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The Pirate Bay - sale of controversial file-sharing site is being investigated by the Swedish govt.

'Legal' Pirate Bay deal on the rocks

By Adam Hartley published

The potential buyer of controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay has hit stormy waters, with shares of Global Gaming Factory suspended this week.

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Britain gets its own 'Pirate Party' this month, although the party's leader is still unsure about the connotations of the name

Pirate Party slams surveillance Britain

By Adam Hartley published

The newly-formed Pirate Party UK wants to see sweeping changes to Britain's copyright and patenting laws, as well as promoting freedom from excessive electronic surveillance.

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PRS Music's Economist says the UK music industry is in rude health

PRS report: British music industry is in rude health

By Adam Hartley published

A new music industry study claims that, despite all the brow-beating and chin-stroking about the 'problems' of illegal downloading and P2P piracy, the British music industry is in rude health.

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ISP Karoo comes under fire for disconnecting customers in Hull with no warning

ISP pulls plug on pirates with no warning

By Adam Hartley published

Web users in Hull are being cut off from the internet with no warning if suspected of illegal file-sharing.

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Vanish working to obscure messages in Gmail on Firefox

Self-destructing messages will Vanish

By Mark Harris in Seattle published

Firefox Add-on works with webmail and Facebook posts

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Pirate Bay - flying the flag for legitimate downloads

Official: Pirate Bay to become a pay site

By Marc Chacksfield published

The new owner of The Pirate Bay, Global Gaming Factory, as outlined some critical changes to how the site will work - with the most interesting being that you will have to pay to use the website.

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Spotify PR man says they are 'better than piracy'

Spotify: 'We are better than piracy'

By Adam Hartley published

Exclusive Streaming is now more popular than illegal downloading

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No joy for a retrial in the case of the Pirate Bay Four

No retrial for the Pirate Bay four

By Adam Hartley published

In the latest twist of the ongoing saga of the Pirate Bay Four, a Swedish Court of Appeal has ruled that the judge in the case was not biased.

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Virgin Media and other leading ISPs will be forced to cut illegal filesharing by Ofcom

Government gives Ofcom teeth to bite ISPs

By Adam Hartley published

Digital Britain The Digital Britain report asks British internet service providers (ISPs) to cut illegal file-sharing amongst their customers by 70 per cent within the year.

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The accusations of judicial bias following the recent Pirate Bay 'spectrial' suggest an appeal is imminent

Judges in Pirate Bay bias case accused of bias

By Adam Hartley published

Swedish legal system more corrupt than UK MP's expenses claims

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