Piratbyran, the Swedish company which founded The Pirate Bay file-sharing site, has announced that it is to be disbanded. Ibi Kopimi Botani, one of the co-founders of Piratbyran passed away recently, and the size of the company means that it is no longer tenable for them to continue their operation. (more…)

It appears that the music industry is beginning to see that it can’t simply sue its way out of the piracy issue. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have decided not to pursue a raft of new lawsuits against online file sharers, the move marks an industry wide shift in tactics from tackling down-loaders and file sharers head on with litigation to one more focused on education and innovation.
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