When Megaupload was shut down last year the actions of competing file-hosting services were watched closely by the press and copyright holders. Some concluded that other services were guilty by association, and Hollywood went as far as...

In late August 2012, Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm was deported from Cambodia to Sweden. It was presumed that Gottfrid had been taken to serve the year in prison he was handed for his involvement in The...

Last week we broke the news that the island nation Antigua and Barbuda wants to start a Government run “pirate” site. Today, this plan came a step closer to reality when the Caribbean country received authorization from...

Antigua and Barbuda is a small country in the Caribbean that for years had a flourishing gambling industry. A few years ago 5% of all Antiguans worked at gambling related companies. However, when the U.S. prevented the...

A Dutch Pirate Bay user who was reported to the authorities by Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has seen his case dropped. In the first criminal case against a BitTorrent uploader in the Netherlands, Stefan K was accused...

Hollywood often hears that they force people into pirating films by failing to make their content widely available. It often takes months before a blockbuster movie appears online after it premieres in theaters, while the public demands...

There is a certain level of symmetry to the world. When one part of the world has day, the other half has night. And more importantly, when one hemisphere gets summer, the other has winter. Right now...

Without doubt the favorite toy of many kids’ is LEGO. What’s not to like about a kit for a country house that can be smashed to bits and turned into a ridiculous 30-wheel truck with a ray-gun...

Founded in 2003, the Pirate Bay turns a decade old September this year. Since its humble beginnings the notorious site has come a long way. Today The Pirate Bay is spreading a world of information to millions...

The file-sharing landscape has often been described as a hydra. Take one site down, and several new ones will take its place. Blocking or censoring sites and files may have a short-lived effect, but it does very...