Spring Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Makes Life Difficult for Pirates

20 May, 2011, 7:47 pm IST tech2 News Staff Xbox 360 3 Comments

Re-flashes the DVD Drive to the original firmware. More

Grooveshark Writes Angry Open Letter to Music Industry

20 Apr, 2011, 3:00 pm IST Padmini Harchandrai Web services 2 Comments

Apple and Google are copied on this letter. More

Online music storage firm MP3tunes files for bankruptcy

11 May, 2012, 11:50 am IST Web services

Online music storage firm MP3tunes Inc filed for bankruptcy in a U.S. court, following its prolonged run-in with music publishing giant EMI Group over copyright ... More

China Cracks Down on Internet Piracy

01 Nov, 2006, 12:00 pm IST IANS Windows

The three-month campaign will target illegal websites and their operators, who provide downloads of materials they do not have the right to sell. More

China opposed to U.S listing Taobao as market for piracy

19 Jan, 2012, 5:01 pm IST Windows

China is "greatly concerned and strongly opposed" to the United States' listing of Taobao, the country's largest consumer e-commerce website, ... More

U.S. To Target Foreign Websites in Anti-Piracy Push

23 Jun, 2010, 11:06 am IST Reuters Windows

The U.S will go after foreign websites that pirate American music and movies as part of a new national strategy to stop sales of counterfeit and pirated goods. More

The Pirate Bay Closed Down by Swedish Police

01 Jun, 2006, 11:00 am IST Jayesh Mansukhani Windows

In what has to be one of the biggest deathblows to online sharing via BitTorrent, the Swedish police on Wednesday closed the lid on The Pirate Bay, on... More

FBI Busts Movie Piracy Ring

29 Jun, 2006, 8:30 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Windows

In a major blow to piracy the FBI acting on tipoffs and a sizable investigation busted a group of pirates which the agency says was responsible for d... More

China Shuts 205 Web Sites Over Piracy

08 Feb, 2007, 12:39 pm IST Reuters Services

China closed 205 Web sites in a crackdown on Internet piracy. More

Seizure of The Pirate Bay Causes Big Loss to Small Sites

03 Jun, 2006, 1:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Services

Two days after The Pirate Bay was seized by the Swedish police, smaller websites have alleged that the move has adversely affected their busi... More

Software CEOs Seek Help vs China Software Piracy

09 Jun, 2010, 11:26 am IST Reuters

The chief executives of 12 software companies -- angered by what they say is China's failure to fight software piracy -- are meeting with lawmakers and Obama administration officials to pressure China. More

U.S. Says Targeting China in New Anti-Piracy Drive

22 Jul, 2010, 12:28 pm IST Reuters

The United States will make China "a significant focus". More

Paid Version of uTorrent Coming Soon

16 Jul, 2011, 11:28 am IST tech2 News Staff Software

The infamous files sharing application, uTorrent, is likely to be releasing with a paid variant. More

BitTorrent Goes To Hollywood

09 May, 2006, 4:00 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Software

In a deal straight out of a movie the makers of BitTorrent have struck a landmark distribution deal with a Hollywood studio. Warner Bros. Entertai... More

Sony Might Introduce Blu-Ray Serial Keys for PS3 Games

21 Jan, 2011, 3:16 pm IST Sriram Gurunathan Gaming

Gamers all over the world shed tears. More

Recording Industry Says Limewire Owes Them $ 75 Trillion

25 Mar, 2011, 10:18 am IST Siddharth Basrur General

Recording industry claims that the actual and punitive damage amounts to anywhere between $400 billion and 75 trillion. More

The Pirate Bay goes down for some upgrades

20 Mar, 2012, 1:37 pm IST Rossi Fernandes General

The Pirate Bay was down for a bit and while some might have thought that they were being shut down, they ... More

Dog Trouble For DVD Pirates

12 May, 2006, 4:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan Home Theatre Systems

The next time you try to send the latest Bollywood Blockbuster to a homesick cousin in the UK, beware! You may get yourself in serious canine trouble.... More

RIAA Sues Limewire

06 Aug, 2006, 8:30 am IST Jayesh Mansukhani

I was wondering when the RIAA would be active again. Just weeks after settling with Sharman Networks they have now gone after the popular LimeWire net... More

MS Cracks Down on Student Software Piracy

04 Apr, 2007, 2:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

Microsoft files nine lawsuits and issues more than 50 legal notices to companies trafficking illegal software. More