Canadian company finds low-tech way to ship data to capped Canadians

There is a lot of talk going on in the tech blogosphere about how Canada, a country where once upon a time technology was a good thing, is now facing the fact that they are now going ... continue

Jammie Thomas-Rasset receives third judgment, fined $1.5m

A jury in Minneapolis has decided on a third fine for illegal downloader Jammie Thomas-Rasset- the Minnesota woman was originally fined $1.92 million for downloading 24 songs. The RIAA has offered twice to settle the case, once for ... continue

You really might want to rethink using BitTorrent

I've never been a big user of BitTorrent but just as there are illegal uses for it there are just as many legal ones. however if what the team at TorrentFreak has discovered is true you may ... continue

RIAA offers to settle with Jammie Thomas-Rasset for $25K

Well, that's one way to make fines for file-sharing look even more arbitrary, astronomical and totally imaginary. The RIAA battled single mom Jammie Thomas-Rasset in court over 24 tracks the woman illegally shared over Kazaa. Despite Thomas-Rasset's protests ... continue

Virgin’s solution to piracy not sitting well with all record companies

Well color me surprised but not all of the record companies are happy with UK ISP Virgin Media’s planned subscription service for downloading music. The UK company believes that consumers want to be ... continue

If you think the RIAA sucks check these guys out

There is no doubt that the RIAA deserves all the bad press and flack it gets but on a scale of utter doucebaggery they pale in comparison to a company called Digiprotect. This ... continue

RIAA trial ends in $2m fine

A Minnesota mother of two has been fined $1.92m for "willful copyright infringement" in the illegal sharing of 22 songs. Jammie Thomas-Rasset (pronounced "Jamie"- can they tack on a fine for that?) was found to be responsible for ... continue

The new French 3-strikes law hides a bigger threat

Not to long ago there was a lot of talk about France’s move to implement a 3-strike law against Internet downloaders of <ahem> illegal files. Then like most hot topic items it sort of blended with the ... continue

20th Century Fox misses perfect chance with Wolverine workprint

I am pretty sure that everyone has heard about the latest assault to bring down the movie industry. No I’m not talking about them actually making good movies worth paying for but rather the leak ... continue

Mininova helps musicians monetize their BitTorrent downloads

Everyone has pretty well heard of that other BitTorrent site but even though it might be one of the largest BitTorrent sites on the web Mininova is right up there with The Pirate Bay site. As ... continue