The Music Bay has been in rumors for some time and finally, it has become a reality with official word from a Pirate Bay insider.

The Mac App Store which was launched on January 6 has been cracked already by a team from the Hackulous community. The crack will be available in February 2011.

US Homeland Security has taken down over 80 domains on the internet. Are they working for RIAA and MPAA? Are they looking for more WikiLeaks?

A global study conducted by software major Microsoft recently points us to the fact that more than 86 per cent of Indian customers purchase genuine software even if they retail at sky-high prices. Microsoft also said that more than 6000 Indian customers have reported incidents of pirated or illegal software to Microsoft India in the last two years.

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) filed 8 lawsuits against illegal sellers of Adobe Systems software. The lawsuits involved sellers on eBay and other websites who sold Adobe OEM software illegally.

MPAA (the one that got its website hacked) has raised a bill and is passing it soon to make it a law. This will allow ISPs to block user domains that use too much of file sharing and copyright infringement. However, the exact details of the bill are unknown and a bill of this nature seems to be too abstract.

Halo Reach is the new first person shooter from Microsoft’s long line of successful shooters. But as Halo 2 and 3 suffered from pre-release leaks, so did Reach. Hackers were able to access and download the review distributable within a short while of the game being released on the market.

In a series of raids conducted recently, the anti-piracy cell of the Mumbai police seized more than 600 pirated prints of the recently released movie Raavan.

Dtecnet, a company working with the Irma has decided to provide Irma with a list of 50 IP addresses per week over three months. Those found guilty will be issued appropriate warnings.

The Pirate Bay is back online on the Swedish Pirate Party. Their official blog has given some hilarious update on the situation and a message for the RIAA.

CEO and Executives of Guruji.com have been arrested for serving pirated music through its Search Engine.

In MPAA stats, just the fact that you did not buy the software and inquired about it added to the piracy figures. even if you switched to a free alternative.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has decided to fight both piracy and the used games market with its new game SOCOM US Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3. The UMD version of the game comes with a voucher for online play. Used UMDs will not have this voucher and customers have to dish out $20 to buy a new voucher.

Microsoft is pushing out an update to Windows 7. They want to find out if you have a pirated or cracked copy of Windows 7. I’m guessing that we are going to see lots of problems due to this update.

Microsoft was fined $16000 by a Delhi court for a case they filed against prejudice software pirates. Piracy is the biggest problem for software companies in Asian countries, and this ruling will definitely put a dent in their hopes.