piracy
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Chasing Aussie Downloaders Backfired In 2015: Netflix, VPNs Were The Winners
For Voltage Pictures, producers of the movie Dallas Buyers Club, extracting substantial fines from a large number of Australians who downloaded their movie illegally should have been relatively straightforward. They had used the model in other countries successfully and Australia had politicians and a legal framework that supported the protection of intellectual property. The problem…
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You Can Now Torrent Brand New TV Shows In 4K
We’ve been complaining about the dearth of good quality 4K video — movies and TV shows, things we’d actually like to watch — for years now, ever since Ultra HD TVs started hitting the shelves of our favourite electronics stores. In Australia, having our relatively crappy internet speeds, streaming 4K over Netflix has never really…
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Microsoft Is Testing An Amnesty System For Pirates Upgrading To Windows 10
Windows is one of the most pirated pieces of software in the world. Microsoft knows that. Hell, it even has a massive security team tracking non-genuine copies of the operating system at its Redmond HQ. Microsoft is now making it easier for these OS pirates to get a genuine copy of Windows 10, while also…
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Why The Drop in Illegal Movie Downloads In Australia?
There has been a decline in online piracy in Australia, according to a report by the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF) released this week at the Australian International Movie Convention, on the Gold Coast. But why are the figures actually falling?