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Article: McAfee, Inc. Report Shows Internet Seas Awash With Pirated Content After Pirate Bay Shutdown.(Report)
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- Entertainment Business Newsweekly
- Article date:
- November 22, 2009
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The number of new file-sharing sites hosting unauthorized, copyrighted content skyrocketed over the last three months, according to McAfee, Inc.'s (NYSE:MFE) Third Quarter Threats Report. The report also shows that spam, malware and Web-based threat creation has reached record levels in the last quarter, and that cybercriminals are extorting site-owners with threats of DDoS attacks. Piracy Undeterred by Pirate Bay Shutdown Cybercriminals are taking advantage of a 300 percent jump in the creation of file-sharing sites that occurred while a famous torrent site - or a site which can host links to copyrighted content - The Pirate Bay, was prosecuted in Sweden. As users develop ...
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Article: Prosecutor in Sweden amends charges in Pirate Bay ...
International Herald Tribune;
February 18, 2009 ;
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... ... Prosecutor in Sweden amends charges in Pirate Bay file-sharing trial Byline: Eric Pfanner ... dropped portions of his case against The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file- sharing service that ... making copyrighted works available via The Pirate Bay. Magnus Eriksson, co-founder of Piratbyran ...
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