piracy
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How Australia’s Pirate Site Blocking Actually Works
6Last week, the Federal Court of Australia directed 49 ISPs to block access to websites that are engaged in providing pirated TV shows and movies. The action launched by Foxtel is all about curbing access to some of its centrepiece shows such as Game of Thrones and Wentworth. But what does the ruling mean and…
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Village Roadshow CEO’s Latest Piracy Letter To The Government Is A Bizarre Trainwreck And I Can’t Look Away
On March 15, Village Roadshow’s CEO, Graham Burke, penned a letter to the Department of Communications and the Arts, appealing for a review of the Copyright Online Infringement Amendment. What that letter contains is an eye-opening range of claims – of Australia ending up “as bleak as a remote Bejing suburb”, linking piracy with “drug…
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Fetch TV Is Coming After Aussie Pirates
The digital seas are becoming a perilous place for pirates. Today, the Australian IPTV provider Fetch TV announced it is joining forces with the Australian Screen Association (ASA) to combat online piracy. If you’re partial to a bit of GoT plunder via illegal streaming and the like, here’s what you need to know.
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The Pirate Bay Added A CPU-Hijacking Bitcoin Miner To Some Pages
A meeting of the German Pirate Party in Berlin in 2013. Photo: Getty Images File-sharing websites are not exactly known for their sterling reputation, though a few such as famed torrent site the Pirate Bay have been around for long enough while generally avoiding shady behaviour they have acquired a certain cachet with the internet…