Tagged: File Sharing & News
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EMC acquires file management solutions provider Syncplicity News
22.05.2012 Data storage giant EMC has acquired Syncplicity, Inc, a privately-held, next-generation, cloud-based synch and share file management provider for an undisclosed sum. -
UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom succeeds in bail attempt News
22.02.2012 US authorities have failed in their quest to keep Kim Dotcom, the founder and CEO of the file-sharing site Megaupload, behind bars in New Zealand. The site is alleged to have... -
Megaupload founder denied bail in New Zealand News
25.01.2012 Kim Dotcom, otherwise known as Kim Schmitz, the founder of the file-sharing site Megaupload, that the FBI swooped in on last week, has been refused bail in New Zealand as he has...Categories: Web 2.0, Software, Search, Online Business, Internet, Intellectual Property, Government, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, CIO -
#OpMegaupload links by Anonymous trick users into attacking US Govt News
20.01.2012 The latest Anonymous attack, dubbed #OpMegaupload and spread via Twitter, tricks internet users into clicking on an Anonymous link that instantly launches a denial of service...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Games/Entertainment -
FBI shuts down Megaupload, charges seven people News
20.01.2012 The FBI has charged seven people with running an “international organised criminal enterprise” through file-sharing site Megaupload and other related sites. Meanwhile, Anonymous... -
Kazaa, Morpheus founders sue tech giants over cloud patents News
13.12.2011 Patent wars have hit cloud computing, as PersonalWeb is suing tech giants such as Google and Amazon over cloud tech infringements. PersonalWeb's CEO is the founder of P2P... -
23,000 US file sharers targeted in largest ever BitTorrent case News
10.05.2011 The US Copyright Group has been allowed to subpoena ISPs in order to find out the identities of more than 23,000 file sharers who illegally downloaded the Sylvester Stallone... -
Copyright lawyer quits case after hacking attack News
25.01.2011 A solicitor representing the pornographic industry who was pursuing illegal downloaders has quit the case after it emerged he had been hacked and issued with bomb threats. -
Liam Gallagher's new single available for free download News
09.11.2010 Liam Gallagher is hoping that Oasis fans "don’t look back in anger" as his new band releases its first single as a free download.Categories: Web, Sales, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Business, Application Design and Development, Analysis -
Woman to pay US$1.5m for illegally downloading songs News
05.11.2010 A jury has ordered a single mother of four children in the US state of Minnesota to pay $1.5m for illegally downloading two dozen songs. -
Limewire shuts down after long legal battle News
27.10.2010 P2P file-sharing service Limewire has shut down, after a long legal battle against the music industry which found the service was liable for copyright infringement. -
More details leaked from ACS: Law illegal file-sharing lists News
28.09.2010 A further 8,000 UK Sky broadband users and 400 PlusNet appeared on leaked lists online, detailing their names, addresses, IP addresses and the music they allegedly downloaded... -
Leaked list of accused porn pirates causes outrage News
28.09.2010 A list of more than 5,300 users of UK ISP Sky broadband were posted on the internet, with details of their names, addresses and the titles of pornographic films they were... -
The Pirate Bay could be hosted in Swedish parliament News
06.07.2010 After recently stepping in to provide bandwidth for bittorrent linking site the Pirate Bay, Sweden's Pirate Party is now proposing that it hosts the entire Pirate Bay from... -
Suspected UK file sharer acquitted News
18.01.2010 The trial of the first-ever person in the UK to be prosecuted for illegal file sharing has come to an end, with the accused acquitted of conspiracy to defraud on his...Categories: Digital Life -
Bono targets ISPs and their ‘swollen profits’ News
05.01.2010 "Rich service providers" were in the line of fire as U2 frontman Bono tackled the issue of illegal file sharing in a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, where he...Categories: Digital Life -
What Google Wave means for future of file sharing News
09.10.2009 It's new and shiny and many of us testing Google Wave have yet to see the full extent of its value because aside from being in preview mode, there aren't any people to wave at.Categories: New Media -
Pirate Bay to sue for human rights violations News
26.06.2009 Peter Sunde, spokesperson for Swedish torrent-sharing site the Pirate Bay, has said that the site owners are getting ready to sue Sweden for human rights violations, following a...Categories: Digital Life -
Virgin and Universal in DRM-free music deal News
16.06.2009 Universal Music, the world's largest record company, has signed a unique deal with Virgin Media centering around DRM-free (Digital Rights Managed) music, in a bid to combat...Categories: Digital Life