Venezuela's ruling-party controlled National Assembly unanimously approved a law on Tuesday that allows prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone who promotes or finances what it describes as ...

An anti-piracy initiative from president Nicolas Sarkozy's governing party was shot down unexpectedly by parliament on Thursday. By Rebecca Leffler, The Associated Press PARIS — French Internet users ...

A new law might make anti-piracy operations tidy, but it's not the only way that 'rogue' websites are going to be blacklisted going forward. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large On December 15 ...

Does the U.S. government's shuttering of the file-sharing website Megaupload.com show that new laws are not needed to battle intellectual property piracy? Brookings's Allan Friedman believes it does. ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced approval of a new law aimed at guaranteeing freedom of navigation and ...

In another win for copyright owners, the Australian Federal Court has hinted at Foxtel potentially being able to request for carriage service providers (CSP) to block piracy websites without having to ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A few weeks ago, Tom Liston stopped giving away his popular security software. Liston, a network administrator in McHenry, Ill., got wind of a new Illinois law designed to thwart ...

WASHINGTON — The Canadian government has promised to strengthen “antiquated” intellectual property laws in June, with legislation focusing on illegal music downloads, and bring Canada in line with ...

THE Government wants to block pirating sites and grant production studios the ability to sue infringers. But the thing is, Australia’s new piracy laws are doomed to fail. Basically, the government is ...

Passed in 2009, Gaul’s Hadopi antipiracy law (named after the government agency that helps enforce it), is former president Nicolas Sarkozy‘s baby. He fought for 14 months to get it passed, even ...