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Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Megaupload
In October 2013, VICE News was invited to visit the infamous tech mogul and creator of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom.
Kim Dotcom: The Man Behind Mega
In October 2013, VICE News was invited to visit the infamous tech mogul and creator of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, at his palatial property in New Zealand.
What Are You Going to Do with Your Anti-Piracy Six Strikes?
Now you BitTorrent users will receive six "strikes" before your internet provider can punish you.
Piracy as a Kind of Freedom: A Review of a Pirated Copy of the Pirate Bay Movie
The film is a rallying cry for a freer internet, but it shies away from the obvious question: is piracy more than glorified stealing?
Will the Pirate Bay Survive in the Cloud?
The Pirate Bay is entering a new era as it moves all of its data from in-house servers in Sweden into the cloud in a move designed, in part, to evade the copyright cops. It all happened very quietly on Tuesday, and except for the five or so minutes of...
The $8 Billion iPod: Rhapsody Founder Rob Reid on How Copyright Math Doesn't Add Up
The inevitable backlash over the online uprisings that foiled controversial pro-copyright bills SOPA and PIPA earlier this year is slowly rising to a boil. Last week, the content industries managed to strike a "backroom deal":https://www.eff.org...
The MPAA's Gaping Hole
They overestimated their copyright loss by $50 billion. Here's the math that describes how.
Piracy, the Grammys, and Why We Need to Break Up with the Entertainment Industry
The Grammys is one of those events that continues to highlight our astounding ability as a culture to choke down the most insufferable bullshit imaginable.
Jack Valenti, Hollywood Super Lobbyist, Blamed Money for Ruining Politics
As Hollywood's longtime lobbyist, Jack Valenti fought hard against copyright infringement, once infamously claiming the VHS cassette was as threatening to the film industry and America as the Boston Strangler was "to the woman home alone." But on a...
When The Noise Gets Louder Than The Money: Online and IRL, Anti-Censorship Protests Are Really Raising Hell
For a protest that was supposed to make its point by making the Internet a much quieter place, there was certainly a lot more noise than usual during Wednesday's anti-censorship web blackout, both online and IRL. The ruckus, as you should probably know...
Break In Case Of Censorship: What Are Our Free Speech Fail-safes If SOPA Passes?
As I’m writing this, Congress is getting ready to vote on the single most destructive piece of legislation that the internet has ever faced.