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Ministry of Sound Recordings (MoS) is reviewing its policy of sending letters to alleged filesharers, following a recent court ruling criticising such activity.

Never was so much owed to so few by so many

Torrentfreak has published the top 100 search words and phrases in the BitTorrent Zeitgeist 2010 chart, offering an interesting sideways insight into the year coming to an end.

Goodbye LimeWire!

BT has called for a temporary hold of legal cases in which lawyers request user details from ISPs in order to chase those responsible for copyright infringement.

Civil rights organisation Privacy International is planning to take legal action against a law firm that has accidentally leaked personal details of thousands of Brits online.

Lawyers for UK dance music label Ministry of Sound have issued thousands of letters to British filesharers this month demanding compensation for alleged copyright theft.

The Swedish-based Pirate Bay could soon be hosted in the Swedish parliament, with the country's Pirate Party offering to use a Swedish law which would give the site immunity from prosecution.

Earlier this month the Swedish-based pro-piracy group that helped to set up controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay disbanded.

The developers of file-sharing software LimeWire have been decreed to be liable to 13 major record companies for infringing their copyrights in a landmark ruling.