Following in the footsteps of the Swedes and Germans, the Dutch Pirate Party has decided to join the national elections being held this spring.

A new study commissioned on behalf of Universal Music reports that if ISPs got involved in the digital music market, they could make millions in the years to come.

In just a few hours the Oscar winners will be announced, including the award for the best movie of 2009.

Faced with difficulties in dealing with those who share movies and music using BitTorrent, in recent months Swedish police have targeted those using more exposed file-sharing systems.

The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States.

The RIAA has published a blog post where they accuse music pirates of stealing from Haitians.

In mid-February an Italian court ruled that the country's ISPs must censor their networks and prevent subscribers from accessing The Pirate Bay.

Last month the gaming giant Ubisoft announced their new uber-DRM which requires customers to be continuously online in order to play purchased games.

After a fairly bumpy ride, the High Court trial between Newzbin and the MPA has reached its conclusion.

After failing to bring ISP iiNet into line with some extremely lengthy and expensive legal action, Hollywood has been left short on options in Australia. Of course, AFACT won't give in.

Global Gaming Factory's planned acquisition of The Pirate Bay last summer surprised BitTorrent's friends and foes alike. But The Pirate Bay was not the only site the company was after.

After mountains of controversy built up in the wake of the 'pay up or else' letters sent to thousands of alleged file-sharers, one would think other lawyers might be put off following the same track,

Following a DMCA takedown request from Fox regarding an Avatar torrent, Google has removed the BTJunkie homepage from its search results.

Last October the Amsterdam Court ruled that three former Pirate Bay operators had to remove a list of infringing torrents from the website and block access to Dutch users.

For the first time in five years Mininova is about to disappear from the top 10 of most visited torrent sites.

Another brand new episode of TorrentFreak TV. This weeks episode covers the latest Pirate Bay news, Olympic pirates, Twitter's BitTorrent crush, Flattr, LG's pirate manual and much more.

After an ISP refused to hand over the identity of a customer to anti-piracy lawyers who claim him to be the first uploader of a pre-release movie, they took the case to court.

Jim Keyzer, a police IT forensics specialist who was leading the Pirate Bay investigation while he was also working for Warner Bros. is back in action.

When the operators of The Pirate Bay were sentenced to prison last year Google quickly distanced itself from the site.

In early February, AFACT, representing several Hollywood movie studios,

The PRO-IP Act is a United States law that aims to combat copyright infringement by increasing civil and criminal penalties for offenders.

Six book publishers have gained an injunction against file-hosting company, RapidShare.

Following widespread objections, New Zealands Section92A guilty upon accusation anti-piracy law was scrapped last year.

Last year the BitTorrent search engine isoHunt lost in court against the MPAA. A Californian court ruled that isoHunt was guilty of inducing copyright infringement and granted summary judgment.

One of the key clauses in the UK's Digital Economy Bill is the suggestion that alleged persistent copyright infringers could be disconnected from the Internet.

At the box-office the major movie studios are raking in record profits, but their continuing refusal to widely adopt online business opportunities are hindering progress.