Piracy

After copyright infringing website blocking systems in Australia were recently bypassed the same day they were instituted, the question must be asked: Is this the right approach in combating internet piracy?

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers, in partnership with DNATrek, have developed DNATrax, a DNA-based additive for directly tracking food from producer to consumer.

There are a number of systems out there designed to keep pirates from boarding ships, but what happens if the pirates get on board anyway? If the ship is equipped with the Marine Armor System, a series of ballistic blinds will roll down throughout the vessel, blocking access to its interior.

WatchStander is a radar system that's designed to pick out small boats, such as the low-slung skiffs often used by pirates. It then tracks the vessels, and deters them if it looks like they're going to attack.

The Anti-Piracy Curtain is a ship defense system, designed to keep pirates at bay using snaking high-pressure water hoses.

In an effort to evade the authorities, The Pirate Bay is considering attaching servers to drones that will constantly hover in lower orbit and broadcast via radio.

Amongst countless other announcements in Apple's WWDC keynote today came official details on the long expected cloudification of iTunes.

A new study to examine the behavior of users responsible for publishing files on BitTorrent reveals that a small group of around 100 users is responsible for the majority of content.

To combat the growing problem of piracy, BAE Systems has developed a non-lethal laser designed to act as a deterrent against pirate attacks on commercial vessels, such as oil tankers and container ships.

A new technology called "video DNA matching" is able to identify pirated movies, based on a code created by a film's visual content.

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The UK is considering legislation that would see suspected illegal file sharers cut off altogether by their ISPs - even after European Parliament recently rejected a similar plan from France, saying that Internet access is a fundamental human right.