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Pirate Bay docks in Norway, Spain

Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is looking for safe havens in Norway and Spain.

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Observers have suggested a pay-per-download site that charges pennies for Hollywood hits (Reuters)

Antigua to become copyright haven

Americans call it piracy. Antiguans call it justice.

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Adam Ant (WENN.com)

Adam Ant: 'Downloading music is sad'

Adam Ant is urging music fans to rediscover their love of record shops and stop downloading songs online.

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Kim Dotcom

Key and Obama talk Dotcom

Speculation on whether Key discussed piracy accused Kim Dotcom with Obama is fuelled by his refusal to talk about it.

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Zingme is similar to Facebook

US relies on pirate site to network

Washington is a vocal proponent of intellectual property rights, and a site like Zing would be shut down in the United States.

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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and his wife Mona in Auckland (Reuters)

Dotcom: New site 'impossible' to take down

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is planning to launch a replacement of his shuttered website and a new online music service by year's end.

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France convicts 'pirate' despite confession

A French court has convicted its first person guilty of breaking its anti-internet piracy law, even though he didn't do it.

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There are no details yet as to what the alleged pirates downloaded

Piracy accused to face the music

International record companies want three Kiwis to be put in front of the Copyright Tribunal for alleged music piracy.

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Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia

A co-founder of popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay was arrested in Cambodia at the request of Sweden.

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This year, Google joined other Silicon Valley heavyweights to help kill legislation that would have given government and content creators more power to shut down foreign websites that promote piracy (Reuters)

Google to downgrade pirate sites

Google Inc. is altering its search results to de-emphasize the websites of repeat copyright offenders.

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There are already 1,405,304 files from the Internet Archive seeded

Archive loads 1.4 million files onto BitTorrent

The Internet Archive has put more than 1 million of its files on the BitTorrent filesharing system.

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Dotcom with wife Mona (Reuters)

Megaupload 'facts' page launched

Kim Dotcom has gone on the offensive against the United States, launching a new webpage to share information about his case.

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Spotify lets users stream music for free

Getting music for free, legally video

When music distribution turned digital it revolutionised the way we listened to and purchased music.

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The Dotcom mansion, as seen from the helicopter

VIDEO: Dotcom police raid video released video

A High Court judge has lifted suppression on police footage of their raid on Kim Dotcom's mansion earlier this year.

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YouTube relies on advertising for revenue (AAP)

Google takes aim at YouTube downloaders

Google is cracking down on sites that allow users to rip songs from YouTube and download them as mp3s.

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The Pirate Bay is one of countless sites offering torrent downloads

UK court orders Pirate Bay offline

Britain's High Court has ordered the country's internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay.

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A flag of Germany's Pirate Party is pictured during party convention in Neumuenster (Reuters)

Pirates launch raid on German parliament

Polls show the Pirates as the country's third-strongest political force, leapfrogging over more established parties

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Maynard James Keenan (WENN.com)

Maynard James Keenan fearful over illegal downloads

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan fears illegal downloading is stifling creativity in the music industry, as many artists now "can't afford" to spend a fortune on recording.

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The controversy over the British rules has mirrored debates over online copyright enforcement in the United States and elsewhere

UK court sides with entertainment industry

The High Court has endorsed Britain's new copyright rules, siding with the music industry over internet providers in a battle over online filesharing.

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Michael Jackson (Reuters)

Hackers steal unreleased Michael Jackson tracks

Michael Jackson's entire back catalogue, including an unreleased collaboration with will.i.am, has been stolen by hackers.

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