Does the U.S. government's shuttering of the file-sharing website Megaupload.com show that new laws are not needed to battle intellectual property piracy? Brookings's Allan Friedman believes it does. ...

As the federal government pushes to modernize the country's copyright laws, a new study suggests that relying on tougher legislation to stop online piracy simply won't work. Bill C-32, the Copyright ...

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Belarus recently legalized the ability to pirate music and other media from nations that are deemed as “unfriendly.” The Eastern European nation is notably one of Russia’s allies. This new law also ...

A long-simmering feud in Italy between sports content rightsholders aiming to stamp out piracy and internet providers wary about the possible side effects of such actions has escalated just in time ...

A new anti-piracy law went into effect in Sweden in April, allowing copyright holders to demand convicted offenders’ browsing information from Internet Service Providers if a court finds there’s ...

50 Cent has said that he believes that anti-piracy legislation will not become effective until Hollywood feels the effects of illegal filesharing. The 'In Da Club' star also said that he does not ...