Tag archive: internet piracy

The GoDaddy vs. The Web saga has come to a head. After a Reddit boycott went viral and the domain registration site earned the ire of the Internet, GoDaddy has officially switched its stance, claiming it opposes SOPA. Originally, the hosting and domain name service endorsed the new Internet regulations in the interest of fighting Web piracy. Unfortunately the Website’s users didn’t share the sentiment. Their content would suffer at the hands of… Read More

If you were hoping to stream Sunday's Super Bowl XLV on your PC or laptop, you might have to make other plans. Just days before the Super Bowl, federal officials in New York seized 10 websites allegedly responsible for illegally streaming live sporting and pay-per-view events, including material from the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the World Wrestling Federation. The… Read More

EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet. EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding said a deal was reached after EU governments agreed to EU parliament demands to balance measures against illegal downloaders with a broader set of rights for telecom users. The reforms were two years in the making.… Read More

A music service that plans to offer free song downloads said Monday that China's largest search engine will send users to the service in a deal that could cut online music piracy. The free service, Qtrax, has licensing deals with all the major recording companies and their publishing units. The company plans to fund its royalty payments to artists and the music industry through advertising. Qtrax launches Thursday in Australia and New… Read More

Some 30 servers used for storage and distribution were seized, with one said to have contained 65,000 titles. US Attorney General John Ashcroft said it was “the most far-reaching and aggressive enforcement action ever” against internet piracy. News of the raid was welcomed by the entertainment and software industries which have been pushing for law enforcement agencies to take a tough stance against internet piracy.… Read More