Copyright infringement

A committee tasked with monitoring copyright infringement online ordered Greek internet service providers to block access to 38 domain names which illegally reproduce movies and TV series for three years.

Dimitar Dimitrov, Director of European Policies at Wikimedia and a Bulgarian political scientist, shared his fears that a new copyright law reform would hamper quality journalism in Europe.

Back in 2014, the European Commission paid the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys 360,000 euros (about $428,000) to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content. The final report was finished in May 2015, but for some reason it was never published– according to Julia Reda’s blog, the only Pirate in the EU Parliament.

Nearly two-thirds of the computers in Turkey are running on pirated software, a senior Microsoft executive said March 21, adding that it put devices at greater risk of attack.      

"Sixty-two percent of computer users in Turkey are using pirated software," Cavit Yantaç, the company's deputy general manager in Turkey, told state-run Anadolu Agency.      

The Turkish parliament has passed new legislation on industrial property rights on Dec. 21, aiming to take action against counterfeit products. 

The websites Zamunda.net and Zamunda.se are operational again, reported 24 chasa.

The two torrent trackers were inaccessible on Monday but the reason for this was not a hacker attack.

It turned out that there was regular maintenance of the servers.

Greece was amongst the top countries where fans of the hugely successful Game of Thrones series rushed to download the first four leaked episodes of the new season.

News that the first four episodes of the fifth season were available in pirated form over the Internet caused millions of fans to use their PCs to watch the versions.