pirate

  1. cageymaru

    Court Rules on Merits of IP Address Identification in Open WiFi Case

    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was presented with a case about open WiFi and the responsibility of the owner of the network when someone commits copyright infringement on the IP address. Thomas Gonzalez was sued by the makers of the Adam Sandler movie, The Cobbler. He had won his initial...
  2. R

    Two Sentenced to Jail for Selling Kodi Devices

    TorrentFreak is reporting that two men from the UK have just been handed nearly 2 year prison sentences for selling Kodi-powered devices. The boxes, called the OoberStick, were relatively expensive boxes with a custom version of Kodi and various addons, had been on the market since 2016. Glenn...
  3. FrgMstr

    25% of Hong Kong Uses Pirate TV Boxes

    I remember way back when at the start of UFC pay-per-views, right after the Federal Piracy Warning, that Joe Rogan used to say, "You can't stop the internet." It does seem that the UFC stopped him from continuing to say that however at the top of every show. However, it does seem that he was...
  4. DooKey

    Court Orders Pirate IPTV Linker to Shut Down or Face Penalties Up to €1.25m

    BREIN is a Dutch anti-piracy group that likes to file lawsuits against pirates and this time they were successful against Leaper Beheer BV. According to BREIN, Leaper aids in piracy by providing links to pirate TV streams and on-demand movies. The company claimed they were just providing a...
  5. FrgMstr

    Nike Loves Cracked Software

    When you can't get away with hiring cheap child labor in third world countries any more, you have to find a place to cut costs for $150 sneakers somewhere. Quest Software is accusing Nike, and has sued the company for using cracked software licenses for its software packages. You can read the...
  6. FrgMstr

    Steadfast Service Provider Not Liable for Pirate Site Actions

    Website hosting provider Steadfast won its court case against adult entertainment publisher ALS Scan. Steadfast was accused of providing hosting for known pirate site operators by ALS Scan because Steadfast refused to shutdown the servers for Imagebam.com which is owned by its parent company...
  7. R

    Research Finds Visiting Pirate Sites Leads to More Malware

    TorrentFreak is reporting that new research from shows the more time spent on pirate sites leads to increased malware. In a paper published by Carnegie Mellon University titled "Does Online Piracy make Computers Insecure?" they observed the computer habits of 253 people, and found that doubling...
  8. FrgMstr

    Apple Screws Marvel with Thor Ragnarok Download

    Thor Ragnarok was due to be released digitally on February 19th. As we all know, as soon as that happens, the released movie shows up on Torrent sites. However, it seems that a few of those folks that "pre-purchased" the title on Vudu this week, found that the movie was available for immediate...
  9. C

    My screen freezes in Mortal Kombat X on RX 460 4GB but I can still hear sound

    After playing 5-6 matches with my friend, screen just freezes during match. I am not sure if this could be an issue but I am playing pirate version ( don't blame me for that, I am going to buy original version tonight, but I am not sure should I because of this issue). I am running the game...
  10. FrgMstr

    US Court Allows Media Company to Control Pirate Streaming Domains

    The biggest media company in Manila, ABS-CBN, is working to shut down "pirate sites" using courts here in the United States while wrapping itself in the cloak of protecting consumers from malware. A district court in Florida has ordered registries to take control of 19 domains used to operate...
  11. FrgMstr

    Pirating of a Whole New Old Kind

    We hear about pirating every day in our little technology universe, but it is usually about downloading a movie, TV show, or song that was not paid for. Back in the old days, during the "Golden Age of Piracy," pirates were a breed of scoundrel on the high seas taking over others' vessels and...
  12. Zarathustra[H]

    Chinese Pirates are Facing Lifelong 'Social Credit' Downgrade

    As we originally reported on back in December, China has a new creepy system that utilizes big data and assigns all of their citizens a "Social Credit" score based on their activities. According to The Register this system is now planned to be used to assign those pirating content online a...
  13. FrgMstr

    AMD & NVIDIA GPU VR Performance: Space Pirate Trainer @ [H]

    AMD & NVIDIA GPU VR Performance: Space Pirate Trainer - Do you remember playing Galaga? Space Pirate Trainer is a VR game that puts you into an arcade shooter, except as you might have guessed, gameplay is a bit more involved. So how do all the latest GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA hold up to SPT...
Back
Top