Video streaming company Vevo, used by both Sony and Universal to showcase their artist’s videos on YouTube, was caught red-faced recently when guests noticed they were illegally streaming an NFL playoff game at their recent Sundance party. Sony and Universal have been loud voices in the fight against piracy. So what’s up with the blatant more »

According to the results of three-month research conducted by internet consulting firm DeepField Networks, the recent takedown of Megaupload had almost no effect in web traffic related to file-sharing. As it turns out, Megaupload was responsible for roughly 30-40% of all file-sharing downloads. The site handled such an immense amount of data that the world’s more »

Aaron Klein, co-founder and CEO of Riskalyze, has formulated a few ideas to hypothetically retaliate against Hollywood in light of the SOPA/PIPA aftermath. I mean, if they want to dismantle the internet’s integrity so badly, the least we could do is hit them with equally absurd legislation, right? Here’s what Klein’s list consisted of: Before more »

The Swiss government conducted a study to gauge the effects of illegal downloads. The study showed that downloaders tend to use their saved money to purchase more legitimate entertainment products. Go figure… It seems to me as though piracy advocates tend to rely on evidence and don’t cling to outrageous revenue claims or bogus reasoning. more »

A recent survey from a Business Software Alliance (BSA) suggests that almost half of the world’s PCs are running some form of pirated software. The survey showed that 47 percent of global PC users don’t find anything wrong with using unauthorized software. The survey — which consisted of 15,000 PC users in 32 countries — more »

After Fox decided to make Hulu users wait eight days for the release of new episodes, the piracy levels of their shows have more than doubled since. It is likely that Fox was seeking to get more viewers to watch the original broadcasts and thus increase ad prices. TorrentFreak tracked the piracy levels of two more »

Piracy is a crime, right? In an attempt to condemn piracy, several studies have been conducted in order to gauge the affect illegal downloads have on entertainment sales over the years. An anonymous source from the GfK Group, one of the largest marketing companies in the world, revealed in a recent study that internet pirates more »

Publishers, music labels, movie studios and ships near the Suez Canal all have one thing in common: they hate pirates. What if there was a quantitative linkbetween higher sales and piracy, would the piracy haters ease their stance (except, perhaps the ships near the Suez)? One childrens book seems set to prove that piracy can more »

What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love tablets?”,or “that’s dope!” or “iPad!”? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack.” This week we take a look back at the things that made us chuckle in the tech world. Assembled here are companies whose moves are so strange, more »

A recent study gauging “moral fiber” has shown that 70% of the general public find internet piracy to be socially acceptable. As it turned out, of the folks that were polled, 3 out of 4 claim that selling an illegal product for profit is unethical. This brings up some interesting questions regarding the characteristics of more »