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Brazilian Anti-Piracy Group Alleged To Be Robbing Artists Blind
One of the problems with the RIAA’s constant complaints about piracy and how it hurts the artist is that it’s an advocacy group for an industry that its own artists aren’t necessarily big fans of. For...
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People Hate French Films So Much They Don’t Even Want to Steal Them
Gaumont is a major player in the French film industry, which means…well, jack. Their revenue for the first quarter of 2012 is roughly what “The Avengers” pulled in on opening day. Nonetheless, they’re...
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Just As Many People Illegally Downloaded ‘Game Of Thrones’ As People Who...
Much has been made about HBO’s unwillingness to make it’s streaming service, HBO GO, available to people who don’t have HBO cable subscriptions, largely because such a move would spark the wrath of...
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Switzerland’s Pro-Piracy Stance Means It’s On A Congressional Watchlist
Hey, it’s been a while since we’ve seen what the United States government has been doing about piracy. What’s been going on with that? … the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus… has added...
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Pirates Have Been Reselling Android Apps On The BlackBerry Store
We haven’t talked much about Research In Motion around here lately, because there are only so many times you can laugh at the terrible decisions of and resulting fallout for a company before it starts...
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‘Six Strikes’ Plan To Stop Pirates Easily Avoided With A ‘Business-Class’...
You may remember that, at some point, the government is going to try and stop Internet pirates by giving the RIAA and ISPs the ability to choke your Internet connection down to 1992 speeds. It’s...
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Music Industry Discovers That Giving Consumers What They Want = Less Piracy
Right as the music industry and the MPAA have launched a plan to try and control the Internet comes word that the free market has kind of already taken care of that pesky piracy thing. Even more...
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Renewed For A Fourth Season, Season Premiere Sets Online...
Here’s another one to file under Fantastic And Totally Unsurprising News: HBO announced today that they have renewed Game of Thrones for a fourth season. As we discussed yesterday, the third season...
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Greenheart Games’ Anti-Piracy Stunt Reveals Some Depressing Piracy Stats
Game Dev Tycoon is probably not a game that was on your radar, but it’s about to be, because of a hilarious, and pointed, anti-piracy protest Greenheart Games held… and the equally troubling results....
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The Center For Copyright Information Gets Its Status Revoked
Remember the Center for Copyright Information? If not, they’re the guys running the “six strikes” plan to prevent pirates from stealing content on the Internet. Well, that’s the idea, at any rate, the...
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Here Are The 10 Most Pirated TV Shows Of Spring 2013
Unsurprisingly, according to Torrentfreak, Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show of the spring (March through June), averaging about 5.2 million downloads per episode, which is actually about...
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Makes The Case That Piracy Certainly Doesn’t Hinder Success
Game of Thrones was not only the most pirated television series of the Spring, but this year’s season finale was the most pirated episode of television of all time. Over one million people illegally...
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Time Warner CEO: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Setting Piracy Records Is ‘Better Than An...
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes had his annual earnings call this morning, in which he discussed all sorts of money-related things that are very boring and are only important to people who have stupid...
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Google Hilariously Sticks It To The RIAA In A New Report
We haven’t checked in on the RIAA in a while, because really, it’s just doing the same thing over and over. You know, sending out millions of takedown requests, suing people, wondering why its members...
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Netflix Uses Piracy Websites To Determine Which Shows To Purchase
If you’re reading this in the Netherlands, congratulations, you just got Netflix for the first time. Now you’ll never be at a loss for mediocre stand-up specials from the late 1990s. Your nation-wide...
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Vince Gilligan Says Piracy Helped ‘Breaking Bad’ Kinda Sorta Etc. Etc. Etc.
(via Getty Image) In a recent interview with the BBC, Breaking Bad showrunner Vince Gilligan discussed the complicated effect piracy had on the show. His words: “I see that there’s two sides to this...
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And The Top 10 Most Pirated Television Shows Of 2013 Were…
Nope. Sorry, Walt Making a list of the most pirated shows is always a bit of a dicey proposition, because it’s hard to account for all forms of piracy. There’s torrenting, and streaming, and...
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A Man Who Wore Google Glass To Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Was Interrogated By...
It turns out, wearing Google Glass could have consequences far graver than looking like a massive tool. This after an Ohio man wearing Google Glass at the movies over the weekend was pulled from a...
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Megaupload Shutdown Actually *Hurt* Box Office Revenues. Kind Of.
Pictured: Typical Megaupload user This one oughta get the torrent and illegal streaming crowd all fired up. The Munich School of Management and the Copenhagen Business School recently published a paper...
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Pirates Have Been Reselling Android Apps On The BlackBerry Store
We haven’t talked much about Research In Motion around here lately, because there are only so many times you can laugh at the terrible decisions of and resulting fallout for a company before it starts...
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