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Jailbreak, app piracy, and the true cost of theft

Now that the iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak is available for the iPhone 4S, new iPad, and older devices, the subject of jailbreak in general is getting a lot of attention again, and with it, the dark side of jailbreaking. It seems whenever someone wants to attack the very concept of jailbreak, one of the f...

Google Purges 1.2 Million Links a Month from Its Searches [Google]

Google just released a report today showing just how many links the search giant rips down from its searches a month because of copyright complaints and it's a doozy: 1.2 million a month. That comes from over a 1,000 copyright owners who've targeted 25,000 web sites.More »

Supreme Court Lets Student's $675,000 File-Sharing Fine Stand [File Sharing]

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a $675,000 file-sharing damages award that a jury levied against a college student for making 30 music tracks available on a peer-to-peer network.More »

MPAA Head Thinks Piracy Shouldn't Be Called "Theft" [Piracy]

MPAA head Chris Dodd backtracked on the association's stance on piracy in comments made to Variety over the weekend:More »

Two New Unskippable Warnings for All DVDs [Piracy]

Oh, those government warnings that appear at the start of every DVD and Blu-ray disc are so wonderful. Which is why we should all be extremely happy that there are going to be more, and they're going to last longer!More »

Piracy is a huge problem in the jailbreak community and here is the evidence to prove it

I’m not trying to pile on after my post about i0n1c, but my friend and iOS developer Filippo Bigarella just posted some stunning evidence as to how bad piracy is within the community.Bigarella is the mind behind such tweaks as Springtomize 2 and CleverPin, and he’s clearly one of the ...

How to Pirate Software Without Getting Caught [Piracy]

Pirating software you don't own is always illegal. But there are times when you do own software that you can't access without pirating it. The cruel irony is that in those times, you're probably more at risk of getting slapped with a lawsuit than real, actual pirates. Here's a guide to pirating l...

This 92-Year-Old DVD Pirate Is a Total Badass [Piracy]

Strictly speaking, bootlegging movies isn't right. Hyman Strachman knows this, and he does it anyway. According to the New York Times profile of the notorious pirate, he's shipped 300,000 ripped-off movies overseas to the troops—for free.More »

Experience The Wonder Of Streaming Piracy With iOSLiveTV.com

This is so illegal that we can probably expect to see it fold in a matter of hours, but if you’re really hankering for some Russian or German TV right now – or some hott sexxxy Penthouse action – iOSLiveTV has you covered.The site is formatted for iOS and Android and features a ...

The World Wide Web Doesn't Revolve Around You, Music Industry [Sopa]

It's always nice when family has your back. So it should come as a great relief to hear that Tim Berners-Lee, father of the World Wide Web, opposes recent controversial web freedom-limiting legislation such as SOPA and PIPA.More »