Category Archives: piracy

Megaupload Pulled Off the Internet – What now?

Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 by elialtaras

The file transfer site based in Hong Kong – Megaupload – has been taken down. This came after the allegations that the site was being used to stream pirated movies. Questions are being asked about the site being taken offline, … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Plans Web Blackout in Protest!

Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 by elialtaras

The proposed anti-piracy bill in the US Congress has sparked protest amongst online bigwigs and Wikipedia is the latest in line. It has announced that it will shut down its website on Wednesday for 24 hours. The user-generated news website … Continue reading

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Torrents Censored on Google!

Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 by uni85.99

Google has begun restricting search queries such as “BitTorrent”, “torrent”, “RapidShare” and “Megaupload” from its search engine’s auto-complete and instant service. This has come after Google came under fire from the entertainment sector for not censoring “piracy related” terms. This … Continue reading

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Piracy in Mac App Store: What’s the Risk?

Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 by uni85.99

This week, one of the highlights was the launching of the Mac App Store – a dedicated store for applications running on Apple Macintosh computers. Immediately, the store’s restrictions were bypassed by some users and now the question is, whether … Continue reading

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