Apr 03
One hundred games, all in a bundle you can only get on the world’s most infamous piracy website.
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Mar 31
You might have seen over the weekend that Dropbox is capable of telling whether you’re sharing copyrighted files over its cloud service—without even actually looking at your stuff. But in fact, it’s been able to do that for years.
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Mar 24
Just like normal software for computers, mobile apps can be pirated too, which is why the team Evad3rs received a lot of flak when they included the Taig Chinese store in their jailbreak which was found to play home to a lot of cracked and pirated apps. Unfortunately pirated mobile apps is an ongoing thing and we guess there are users out who find that $0.99 is still too dear of a price to pay.
That being said while we have heard of how courts have managed to land convictions for pirating movies and music, the same cannot be said for mobile apps, at least until recently where the Justice Department has managed to successfully land their first ever conviction against mobile app pirates. (more…)
Depart Of Justice Lands Conviction Against Android App Pirates original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 24
Judge Rules That IP Addresses Aren’t Conclusive Enough To Determine Pirate’s Identity
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One of the ways copyright holders are able to determine where copyright materials have been downloaded is by tracing the IP address, which in most cases usually reveals information about that person, like their name, phone number, home address, and so on.
For the most part that is how copyright holders, like record labels and movie studios, track down people who might have been pirating their property, such as through torrents. However in a recent ruling by a judge, it seems that he might have set a precedent in which IP addresses will start to lose their potential as a way of tracking down a pirate. (more…)
Judge Rules That IP Addresses Aren’t Conclusive Enough To Determine Pirate’s Identity original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 17
Just last week we reported on a streaming service called Popcorn Time. It was basically a pirate’s equivalent of Netflix where users would be able to stream torrents instead of downloading the files onto their computers.
According to its creators, they claim that Popcorn Time is 100% legal, although we’re not sure how. Perhaps it could be due to a loophole in the law, but whatever it is, its creators asserted its legality, although the act of piracy itself is not. That being said, they decided to shut down its service anyway, but not before the code for the program made its way onto GitHub where it has since been forked several times. (more…)
Popcorn Time Gets Resurrected Under A Different Torrent Group original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 14
Popcorn Time surfaced earlier this week and was quickly labeled “the Netflix of piracy”, providing easy access to illegal movies via a sophisticated-looking app. Fast-forward a few days after its … Continue reading
Mar 11
Downloading copyrighted movies via torrents is illegal, which we’re sure many of you guys are well-aware of, although admittedly that hasn’t stopped many from continuing to do so, which is why services like Netflix are pretty popular because it means that users won’t have to wait for the delivery of their DVD or Blu-ray since content can be streamed directly.
Interestingly enough it seems that even movie streams can be pirated, which is what Popcorn Time is looking to do. Popcorn Time is a desktop app available for Mac, Windows, and Linux computers, and when installed it allows users to stream movies, all sorts of movies including the latest ones, onto their computer for free! (more…)
Popcorn Time Is The Netflix Equivalent For Pirates original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 07
Italy is cracking down on piracy in a mass shutdown of websites — in the form of blocking at the Internet service provider level — that are related in some … Continue reading
Mar 05
If you’re a musician who has worked hard on a new record, it must be pretty frustrating when it invariably leaks
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Feb 27
Copyright Protectors Targeting Billboard Top 100 Charts Downloaders With Automated Fines
Posted in: Today's Chili
We guess we don’t have to tell you guys that it is illegal to download copyrighted music, movies, books, software, and etc. from torrents. At the same time many people still do because they think that they can get away with it. Well the next time you’re thinking about pirating any of the songs from the Billboard Top 100 charts, you might want to think twice.
According to TorrentFreak, they have reported that due to a new scheme setup by Rightscorp, more and more rightsholders have begun to target BitTorrent pirates. As it stands, Rightscorp boasts that they are protecting over 1,000,000 copyright, some of which are songs from the Billboard Top 100 charts. (more…)
Copyright Protectors Targeting Billboard Top 100 Charts Downloaders With Automated Fines original content from Ubergizmo. 
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