Topic: The Pirate Bay

Featured

Kim Dotcom: Are such Internet sensations pirates or hactivists?

Copyright law and its enforcement have dominated the news lately, first with the Internet blackout protests against SOPA, and more recently with the arrest of Kim Dotcom in New Zealand. Here are five international file-share players who have been targets of copyright enforcement.

All Content

Google and others agree to White House anti-piracy guidelines

AOL, Google, and Yahoo are among the companies that have signed on to a set of best practices guidelines intended to combat piracy.
LulzSec hackers sentenced to prison time for role in 2011 cyber attacks

Sentences for the four LulzSec 'hacktivists' ranged from a 20-month suspended sentence to 32 months in prison.
Horizons Google releases data on piracy, takes copyright infringement pretty seriously

Ever wondered what Google does when copyright holders complain their work is being pirated? Now we know. On Thursday, Google released a huge amount of data on how it responds to copyright-related takedown requests.
Kim Dotcom: Are such Internet sensations pirates or hactivists?

Copyright law and its enforcement have dominated the news lately, first with the Internet blackout protests against SOPA, and more recently with the arrest of Kim Dotcom in New Zealand. Here are five international file-share players who have been targets of copyright enforcement.
Would SOPA and PIPA bills 'break Internet?' Anti-piracy measure being revised.

On the verge of passage in Congress, the SOPA and PIPA bills targeting online piracy have been bounced back for revision in the face of a public outcry and high-profile Internet protests.
Horizons SOPA blackout: What happened to Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is offline today. Here's why.
Horizons SOPA fight over 'Internet censorship' attracts Yahoo, Google

SOPA "jeopardizes" Internet business, claim Twitter, Google, Yahoo and others. The SOPA bill amounts to "Internet censorship," some argue.
11/17/2011 05:06 pm
Horizons Anonymous apparently target of sweeping FBI crackdown

Anonymous members in three states were reportedly rounded up by the FBI today.
07/20/2011 12:38 am
Why AT&T is hunting down broadband service hogs

Broadband service through AT&T DSL is no longer unlimited. There will soon be a 150 to 250 gigabyte monthly cap on broadband service.
03/16/2011 11:22 am
WikiLeaks cyberattacks Q&A: MasterCard and Visa 'have egg on their faces.'

'MasterCard died quick,' Gregg Housh, an unofficial spokesman for the hactivists known as Anonymous, says in an interview with the Monitor. 'Visa went down in 30 seconds.'
12/10/2010 02:40 pm
Video of Iraqi journalists' killings: Is WikiLeaks a security threat?

A 2008 report by the US Army suggests that WikiLeaks, which on Monday published a video that shows US forces apparently killing two Iraqi journalists, could be a threat to national security. The website has released sensitive information in the past, the report notes.
04/06/2010 04:55 pm
Spotify: A new bounty of free music

This European app streams free music and makes money for musicians.
08/19/2009 01:00 am
Dutch court rules Pirate Bay must quit Netherlands

A court ruled Thursday that three men connected with Web site The Pirate Bay must block traffic between the site and the Netherlands within 10 days.
07/30/2009 01:00 am
Ireland's largest ISP to start 'throttling' illegal downloaders

Irish companies’ agreement to voluntarily deny filesharers Internet service seen as potential model.
07/24/2009 01:00 am
Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music

Journalist Greg Kot explores the new reality of pop music in a digital age.
06/08/2009 01:00 am
Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music

06/08/2009 01:00 am
Words that retain a certain roguish appeal

The Monitor's language columnist considers the swashbuckling vocabulary of piracy.
05/14/2009 01:00 am
Editor's Blog If file-sharing is piracy, what about aggregators?

04/27/2009 01:00 am
Global News Blog Pirate Bay judge under fire for conflict of interest

Revelations that he is a member of several copyright protection groups are prompting calls for the guilty verdict to be overturned.
04/23/2009 01:00 am
Letters to the Editor

Readers write about how American students are taught about Islam, illegal filesharing, and strip searches in schools.
04/23/2009 01:00 am
The Pirate Bay case: Not necessarily a victory for Hollywood

Millions continue to use the filesharing service as verdict is appealed. Access to the site remains open and the Pirate political party has seen a surge of support.
04/22/2009 01:00 am
Editor's Blog Twitter jumps the shark: Yemma tweets

04/17/2009 01:00 am
'Pirate Bay' founders convicted by Swedish court

The four founders of the file-sharing website say they will appeal the jail sentence and fines. The site remains active.
04/17/2009 01:00 am