alone.

Popcorn Time ‘Rivals’ Prep TV, Android and ChromeCast Support

Serious reading takes a hit from online scanning and skimming, researchers say

Everything Old Is Unavailable Again: How Copyright Has Ebooks Operating In The 1800s

Nothing sucks more than a great new technology with old-world thinking attached to it. Such has been the case with ebooks, unfortunately, with antiquated views on DRM, pricing, and storefront protectionism resulting in pissed off customers and libraries hollering from the nearest rooftop. What we're left with is a platform that could do much to spread knowledge and the practice of reading among entire populations being stifled by those that still think the world should operate based on analog philosophies.