Piracy Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:01:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Piracy Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Authoritarian feminist bullying up, adult commerce down: Sex shop and strip club licenses in England fall by third – This is a DOUBLE MUST READ! https://mikesouth.com/retail/authoritarian-feminist-bullying-up-adult-commerce-down-sex-shop-and-strip-club-licenses-in-england-fall-by-third-22440/ https://mikesouth.com/retail/authoritarian-feminist-bullying-up-adult-commerce-down-sex-shop-and-strip-club-licenses-in-england-fall-by-third-22440/#respond Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:49:32 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=22440 As Sex and Censorship’s Jerry Barnett has noted, “sex is an early warning signal for liberty.”   Responses to a Freedom of Information request show sex establishment licenses issued by councils dropped from 386 in 2013 to 256 in 2018. A rise in internet pornography and changes in social attitudes are blamed. One sex shop […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/retail/authoritarian-feminist-bullying-up-adult-commerce-down-sex-shop-and-strip-club-licenses-in-england-fall-by-third-22440/feed/ 0 22440 E-commerce, free online porn send German sex shop chain Beate Uhse into bankruptcy https://mikesouth.com/retail/e-commerce-free-online-porn-send-german-sex-shop-chain-beate-uhse-bankruptcy-19914/ https://mikesouth.com/retail/e-commerce-free-online-porn-send-german-sex-shop-chain-beate-uhse-bankruptcy-19914/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2017 05:01:58 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=19914 Germany’s pioneering sex shop chain Beate Uhse said Friday that it has filed for insolvency, falling victim to the rise of erotic e-commerce and internet porn piracy. “The Management Board of Beate Uhse AG has decided to take this step because in the advanced negotiations with a group of investors on a financing transaction recently, […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/retail/e-commerce-free-online-porn-send-german-sex-shop-chain-beate-uhse-bankruptcy-19914/feed/ 1 19914 Greg Lansky’s Strike 3 Holdings Wages War on Porn Pirates https://mikesouth.com/piracy/greg-lanskys-strike-3-holdings-wages-war-on-porn-pirates-19577/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/greg-lanskys-strike-3-holdings-wages-war-on-porn-pirates-19577/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:53:47 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=19577 Award-winning adult film director Greg Lansky, the creative mastermind behind Vixen.com, Tushy.com and Blacked.com, has added a new company to his incredible résumé: Strike 3 Holdings, LLC. However, Strike 3 wasn’t created to shoot or distribute adult content; it was formed to protect it. Using the federal court system, Lansky’s company has begun filing suit against individuals […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/piracy/greg-lanskys-strike-3-holdings-wages-war-on-porn-pirates-19577/feed/ 4 19577 News Roundup – 17 November 2017 https://mikesouth.com/industry/news-roundup-17-november-2017-19215/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/news-roundup-17-november-2017-19215/#comments Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:43:48 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=19215 17 November 2017 This has been quite a hectic week:  sexual harassment awareness, Weinsteining and the #MeToo campaign hit Pornoland big time on Wednesday, with a Rolling Stone report on alleged sexual improprieties by porn legend Ron Jeremy. The embattled hedgehog is currently appearing at Sexpo in Melbourne, but other media outlets have picked up the story. […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/industry/news-roundup-17-november-2017-19215/feed/ 1 19215 Federal Judge Upholds $25M Copyright Judgement Against Cox Communications https://mikesouth.com/piracy/federal-judge-upholds-25m-copyright-judgement-against-cox-communications-13873/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/federal-judge-upholds-25m-copyright-judgement-against-cox-communications-13873/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:25:03 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13873   Story from TorrentFreak Cox Communications is liable for the copyright infringements committed by its users and must pay $25 million in damages to music licensing outfit BMG. A federal court in Virginia has denied Cox’s request for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial. On the upside, Cox will not be […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/piracy/federal-judge-upholds-25m-copyright-judgement-against-cox-communications-13873/feed/ 3 13873 KickAss Torrents gets Ass Kicked https://mikesouth.com/piracy/kickass-torrents-gets-ass-kicked-13796/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/kickass-torrents-gets-ass-kicked-13796/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:17:12 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13796     From TorrentFreak.com   The U.S. Government has arrested the alleged owner of KickassTorrents, the world’s largest torrent site. The 30-year-old Ukrainian was arrested in Poland today and is charged with criminal copyright infringement and money laundering. In addition, a federal court in Chicago has ordered the seizure of several KAT domain names. With […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/piracy/kickass-torrents-gets-ass-kicked-13796/feed/ 3 13796 Federal Judge Smacks X-Art https://mikesouth.com/piracy/federal-judge-smacks-x-art-12284/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/federal-judge-smacks-x-art-12284/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:41:15 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=12284 From Gizmodo   Sending threatening letters is a storied tactic for companies trying to get money from alleged pirates, by this stage. But spying on people and trying to subpoena their neighbours? Not so kosher, at least according to one federal judge. In a ruling yesterday, New York federal judge Katherine Forrest (the same who […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/piracy/federal-judge-smacks-x-art-12284/feed/ 9 12284 Really AVN? An Award For Best Piracy Site? https://mikesouth.com/piracy/really-avn-an-award-for-best-piracy-site-7074/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/really-avn-an-award-for-best-piracy-site-7074/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:20:28 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=7074   I don’t want to give the impression that I am AVN bashing…I think that Theo is doing a good job over there and I even consider him a friend.  He has been straight with me and personally I like the guy. But I do have an issue. One of the AVN Award categories is […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/piracy/really-avn-an-award-for-best-piracy-site-7074/feed/ 4 7074 AdultKing Still Kickin Ass and Taking Names https://mikesouth.com/piracy/adultking-still-kickin-ass-and-taking-names-6291/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/adultking-still-kickin-ass-and-taking-names-6291/#respond Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:01:53 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=6291   I didn’t report on him last week but don’t worry he is still kickin ass and takin names and he isnt the only one.  Takedownpiracy and Removeyourcontent are both all over it as well.  These guys have done more for porn and porners than anyone has in a long time.  File lockers are going […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/piracy/adultking-still-kickin-ass-and-taking-names-6291/feed/ 0 6291 File Lockers and Why Paypal is Important To Them https://mikesouth.com/piracy/file-lockers-and-why-paypal-is-important-to-them-6252/ https://mikesouth.com/piracy/file-lockers-and-why-paypal-is-important-to-them-6252/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=6252   OK I been talkin about this post and an explanation.  To really get it you have to know a bit more about file lockers and how they work.  First of all a file locker doesn’t get any real traffic from google or any other search engine.  They are basically simple sites. A file locker […]

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