Neowin News Feed for: Anti-piracy

UK Court orders blocking of more "illegal" websites

Steven Parker — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:38:51 +0000

The UK High Court strikes back: Following last years ruling that The Pirate Bay and its known addresses must be blocked by all major ISPs, the Court has now added three other sites to the ruling. Read more...

RIAA admits that SOPA & PIPA are useless

Tyler Holman — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:44:09 +0100

A recently leaked RIAA presentation says that legislation like SOPA and PIPA wouldn't have done much to combat piracy, even if they had passed, while blaming Google for the backlash against them. Read more...

FBI bringing anti-piracy logos to everything

Tyler Holman — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:51:33 +0100

That totally inaffective and annoying little logo you see at the start of movies is about to become a lot more common: the FBI is about to let anyone use its anti-piracy seal for anyone to use. Read more...

Fake anti-piracy warnings hitting UK users

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:51:46 +0100

Fake anti-piracy warning emails are being sent to users with money requests in an attempt to profit from the UK Digital Economy Act's upcoming law that states users will be warned when pirating. Read more...

More anti-piracy warnings coming to DVDs and Blu-Rays

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:36:35 +0100

If you love the anti-piracy warnings that come up before you can watch a movie or TV series that you've just paid for, you're in luck: two new unskippable notices are being rolled out right now! Read more...

Silent Xbox Live anti-piracy update is affecting legit gamers

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:49:28 +0000

A silent update was pushed through Xbox Live earlier this week attempting to prevent pirates from playing burned copies of games. Good in principle, however the update is affecting legitimate gamers. Read more...

French anti-piracy firm Trident Media Guard hacked

Denis Wong — Wed, 18 May 2011 10:01:14 +0100

In the latest string of "vigilante" attacks conducted on both sides of the war between copyright enforcement bodies and those so-called pirates they aim to prosecute comes this latest attack against a firm hired by... Read more...

New Zealand government sneaks in anti-piracy law [Update]

Owen Williams — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:58:24 +0100

With the recent large earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand, the country has been in a "state of emergency" for a prolonged period of time. Part of the powers the government receives while in this... Read more...

Microsoft protects nonprofit orgs from anti-piracy take down

Alan Cone — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:44:33 +0100

Microsoft has begun an effort to prevent governments from using laws regarding software piracy to take down nonprofit organizations in 12 countries, including Russia and China. In these tightly controlled countries, many use software piracy inquiries... Read more...

Could new government kill UK Digital Economy Bill?

Matthew Hopson — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:36:18 +0100

Speculation is mounting that the formation of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government in the UK could lead to the controversial Digital Economy Bill, which amongst other things puts in place a three-strike anti-piracy... Read more...

Microsoft looking to "shake hackers and crackers off Microsoft products"

Tom Warren — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:19:58 +0100

Microsoft is looking to design new anti-hacking mechanisms and "hack detection" technologies for future Microsoft products according to a recent job posting. The job posting, which has been removed (google cache), details a new opportunity in... Read more...

Europe votes on anti-piracy laws

Tom Warren — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:09:05 +0100

Europeans suspected of putting movies and music on file-sharing networks could be thrown off the web under proposals before Brussels. The powers are in a raft of laws that aim to harmonise the regulations... Read more...

Microsoft to beef up anti-piracy checks in Vista SP1

Steven Parker — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:02:01 +0000

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Microsoft will change the user experience of its automatic anti-piracy checks in Windows Vista and also make it harder for hackers to bypass the system in the first service pack for the OS due out... Read more...

France unveils anti-piracy plan

oblomov — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:21:56 +0000

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French web users caught pirating movies or music could soon be thrown offline. Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted the wide-ranging powers.... Read more...

Anti-Piracy Lobby Urges Sweden To Take Down The Pirate Bay

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:06:10 +0000

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Several anti-piracy lobbyist organizations have joined forces in urging the Swedish authorities to take "swift and decisive action" against The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay laughed away this attempt, and assures its users that they... Read more...

Google Launches Anti-piracy Tool for YouTube

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:38:22 +0100

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Months after promising tools that will help weed out copyrighted material on YouTube, Google today launched the beta of its YouTube Video Identification tool for pinpointing pirated content. "Video Identification is the next step in... Read more...

Microsoft CEO visits Vietnam to cement anti-piracy deal

Slimy — Mon, 21 May 2007 18:56:53 +0100

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After an agreement was signed requiring all of Vietnam's government offices to use licensed computer software, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he sees "a prosperous future ahead for Vietnam, and the country is doing the... Read more...

Vista Anti-Piracy Will Drive People to Linux?

Steven Parker — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:57:07 +0000

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Oh, the wicked 2007 predictions people make, just because it's the end of the year. The good folks over at IDC released their "Top 10 Predictions for Worldwide System Infrastructure Software, 2007." Overall, it's a... Read more...

Lawsuit calls Microsoft's anti-piracy tool spyware

Hurmoth — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:52:54 +0100

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A computer user is suing Microsoft Corp. over the company's Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool, alleging that it violates laws against spyware. The suit by Los Angeles resident Brian Johnson, filed this week... Read more...

Anti-Piracy Company Backs 'Openness'

Mr magoo — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:56:19 +0000

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The company at the centre of a recent'e-scuffle' around DRM has pledged to be more open in its actions in thefuture. SunComm's MediaMax software was bundled on many popular Sony BMG musicCDs, including Kasabian and... Read more...