Anti-Piracy
Who Gets to Define the Terms of Hacking? (The Atlantic)
On March 11, 2013, Thomas Donilon, President Obama’s national-security adviser, gave a speech at the Asia Society on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Much of it was boilerplate: a ... More
F.B.I. Used Hacking Software Decade Before iPhone Fight (New York Times)
In early 2003, F.B.I. agents hit a roadblock in a secret investigation, called Operation Trail Mix. For months, agents had been intercepting phone calls and emails belonging to mem... More
Keylogger Hijacks Key Business Email Accounts (Computer World)
A new email-based attack campaign is targeting key employees from companies in the U.S., Middle East and Asia with the goal of compromising their computers and email accounts. Thi... More
Malvertising Campaign Strikes Top Web Sites Worldwide (ZD Net)
Popular websites across the world fell prey to a malicious advertising campaign which sent unwitting visitors to the Angler exploit kit which serves TeslaCrypt ransomware. A numbe... More
Combating TV Piracy: How NexGuard is Helping AMC Prevent Illegal Leaks (The Drum)
The television industry is facing a new wave of piracy as streaming platforms grow and high quality video content becomes more available on the web. Whether a TV pirate streams unl... More
Media Companies Push For Pirate Bay Blockade (IBT)
More than 20 million Internet users could soon lose access to the Pirate Bay and other popular piracy websites as part of a new initiative proposed by Aussie media companies. It's ... More
Civolution, Azure, Deluxe Reps to Tackle the State of E-Screeners
Toward the end of 2015, Hollywood was hit with a massive wave of piracy, with most every major blockbuster and every major awards winner seeing a leaked version released online. ... More
MediaSilo: Piracy Doesn’t Have to be a Cost of Doing Business (CDSA)
By Chris Tribbey The origin story of Boston-based MediaSilo goes like this: In 2007, the company’s founder Kai Pradel (then-owner of a local video production agency) spent mor... More
HBO Will Not Release Any ‘Game of Thrones’ Screeners for Season 6 (THR)
In Game of Thrones terms, winter won't arrive until late April — for fans and media alike. For the first time since the show's debut in 2011, HBO will not be sending episodes of ... More
Report: Music Piracy Eliminated in Norway (After Dawn)
According to the latest IFPI report out of Norway, music piracy has been eliminated in the nation in just 5 short years. In the countrywide survey, only 4 percent of Norwegians un... More
Streaming Music Services have Killed Piracy in Norway (ExtremeTech)
For years, one of the most common arguments used against restrictive DRM and consumer-unfriendly policies in the music business has been that digital rights management technologies... More
How the FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling Could Make Piracy Cool Again (Network World)
Streaming content over the Internet has made online piracy irrelevant for a lot of people. Services like Netflix and Spotify are easier to navigate than illegal file-sharing servic... More
