Streaming chaos driving piracy's comeback
Industry own goal
Streaming is in such a mess that piracy is starting to look like the grown-up option.
More than 200 pirate domains blocked
A fresh wave of site blocking has hit the UK’s already long list of outlawed pirate domains, but this time there’s an unexpected new enforcer. Cloudflare, normally seen as a neutral web infrastructure provider, is now showing “Error 451 – Unavailable for Legal Reasons” to users trying to access dozens of domains linked to streaming and download piracy.
Nintendo admits emulation is technically legal
Despite all the legal threats
While the former maker of playing cards, Nintendo was pressuring and shutting down emulation projects like Yuzu, Citra, and Ryujin it appears the gaming company knew that emulators were legal.
Apple sued over pretty poor privacy
The Case claims it was flogging users' private data
If a US court case is to be believed, the fruity cargo cult Apple has been lying to the world about not making a buck or two out of flogging user data.
Piracy is driven by availability and price
People don't want to break the law
A new study carried out by New Zealand telecoms group Vocus Group NZ has concluded that "piracy isn't driven by law-breakers" but by the availability of legal content and the ability to pay.
Microsoft fighting Asian pirates
Piracy everywhere
Microsoft has announced the results of an investigation into Asian software piracy and noticed that there is a huge uptick in theft.
Streaming is killing music piracy
Drops below 10 per cent
Big content will have to find other reasons why its shallow, talentless music stars are not making them money, now that music piracy figures have dropped to a record low.
EU buries report that says piracy is harmless
Big content would not allow it
The EU paid a Dutch consulting firm, Ecorys 360,000 euro to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content and then buried it because it would anger the Big Content mafia.
Movie stealing was a failure in Bollywood
Box office disaster averted.
Stealing a movie in India proved a song and dance for the hackers who ended up arrested.
Hitting pirates does not improve box-office revenues
Big Content failing on so many levels
A new academic study has poured cold water on Big Content’s claim that a graduated response policies against file-sharers does not improve its box office revenues.