Virgin Media could start suspending persistent file sharers on a temporary basis, using information provided to it by the Universal record company. The ISP announced on Monday that it would, before ...

People who unlawfully download copyrighted material could be disconnected from their internet accounts as part of the Digital Economy Bill, a major overhaul to the UK's technology legislation. The ...

FastTrack, once the darling of online file-sharers, appears to be losing its popularity. Reports in recent weeks — as well as data gathered by Internet traffic tracker Alexa — show a marked decline in ...

A law firm in West Virginia will demand that ISPs hand over the records of customers accused of violating the copyrights of porn studios. Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET ...

The music industry's latest salvo against piracy involves lobbying for "three strikes" laws that would require ISPs to disconnect users who have shared copyrighted files online. So far, the effort ...

The Pirate Bay may be breathing its last breath, but the site revered by file-sharers and reviled by copyright owners has likely given birth to numerous progeny. Greg Sandoval covers media and digital ...

Uploaders to eDonkey.com, Bit Torrent and other file-sharing networks beware: The commercial equivalent to Big Brother is watching you. BayTSP, a leading provider of online intellectual property ...

While intuitively it makes sense to believe that music pirates are largely out to hoard large collections of free content, a comprehensive new study reveals that file-sharers in the United States tend ...

Mr. Vaughn believes that the recording industry will start asking for students’ names. What remains to be seen, he said, is whether the industry will distinguish between minor, everyday users of ...

Irish ISP Eircom launched a three-month pilot program on Monday that will see those who repeatedly share files under copyright cut off from their Internet service. Eircom is implementing the plan as ...

An April 13 Business article about the entertainment industry's decision to sue people who share music over a version of the Web called Internet2 incorrectly said that the lawsuits were filed the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet will be pursued through the courts for damages, lawyers for entertainment companies said on ...