Piracy
Perhaps streaming services are actually making inroads in creating a world where most people don't steal their media content, but rather stream it from legitimate sources. That's the takeaway from the latest Global Internet Phenomena Report from internet traffic tracker Sandvine.
Mexican researchers are trying to develop a computer program to help combat digital piracy, according to the Center for Research and Advanced Technology of Mexico (CINVESTAV), scientific center of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), the second most important public institution of higher education in the country after UNAM.
Nintendo will be adding advertisements to user created Youtube videos and collect the profits from them.
A new study shows that the number of illegal downloads of video games have been overestimated.
Pirates beware, your ISP might be putting in place a much stricter set of policies very soon. According to recent evidence, a "six-strikes" plan is being put in place, with the intent of making life more difficult for those engaging in Internet piracy. According to a report from TorrentFreak, the largest source of BitTorrent related news items, these new rules could be put in place as early as this week.