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Shiver Me Timbers: Did Streaming Inadvertently Pave the Way For a New Kind of Piracy?

Shiver Me Timbers: Did Streaming Inadvertently Pave the Way For a New Kind of Piracy?

Some time in the mid-2000s, the popular peer-to-peer downloading program E-mule once made me wait for a whole year to download the discography of an Irish blues musician – a hefty file in .rar format, which was owned by...
By Ayse B. Tosun on 09/23/17 Comments Off on Shiver Me Timbers: Did Streaming Inadvertently Pave the Way For a New Kind of Piracy?
“PIRACY IS A CRIME”. Or maybe not?

“PIRACY IS A CRIME”. Or maybe not?

The case The recent ruling for ACAPOR case in Portugal-which is being analyzed further down-made me think about the online piracy legislation and a slight, but definitely not insignificant, alteration of it, that is currently taking place. Are the...
By Eva Anagnostaki on 10/15/12 1
Online Piracy, The Ancient Art Of Digital Publishing

Online Piracy, The Ancient Art Of Digital Publishing

Digital piracy is a common aspect on the web, and Internet users are sometimes or even often part of it because an act of piracy is easily done. There are several sharing activities where piracy is involved such as...
By Pim van Bree on 10/31/10 4
E-books – The Black Market. Can We Stop It?

E-books – The Black Market. Can We Stop It?

Along with the growth of the popularity of e-books as well as iPad, e-reader and other devices that allow for reading digital publications on the screen there is a huge increase in books piracy, what causes enormous losses for...
By Michal Kielbasa on 10/17/10 Comments Off on E-books – The Black Market. Can We Stop It?