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A judge in the northern town of bergamo, italy, has ordered italian isps internet service providers to block access to the swedish filesharing web site the pirate bay in a crackdown on the. Why microsoft could be dropping the ball on software piracy. Study confirms bittorrent piracy doesnt affect us box office. Sonys clever but flawed playstation copy protectionand how they might have fixed it duration. Sep 27, 20 a few hours after torrentfreak uncovered yet another embarrassing list of dmca takedown requests sent on behalf of microsoft, the company has decided to cut its partnership with the anti piracy.
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