The Mordant Fables of Juraj Herz
The auteurs of Juraj Herz’s generation made audacious films that mix absurdism and the grotesque in oblique allegories of life under totalitarianism. In its energy and...
10 Unmissable Books From the “Flyover States”
When I lived in Washington, D.C. we considered the “flyover states” anything between the east coast and the west coast, a place where one would only touch...
Please Hide My Sex Toys When I Die
Bedside The moment my sister dies, I must drive to her house and empty her bedside table: satin handcuffs; nipple clamps; the three-tier butt plug, like...
Russia Plans to Block Access to ‘Pirate’ Apps on Google Play and Apple’s App Store
Site-blocking is one of the entertainment industries’ preferred tools for dealing with the spread of unlicensed content. Operated in dozens of countries around the world and...
Copyright Holders Have to ‘Resend’ Millions of Pirate Bay Takedown Notices
After several weeks of absence, The Pirate Bay became accessible again through its main .org domain last weekend. At first sight the site looked more or...
Vicious Headbutt Video Meets Bogus DMCA Notices and the Streisand Effect
For as long as people have been able to share decent-sized videos online, there have been clips of people willingly punching each other in the face....
Charter’s Request to Dismiss Piracy Liability Allegations Fails
Charter Communications, one of the largest Internet providers in the US, stands accused of deliberately turning a blind eye to its pirating subscribers. Several music companies...
The Pirate Bay Blocked By MalwareBytes But Normal Service Will Be Resumed
Once upon a time, prolonged downtime at The Pirate Bay was greeted by wails of concern. Many of the site’s users would naturally presume the worst,...
Photographer Sues NBCUniversal Demanding Millions For Copyright Infringement
When reviewing the many lawsuits filed against pirate site operators over the years, it’s not unusual to see damages claims running into the tens of millions...
MPA and BREIN Sue Hosting Providers Over Pirate Streaming Service
Moonwalk was a massive pirate streaming operation that offered tens of thousands of pirated movies and TV-shows to more than 100 million end-users. Despite its size,...
