Search Results for 'piracy'

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  February 27th

  News Nintendo DS piracy carts banned

  The Tokyo District Court has granted an injunction against the sale of R4DS carts, which enable gamers to download and use pirated Nintendo DS games.

  Related categories : Handhelds , Gaming

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  November 11th

  News Indie filmmakers embrace web piracy

  A film production company has decided to approach online movie piracy in the most diplomatic way possible - by embracing it.

  Related categories : Internet

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  May 8th

  News DVD piracy is on the rise, claims report

  A new report into DVD piracy by Futuresource Consulting has found that the number of people copying studio-made DVDs is on the rise.

  Related categories : Home-cinema

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  August 6th 2007

  News Microsoft aims to slash piracy with pricing

  Microsoft has moved to reduce piracy in China - by slashing the price of an official copy of Windows Vista in the country. You can now pick up a Home Basic disc for just £33 ($66) in the country

  Related categories : Operating-systems

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  February 18th

  News ESA: Europe is 'rife' with game piracy

  Europe is rife with game software piracy according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which the industry group claims is the single greatest threat to innovation, artistic commitment and technological advancement in games.

  Related categories : Gaming

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  July 13th

  News Spotify: 'We are better than piracy'

  According to a recent survey, the number of teens illegally downloading music and sharing it online has fallen since 2007, with the increasing popular music streaming service Spotify claiming a large part of the responsibility for the decrease in online piracy.

  Related categories : Internet

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  March 8th 2007

  News Yahoo China in music piracy lawsuit

  Yahoo China is being sued by the world's top music companies for its alleged involvement in music piracy. EMI, Sony BMG, Music Entertainment and Universal Music are amongst the big names taking legal action against the search engine

  Related categories : Web

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  December 4th 2008

  News Piracy: Nintendo's new DSi already hacked

  One major aspect of Nintendo's latest handheld refresh, the beauty that is the Nintendo DSi, was the attempt to crack down on software piracy.

  Related categories : Gaming

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  June 11th 2008

  News Swedish politicians vote in favour of legal piracy

  Ever the home of progressive thinkers, Sweden now has a political party that is officially in favour of what many would call internet piracy.

  Related categories : Internet

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  May 28th

  News UK study: DRM pushes people to piracy

  An interesting new study by Cambridge professor has found that DRM does the opposite of its actual job and pushes people to piracy rather than preventing it.

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  August 4th 2008

  News Paulo Coehlo: piracy boosts book sales

  The multi-million selling author Paulo Coelho has demonstrated that online book piracy has increased sales of his books in hard copy.

  Related categories : Internet

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  June 20th 2008

  News David Reeves: Piracy helps to sell PSPs

  Speaking at Sony?s developer DevStation conference in London last week, Sony Europe president David Reeves admitted that there was a global piracy issue on PSP, but admitted that it was helping the machine to sell.

  Related categories : Consoles , Handhelds , Gaming

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  November 8th

  News Danish anti-piracy body throws in towel

  We're not entirely sure if the latest move in the European anti-piracy drive is of any real significance, but it's definitely worth reporting that Denmark's main effort appears to be winding up.

  Related categories : Internet

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  August 5th 2008

  News 7digital help ISPs combat music piracy

  7digital has launched a new range of download services in order to help ISPs (Internet Service Providers) offer their customers legal music downloads, following the BPI?s recent crackdown on piracy.

  Related categories : Internet , Mp3-players , Portable-devices

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  July 27th 2007

  News Massive Windows Vista piracy ring smashed

  A huge piracy ring involving Windows Vista has been smashed in China. The counterfeiting organisation has been tracked by the FBI in cahoots with China's Public Security Bureau, says the BBC

  Related categories : Operating-systems , Applications

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  July 24th 2008

  News Musician's Union welcomes BPI piracy crackdown

  Following today's piracy crackdown by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) the Musician?s Union has come out in favour of the BPI?s latest initiative.

  Related categories : Internet

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  September 13th

  News Recording industry seeks piracy lock on phones

  Not content with suing music fans for copying their favourite music, the record industry has decided to go one step further and may install piracy-checking software in the music players themselves.

  Related categories : Mobile-phones , Mp3-players

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  October 11th

  News Copyright holders might prefer piracy now

  In a somewhat cynical table-turning exercise, a German anti-piracy body seems to be encouraging illegal downloading of music and other media in an effort to strong-arm money out of lawbreakers.

  Related categories : Internet

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  July 29th 2008

  News Nintendo cracks down on DS piracy in Japan

  The R4DS is becoming more than a slight pain in the neck for Nintendo. It?s becoming a major piracy threat, hence the Japanese gaming giant is attempting to outlaw Japanese firms from selling the devices.

  Related categories : Gaming , Handhelds

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  October 24th 2007

  News English man arrested for heinous music piracy

  Police have arrested a Middlesbrough man today for his alleged involvement with music piracy site OiNK. The website has been accused of making music albums available online well before their official release dates

  Related categories : Web