Stories about Piracy

BitTorrent hub pushes ahead with next-gen file sharing network
While the stoush continues over The Pirate Bay, fellow Torrent hub IsoHunt is rolling out its own ‘social file sharing’ project.
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Microsoft shuts the doors on Windows 7 pirates
Last week we reported on Windows 7 being pirated in the wild. This week, Microsoft and Lenovo are trying to repair the damage, locking out pirates.
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Windows 7 product activation cracked already
In what promises to be a very long-running battle, crackers have already found a way around the product activation in Windows 7
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Stephen Fry confesses: “I’m a BitTorrent pirate”
UK’s highly-regarded doyen of the digerati stuns audience at an Apple iTunes event by admitting that he downloads TV shows via BitTorrent!
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Microsoft ditches ‘Windows Genuine Advantage’ in Windows 7
But you can put away that celebratory bottle of bubbly... the widely criticised anti-piracy system is just having its name changed to Windows Activation.
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Game developer asks pirates nicely to stop
One video game developer is working to combat piracy by asking pirates nicely.
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Windows 7 Release Candidate leaked to BitTorrent
Ahead of this week’s expected debut for the Windows 7 ‘release candidate’, it seems that the RC1 edition – labelled Build 7100 – has already hit the BitTorrent network
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Pirate Bay operators jailed
A court in Stockholm has found the four founders of The Pirate Bay BitTorrent site guilty of providing access to copyright works over BitTorrent.
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Experts to Microsoft: set your Windows patches free!
There’s a growing call for Microsoft to drop its Windows Genuine Activation process so that every Windows user can keep their PC completely up to date.
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Aussie movie pirate faces court; walks free
Despite worldwide attention, a 26 year old Australian man has got off a movie piracy charge with little more than a slap on the wrist from Blacktown Local Court.
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"Please pirate my movie, I beg you..."
Simon Klose, Swedish filmmaker, is a rare breed. He wants his film pirated.
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Chinese crackers break iTunes gift card algorithm
As if creating knock-offs of handbags, sunglasses, shoes and clothing isn’t enough, Chinese hackers have now created a brand new industry: fake iTunes gift card sales.
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Pirate Bay goes on trial: 20 things you need to know
The world's largest BitTorrent tracker, on trial for piracy in Sweden, is providing live updates via Twitter. Here are 20 key facts you need to know, in 140 characters or less.
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Underbelly 2 episodes hit the net
Channel 9 is making Underbelly 2 available for download on the web straight after each episode airs.
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Ethical Trojan blocks Bittorrent sites
A fake keygen for pirated software tries to stop you pirating anything at all by blocking out popular Torrent sites. Hollywood probably loves it. Perhaps they even programmed it.
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