The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Shutter Island' tops the chart this week followed by 'Alice In Wonderland'. 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' completes the top three.

Two members of the Scene release group "Rabid Neurosis" (RNS) have been found not guilty on charges of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement. The case, which emphasized the group's role in making albums available before the official release date, was the result of a major music piracy investigation in the US.

ACS:Law have been making news headlines damaging to their reputation ever since they started sending out thousands of threatening letters to alleged file-sharers in the UK. Now they are threatening to sue Slyck.com, one of the Internet's oldest file-sharing forums, because they don't like what members have written about them.

BitTorrent is undoubtedly the most efficient way to share large files on the Internet. The key to BitTorrent's widespread adoption can nevertheless not be exclusively attributed to its technical superiority. Much of BitTorrent's success lies in the fact that it is web-based, easy to monetize and indexed by Google.

In the early 2000s ShareConnector was once of the largest P2P index sites, until it was raided in 2004. Since then the operator of the site has been going through various legal battles in the hope of getting his site back up. This week that dream came to an end when a court decided that the site has to stay closed for good.

In the early 2000s ShareConnector was once of the largest P2P index sites, until it was raided in 2004. Since then the operator of the site has been going through various legal battles in the hope of getting his site back up. This week that dream came to an end when a court decided that the site has to stay closed for good.

As Feargal Sharkey, head of UK Music, speaks of his confidence that the massively controversial Digital Economy Bill will be passed before the general election, the Open Rights Group has revealed that in the last 3 days more than 10,000 outraged citizens have written to MPs demanding a debate on the issue.

Russian police have raided a datacenter hosting iFolder.ru, a huge Rapidshare-like site. Their paperwork allowed them to search and gather evidence against a user who uploaded illegal material to the site. Although staff offered 100% co-operation, the police cut the power and sealed the servers in the datacenter, putting iFolder completely out of operation.

A new report commissioned by the creative industries claims that piracy could result in €240 billion in lost revenues and 1.2 million job losses by 2015. By selective use of sources and shoddy research techniques, lobbyists hope the report will open the doors to tougher anti-piracy laws.

In 2008 a Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI and ordered the ISP Tele2 to block all customer access to The Pirate Bay. The ISP appealed the decision and now the case will head over to Denmark's Supreme Court in 2 months' time. Will the recent Norwegian victory for the ISP Telenor be replicated over the water?

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