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British public against 10 year prison terms for online piracy

Paul Hill — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 10:36:01 +0000

The results of a public consultation carried out by the UK Government show that the majority of people are against an increase in the sentence for online piracy from two to ten years. Read more...

EZTV and YIFY-Torrents latest in series of UK ISP blockades

Steven Parker — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:20:25 +0000

Following yesterdays news on blocking porn through ISP filters for UK citizens, anti-piracy group FACT has won a court order to block two more torrent sites, citing "mass access to infringing content" Read more...

Pirate Party UK defies record industry demand for Pirate Bay proxy shutdown

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:34:02 +0000

The UK Pirate Party has denied the record industry's demand to shut down its Pirate Bay proxy. This proxy remains one of the few ways by which some UK residents can access the file sharing site. Read more...

BT handed 100,000 file-sharer's IP addresses from BPI

Sam Alderwick — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:26:03 +0000

The BPI have accused BT of not doing enough to prevent music piracy, after handing them 100,000 IP addresses of users allegedly caught sharing copyrighted files, according to an article by TorrentFreak posted yesterday. BT... Read more...

How 136 file sharers became 7 million

Dave Legg — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:18:38 +0000

Can we trust official governmental figures on file sharing? According to an enquiry by the BBC, the answer to this question is no. A recent governmental report puts the number of UK file sharers at... Read more...

eMusic rattles ISPs over legal downloads

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:24:33 +0000

The boss of Apple's iTunes nearest rival eMusic has warned that recent deals struck between the music industry and UK internet providers could threaten the existence of legal sites. eMusic CEO David Pakman told the... Read more...