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CD Projekt says the truth is, DRM doesn’t work
- 21 May 12 22:48 by Seán Byrne
- Piracy
In an interview between Forbes and CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwinski, Iwinski said the truth is that DRM simply does not work. He said the main problem is that the copy protection is cracked within hours of the release of every game, not to mention the money and development wasted to implement it. Those with pirated versions also have a clean and more functional game!
Microsoft invests in startup BitTorrent piracy-killer company
- 14 May 12 17:10 by Seán Byrne
- Piracy
A new Russian based startup company, Pirate Pay, claims to offer the entertainment industry a technology to kill BitTorrent based file sharing by attacking BitTorrent swarms, making it impossible to share affected files.
The Pirate Bay warns of scam proxies/copies
- 08 May 12 12:35 by Seán Byrne
- Piracy
As The Pirate Bay censorship reaches more countries, various websites sprung up to help users get around the block. A few of these are using crafty new methods to trick users into paying “donations” for access.
The High Court in the UK says ISP’s must block The Pirate Bay
The ruling by the High Court states that internet service providers in the UK must prevent access to The Pirate Bay through their networks. The ISP’s that are immediately affected are Sky, Everything Everywhere (who may have to change their name now), Talk Talk, O2 and Virgin Media. A sixth ISP, BT, is requesting a [...]
Rapidshare releases new policy regarding antipiracy
- 19 Apr 12 22:00 by
- Piracy
Rapidshare announces antipiracy policy
MPAA: embedding video can make you a pirate
By now, most people know that downloading a torrent of a copyrighted file usually means you are pirating. But those that simply embed a video should be warned from now on too. According to the MPAA embedding a copyrighted video equals piracy. Yes, you’ve read that right. In other words, the MPAA believes that there [...]
Artists use Piratebay to promote themselves,
TorrentFreak reports that nearly 5000 artists signed up to be promoted by the Piratebay. With hunderds of thousands people aspiring to become a famous artist, the biggest problem they run into is getting their works known by a lot of people. The Piratebay is solving this by bringing them to the attention of thousands of [...]
Anonymous member Higinio O. Ochoa III officially charged
Feds have charged Higinio O. Ochoa III with criminal charges related to a string of attacks on government and law enforcement websites. The Texas man operated under the “CabinCr3w” banner, a known offshoot of Anonymous.
Sports reporter petitions court for access to his Megaupload files
- 03 Apr 12 17:57 by etdragon
- Online Retailers, Online Video, Piracy
The Megaupload drama involving what exactly is happening with user files keeps getting more and more interesting. One Megaupload user is tired of waiting for the courts to figure out what is going to happen with his files and is petitioning a Virginia court to get his files back.
Pastebin to hire people to police the site for sensitive information
Pastebin isn’t necessarily a website specifically for hacking groups to post huge dumps of information but it has definitely been embraced by that community. The site was intended to be a document dumping location as well as a nice place for programmers or writers to store text in order to access it later or share it. Due to all of the attention Pastebin has gotten from Anonymous and other hacking groups the company is going to hire people to monitor its servers.
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Diablo 3 game fans hit with always-online DRM grief (4)
- Fri 18 May 20:04 by Seán
- Software
it appears that Blizzard underestimated the server capacity required to handle all the gamers, thus resulting in Battle.net servers being overloaded and taken offline at launch. As Diablo III requires the user to be logged in with an uninterrupted internet connection to play, most players were greeted with an "Error 37" on the day of launch, unable to play the game.
CD Projekt says the truth is, DRM doesn't work (2)
- Mon 21 May 22:48 by Seán
- Piracy
In an interview between Forbes and CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwinski, Iwinski said the truth is that DRM simply does not work. He said the main problem is that the copy protection is cracked within hours of the release of every game, not to mention the money and development wasted to implement it. Those with pirated versions also have a clean and more functional game!
Why not? PNY announces USB drive with whistle (7)
- Wed 23 May 11:48 by DoMiN8ToR
- Uncategorized
It could be possible that there is a scenario where you would have loved to be able to whistle on your USB stick, but we really wonder when. To make
RunCore unveils InVincible SSD with smoking self-destruct (3)
- Thu 17 May 15:20 by Seán
- Solid State (ssd), Uncategorized
RunCore has launched its InVincible SSD line, claiming to provide the highest data security with its two physically attached buttons, coloured green & red, giving the user a choice of whether to wipe or physically destroy the SSD.