EUIPO Study: 60% of Pirates Also Buy Content From Legal Sources
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has published the findings of its 2023 study on ‘European Citizens and Intellectual Property: Perception, Awareness and Behavior.’ The study aims to gain a better understanding of European consumers’ attitudes toward intellectual property and covers physical counterfeit goods and online digital content; our focus here will be on the latter. Most Europeans Oppose Use of Illegal...
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens
A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Powered by WPeMatico
A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians
Personal information, including ID documents and phone numbers, have been released on Telegram. Powered by WPeMatico
An Anti-Porn App Put Him in Jail and His Family Under Surveillance
A court used an app called Covenant Eyes to surveil the family of a man released on bond. Now he’s back in jail, and tech misuse may be to blame. Powered by WPeMatico
TV Show Release Group CAKES Quits The Scene & Shuts Down
For several decades, The Scene has been a key source for pirated content that’s made available on the Internet. Technically, release groups operate in a closed ecosystem, but the reality is different. The vast majority of the files published on private Scene servers eventually find their way to public pirate sites. The secretive nature of The Scene has been a major challenge for law enforcement but in the summer of 2020, the US...
