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Pirate Bay acquisition still on track
News Apparently, much was made about legal boilerplate but Global Gaming is more "certain than ever" that a deal will get done.
Tags: Acquisitions, Legal, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Swedish company, Music Industry, copyright violation, computer, founder
It sure ain't easy, or cheap, to be green
Blogs The TV was running in the background the other night when U.S. actor Ben Affleck appeared on screen, urging viewers to d...
Pirate Bay trial coming to a close
News Defense attorneys make their final argments, after prosecutors call for jail timefor defendants.
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, BitTorrent, EMI Group Plc., Google Inc., prosecutor, attorney, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox
Pirate Bay closure sparks rise in P2P sites
News Closure of Pirate Bay led to temporary 300 percent increase in the number of file-sharing Web sites, says McAfee.
Tags: Peer to peer, Piracy, Open Source, Site, BitTorrent, P2P, security company, McAfee Inc., File-sharing, Internet Service Provider
Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
News Sources say lawyers in Sweden working for copyright owners are tracking down whoever provides bandwidth to The Pirate Bay and then forcing them to cut off service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Site, Web 2.0, Web sites, BitTorrent, Blackout, attorney, Ukraine
Pirate Bay suffers outage, site back up
News The controversial BitTorrent search engine goes down for at least three hours the day after the site's ISP reportedly cut off service.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Web 2.0, search engine, Site, CBS Interactive Inc., Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, entertainment, Internet Service, Pirate Bay
Pirate Bay bidder finds new stock exchange
News Global Gaming Factory X was kicked off its former stock exchange for providing the public with false information about its ability to buy The Pirate Bay. But it's found a new one.
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, software company, Stock, stock exchange, Sweden, spokesman, acquisition, Web 2.0, game
Pirate Bay founder accused of running Reservella
News BREIN, a Dutch trade group representing copyright owners, claims to have uncovered documents revealing that Fredrik Neij is CEO of Thepiratebay.org's listed owner.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Web sites, Web 2.0, Reservella, BREIN, BitTorrent, file-swapping, Europe
Insiders question label deal for Pirate Bay bidder
News Just as the press began eying Global Gaming Factory with suspicion, it came up with funding, a potential record deal and potential buyers. How much of that was real?
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, EMI Group Plc., Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sweden, Internet Cafe
Isohunt judge says MPAA has yet to prove direct infringment
News Federal court judge says studios must convince him that Isohunt's U.S. users are violating copyright. Isohunt's attorney says he's hopeful case will go to a jury.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, TorrentSpy, BitTorrent, copyright violation, MPAA, Judge, U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. District Judge, Web 2.0
Sweden launches criminal probe of Pirate Bay sale
News A week before Global Gaming announced it would acquire Pirate Bay, the company's stock shot up. Swedish authorities want to know why.
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, Napster Inc., Stock, Shawn Fanning, financing, CEO, Sweden, leader, acquisition
Pirate Bay buyer 'misled' investors, booted off exchange
News The Pirate Bay acquisition by Global Gaming have moved from comical to gravely serious as a Swedish stock exchange accuses company of "providing false information".
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Grokster Ltd., Investor, Stock, entertainment, Sweden, financial
Next up for Pirate Bay defendants: Italian trial?
News Having been found guilty of making copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing, the four Pirate Bay men could face prosecution in Italy, lawyers in that country say.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, prosecutor, International Data Group, Internet Service, copyright law, Sweden, File-sharing
Google-backed tool detects Net filtering, blocking
News A new open platform from Google, the New America Foundation and PlanetLab allows consumers to monitor their broadband connection for Internet-provider interference.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Web 2.0, 3G (Third Generation), Bluetooth, Google Inc., BitTorrent, Tool, Broadband, Net Neutrality
Pirate Bay says appeal is filed
News In a blog post, Pirate Bay operators say the site will live on. Also, they tell those seeking to raise money to help the defendants pay the fines to stop such efforts.
Tags: Piracy, Peer to peer, Fan, Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, Google Inc., Search Engine, entertainment, Pirate Bay, copyright law
