Who's been a naughty boy?

There's a "public service" website that is currently tracking around 20% of all peer-to-peer downloads.  Has it found you yet?
 

What is Wikileaks up to?

The trickle of cables has become a flood and there's a new encrypted file on the loose.
 

Wikileaks under attack from all directions

It seems as fast as new URLs and IP addresses for Wikileaks and for CableGate are being posted they are being torn down.  By who, we don't yet know.  Here is a short summary of activity in the past couple of hours.
 

On a limb; does the iiNet decision support upgrades to licensed content?

A slow and steady reading of the 80,000 word decision in the iiNet case reveals some interesting pearls.  One of which suggests that owners of licensed content (perhaps a CD or DVD) would be eligible for production cost-only upgrades to new distribution media.
 

Does the iiNet decision mean open slather for downloaders?

This morning's court decision says iiNet is not responsible for their customers illegal downloads.  Is it "gentlemen, start your engines?"
 

Trojan authors take advantage of Michael Moore

Trojaned files which claim to be copies of the latest film made by American documentary film maker Michael Moore have flooded torrent sites over the last few days, reliable sources say.
 

Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 out in the wild

Microsoft is doing a real bad job of keeping the lid on Windows 7 builds, as the availability of the latest RC1 Build 7057 software via BitTorrent demonstrates.
 

Does watching pirated movies make you a terrorist?

You might consider movie piracy a victimless crime, but some folk are now directly linking pirates to terrorists.