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US judge rules that Anthropic's use of copyrighted content to train AI was fair use, but pirating books is step too far
By Jess Kinghorn published
News You lose some, you lose some.

In the most delicious irony imaginable, the notorious early 2000s 'You wouldn't steal a car' anti-piracy campaign may have used an 'illegal' font
By Andy Chalk published
news And no one noticed for 21 years.

Tiny indie studio realises someone is selling its free games for $100+ on eBay and is totally stoked: 'We're a real developer now' it declares, adding an 'in your face!' to a homebrew convention that rejected them
By Joshua Wolens published
News But Safety Stoat says you should under no circumstances actually buy the damn thing.

Round three of Reddit versus the movie industry ends in yet another win for the social network site, because the First Amendment didn't suddenly change overnight
By Nick Evanson published
news What's the betting that there will still be a fourth attempt to blame social media for supporting piracy?

Have you discussed pirating media on the internet? These film studios might like a word
By Andy Edser published
news First Amendment rights have protected these piracy-discussing redditors from identification up until now, but that hasn't stopped studios from trying.

Denuvo plans to offer independent benchmarks in an attempt to prove its DRM doesn't cause performance problems
By Jody Macgregor published
News Steve Huin, chief operating officer of videogames, said, "there is no perceptible impact on gameplay because of the way we do things."

Top Nintendo Switch piracy subreddit banned after 3 years
By Wes Fenlon published
News The r/NewYuzuPiracy subreddit was home to hundreds of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom modding discussions before it was banned on Tuesday.

Belarus legalises piracy for content from 'unfriendly' countries
By Joshua Wolens published
News What constitutes an "essential" film, album, or TV show? Ask the country's Council of Ministers.
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