It’s not the first ISP to be held accountable for alleged piracy: Cox is looking at a $1b damage order.
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S2 Ep10: Emotet’s back, mutant WannaCry and Insta scam – Naked Security Podcast
Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast – listen now!
Flickr tackling online image theft with new AI service
Photo sharing website Flickr is trying to combat copyright infringement with a service that spots copies of its users’ images online.
Will the EU’s new copyright directive ruin the web?
Articles 11 and 13 live on, with the dreaded ‘link tax’, ‘meme killer’, ‘censorship machine’ and all.
Man who shared Deadpool movie on Facebook faces 6 months in jail
US government recommended six months behind bars. That’s one month for every million people that viewed a part of the pirated movie, apparently.
Copyright Directive legislation voted down by European Parliament
The EU has voted down controversial copyright legislation, but the war’s not over: a second vote is scheduled for September.
Tech pioneers: new copyright law a step towards an internet of surveillance and control
European copyright directive would be a step towards making the internet “a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users”
Biggest pirate in the US sentenced to 5 years
Sharebeast, Newjams and Albumjams were sites to pirate prerelease songs from the likes of Justin Bieber, Pitbull and Beyonce.
Night-vision goggles to be used to thwart pirating of new Bond film
Pirates, forget the hide-it-in-the-popcorn-box trick: staff will have gadgetry on par with what 007 would get from Q.
You’ll have to stop stealing jokes on Twitter now
Ripping off other people’s stuff, even jokes, is no laughing matter!