German swoop on online piracy site nets thousands of user names
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German police said they had exposed the names of thousands of users of illegal Internet piracy sites as part of a crackdown on swapping bootleg copies of movies, computer games, software and music.
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The long-rumored site, dubbed "Mash," lets people create profiles for their friends.
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The Russia-based music search engine is growing in popularity, shoring up the country's reputation as a haven for piracy.
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The increased zeal among copyright holders to clamp down on any hint of piracy by online video sites puts the notion of user-generated content at risk.
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Hackers who intercepted e-mail from MediaDefender Inc., a firm that tries to stymie unauthorized downloading of songs and movies on behalf of record companies and Hollywood film studios, have released hundreds of megabytes of data on the Internet.
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The British Phonographic Industry threatens tough action. &quot;We will get IP addresses and names,&quot; a spokesperson said. &quot;P2P users have a misconception that they are anonymous, but they are not.
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Blog: Phishing and drive-by downloads are possible if you stumble across an infected profile.
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Online giant teams up with RSA Security to keep users' account info safe.
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Continuing its crackdown on software pirates, German police arrested a 46-year-old lawyer, two brothers, and a teenager on Thursday for allegedly selling illegal software, movies, games, and music through a commercial online service, according to the German Federation Against Copyright Theft (GVU).
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many of them university students -- for sharing unlicensed music files over the Internet. The latest round of filings
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Internet users who illegally download music and films could face losing access to the web
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Spock, a new people-search tool, lets users add tags and photos to other individuals' profiles -- content which may surprise or even shock the people it purportedly describes.
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Hundreds of porn sites are surprising users with exploits via Mpack, the hacker toolkit featured in 'Italian Job' attacks.
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Hackers publish more than 6,000 internal e-mails from anti-piracy firm MediaDefender.
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German police said on Saturday that a 19-year-old from Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, has admitted to hijacking the domain of the eBay Germany Web site and is likely to face charges of computer sabotage.
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They start with a single stolen file and pump out pirated games and movies by the millions. Jeff Howe from Wired magazine looks at the 'topsites' that are terrorizing the entertainment business.
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Swedish prosecutors have filed charges of copyright infringement against the world's most notorious piracy website