piracy
The Days of LimeWire are Long Gone
Thanks to a crushing blow in the Federal court system recently, LimeWire will be shutting down their software – effective nearly immediately. The company says it will comply with a court injunction to turn off “the searching, downloading, uploading, file trading and/or file distribution functionality, and/or all functionality” of its software. The company will not [...]
How Far is Too Far in the Fight Against Piracy?
Piracy is rampant, whether you like it or not. People are stealing that which does not belong to them every second of every day. Torrenting sites are making a killing by providing a means to an end. Companies are tearing their hair out trying to figure out how to stop the criminals. Some companies, however, [...]
What Would You Do With a Million Dollars?
Over on Geeks today, people have been talking about what they’d do if they suddenly won a million dollars. It’s funny to read the answers, and touching as well. Many people would donate to charities, which I would do more of myself if I won that kind of money. I’d also invest plenty of it, [...]
MPAA 13, Piracy 0: Three More Allegedly Illicit Sites Sued
The Motion Picture Association of America has been working hard since 2007 to bring movie piracy to a halt. Wednesday, the MPAA filed suits against three more allegedly illicit movie web sites. This brings their total number of lawsuits to 13; though somewhat of a piecemeal approach, they have been successful in combating underground trade [...]
How Can We Wipe out Piracy?
Piracy is becoming more and more of a problem in today’s society at an alarming rate. Some people simply don’t feel the need to pay for what they want to watch or listen to, while others feel they should be allowed to download copies of media they’ve already purchased. Either way, it’s illegal folks… and [...]
How Can We Wipe Out Piracy?
Network Guru is a community member who is passionate about fighting piracy. I admire this trait, and do my best to steer people away from piracy when I can. Stealing programs and apps is just plain not cool, for many reasons which I’ve discussed before. Here is what he wrote to me: Did you know [...]
Software Piracy
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Matt is a YouTube community member who watches us regularly. He recently sent me a very interesting email, asking about my thoughts on piracy, and how to put a stop to it. Piracy of music, software and movies is rampant these [...]
