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Cable TV and internet specialist Virgin Media has become the first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay from its broadband users. Virgin media has received an order from the Courts requiring us to prevent access to this site in order to help protect against copyright infringement,” a notice reads …
Read More »Piracy advocates seeking Pirate Bay alternatives
Heavily encrypted virtual private network usage has risen by 40 per cent since 2009, new research claims
Read More »Pirate Bay vows to fight UK ban
The owners of The Pirate Bay have accused British authorities of hypocrisy following its decision to force ISPs to block access to the site. The Western countries of the world all complaints about the censorship in Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and so on,” a statement reads. But they are really …
Read More »Pirate Bay defies ISP block ruling
Filesharing website urges users to circumvent ruling and write to local MPs and ISPs
Read More »Pirate Bay to be blocked in UK
Court ruling will force ISPs to restrict access to notorious torrent site
Read More »High Court orders UK Pirate Bay block
The BPI has won a landmark UK legal victory that looks set to force ISPs to block controversial content portal The Pirate Bay in the UK. It’s the first time that the courts have demanded ISPs block a specific site following accusations of piracy and strikes a big blow for …
Read More »Digital Economy Act delayed until 2014
The controversial and now long-delayed Digital Economy Act will not come into effect until 2014, the Department for Culture, media and Sport has announced. It is not yet known whether or not the delay will have any implication for the introduction of new PEGI age ratings, which MCV this morning …
Read More »Android piracy rate "the worst" SI has ever seen
Sports Interactive has said that the piracy levels it has experienced with the Android version of Football Manager Handheld are the worst” it’s ever seen. The Android version was released two weeks ago and has so far suffered a piracy rate of 9:1. The game typically suffers a 5:1 piracy …
Read More »Football Manager Android piracy rate ‘worst yet’
Studio says it will abandon Google's operating system if sales targets aren't met
Read More »Sony pulls third PSP game due to Vita piracy concerns
A third PSP game has been removed from the PlayStation Store after it emerged that the title was being used to allow homebrew gaming on Vita. Prior to its removal Super Collapse was being used by hackers to access and run homebrew software Vita Half-Byte loader which, amongst other things, …
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