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It’s the thing of nightmares for Apple. A Russian hacker named Alexey Borodin has over the weekend revealed details of a method that allows iPhone and iPad owners to obtain in-app goods for free. It works by using a specifically crafted server hosted by the Russian. A change to an …
Read More »EU bows to public pressure and rejects ACTA
478 MEPS vote against tough anti-piracy treaty
Read More »Megaupload search warrant "was invalid"
A New Zealand judge has ruled that the search warrants used to allow the raids of Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom were invalid”. The file-sharing site was shut down in January and its owner, Kim Dotcom, along with four others were arrested. The BBC, however, reports High Court judge Justice Helen …
Read More »Ofcom outlines UK’s "three strikes" net policy
The most contentious element of the Digital Economy Act has at last been outlined by Ofcom. The three strikes” policy is designed to afford content holders with a means to disconnect pirates from the internet. These companies will be allowed to send infringement reports to ISPs who will then in …
Read More »Now BT blocks The Pirate Bay… but site reports increased UK traffic
BT has finally caved to legal pressure and blocked access to The Pirate Bay for its UK customers. It was the last ISP to cooperate with the High Court’s demand to revoke access tot eh portal, with others such as TalkTalk, Virgin, O2 and Sky having already implemented bans. However, …
Read More »Pirate Bay traffic increases despite UK block
BT joins O2, TalkTalk and Virgin in blocking direct access to the site
Read More »O2 to block Pirate Bay from midnight tonight
Broadband provider O2 will from midnight tonight (Friday May 8th) block access to The Pirate Bay. The move will also mean that customers of Be Broadband, a subsidiary of O2, will also have their access blocked. "The main UK internet providers were ordered by the high court to block access …
Read More »Dutch court orders Pirate Party silence
A Dutch court has ordered Netherland’s The Pirate Party to stop publicising ways in which consumers can circumvent blocks put on The Pirate Bay. Two of the country’s biggest ISPs have previously been ordered to block access to the site. Five additional ISPs have also been ordered to follow suit. …
Read More »Anonymous brings down Virgin Media site
Virgin Media’s website was forced offline for an hour yesterday after hacker collective Anonymous attacked the portal. The move was in response to Virgin’s decision to block access to The Pirate Bay for all of its UK customers. That decision came after the High Court ordered ISPs to do so, …
Read More »Public pressure puts ACTA on the brink
Neelie Kroes 'observing political reality' by playing down treaty's chances of success, says spokesman
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