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Anonymous will attack until it 'stops being angry'

The online collective has vowed to keep using distributed denial-of-service attacks against the anti-piracy lobby, according to an interview with the security company PandaLabs Read more

30 September, 2010 by David Meyer

DDoS attackers line up new targets

...on anti-piracy organisations after they crippled the website of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (Afact) on Tuesday. Users on Internet Relay Chat (IRC... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Darren Pauli

Torrent legality study 'horribly wrong', says TorrentFreak

...The research was publicised to the press last week by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft as a victory in its ongoing war against file... Read more

27 July, 2010 by Renai LeMay

Most torrents breach copyright, say researchers

...a certain period infringed copyright, a result immediately hailed by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft as a victory in its war against file-sharing... Read more

23 July, 2010 by Renai LeMay

UK sets up DVD piracy task force

...DVD and video counterfeiting and finding ways to tackle it. FACT -- the Federation Against Copyright Theft -- estimates that the cost of counterfeiting to the UK... Read more

19 August, 2003 by Jo Best

Police right to hand over seized hardware, says judge

...found that Northumbria police were right to hand the equipment to The Federation Against Copyright Theft, a private industry coalition, even after the Crown Prosecution... Read more

17 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Judge asks to be shown live BitTorrent demo

The judge presiding over the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft versus iiNet copyright-infringement hearing said on Tuesday that... Read more

7 October, 2009 by Liam Tung

Seven arrested in car boot software swoop

...and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), Staffordshire Trading Standards, Police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). "These crimes are taken very seriously and joint... Read more

19 October, 2005 by Andrew Donoghue

Government launches anti-piracy plan

...issue. DVD and CD pirating are both on the increase, with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) reporting that piracy cost the UK over £9bn (£4... Read more

11 August, 2004 by Jo Best

US DVD importers ruled illegal

...than importing them direct from the US. A prosecution brought by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) ruled that the importing of Region 1 DVDs... Read more

19 January, 2000 by Justin Pearse

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