People don't talk about it much, but book piracy is booming — just check out the e-book section of The Pirate Bay. But Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says he's fine with it. Read More ›
How piracy hurts, but intellectual property theft might actually help the movie industry. Cheezburger Network's Ben Huh gets serious about copyright law. Read More ›
Chances are if you have an internet connection you've probably used it to commit some kind of copyright infringement. And chances are also pretty good your first download was probably pretty embarrassing. So own up, what was the first thing you ever illegally downloaded? Bonus points for who used the oldest p2p network. Read More ›
In honor of SOPA Blackout Day, we’ve made transparencies for RIAA Vice President Jonathan Lamy and MPAA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Chris Dodd. We want to see where Buzzfeeders want to put them. Remix away everybody! Read More ›
Internet blackouts fade. Dumb is forever. (Also: “Sopa” is Spanish for “soup”—not “soap.”) Read More ›
Hoping to create an installation that deals with the value of piracy, artist Manuel Palou recently debuted a hard drive filled with a terabyte of pirated movies, games, music, books etc. While the installation is on display, all files are available to download via PDF on his website. (via animalnewyork.com) View List ›
The King of All Media just can't catch a break with those damn screeners! After much kvetching that the studios never send him advanced copies for review, Stern finally got a copy of J.J. Abrams “Super 8” earlier this summer from Paramount Pictures. And what happens? A version of the film with an “H. Stern” watermark in the top-right corner gets spread across the internet. Accident, or the work of a Stern-hating prankster? (via geekosystem.com) View Image ›
Why don't you just kill the boom mike operator's family while you're at it, YOU MONSTER. (Via officialhype) Watch Video ›
Joss Stone has a very pragmatic view on piracy and what she hates about the music business. Now I'm off to download her latest album from The Pirate Bay. Watch Video ›
I was expecting a peg leg and a parrot, but this makes sense too. View Image ›
The pirated Windows 7 party pack comes with party hats and streamers stolen from your local party supply store. View Media ›
Jesus Diaz looks at the $1.92m fine Jammie Thomas faces for downloading 1700 songs and compares it to the penalties for other crimes in America (valuing jail time at $50,233, the median US household income in 2007).
After initially being taken offline by Swedish authorities, and after its first escape route failed, The Pirate Bay has returned with all guns blazing!
The Pirate Bay, a Swedish internet piracy group, has been denied a retrial by Swedish Judges, and have decided to bring charges to the Swedish government for what they think is a violation of their rights.
Not Somali pirates. Turns out, people who download free music (legally or not) are way more likely to also buy music.
Ahoy, matey! Do ye even know what type of pirate ye be? Take this quiz and find out! Take Quiz ›
The Economist In Chinese translated weekly by freedom-loving, capitalist loving, media pirates. Wow! To think that most American kids doing something illegal are smoking pot or downloading Hanna Montana MP3s.
The founders of the Pirate Bay are twittering their copyright trial, and so far things are all going their way. The searching for the hashtag #spectrial (spectacle + trial) will keep you up-to-date on what's happening in the courtroom, though news outlets are covering the trial closely, too. The Pirate Bay is being charged with violating Swedish copyright laws by providing torrents of copyrighted material and making money of ads that run on their pages. Read More ›
The RIAA has just announced it will stop suing people and look for more effective ways to combat music piracy. It's a Christmas miracle! Or, a belated realization that suing teenagers for huge sums of money makes you look like a bunch of jerks.
A message from a software maker that aims to make the nasty software pirates feel bad for cracking their code. Wait, do pirates actually feel shame? View Image ›
