User-generated content can be both a media boon and a minefield, with hoaxes and propaganda competing with bona fide eyewitness accounts.

The popular online file-sharing service LimeWire has agreed to pay $105-million to settle charges that it was a platform for music piracy.

New Zealand passed a law against online piracy on Thursday which outlaws file-sharing.

Global recorded music sales fell by almost $1,5-billion last year as digital piracy continued to take its toll on the industry.

Technology by team behind the MP3 will offer fans a new way to listen to music and could be key in the fight against piracy.

Internet pirates are moving away from havens such as Sweden to new territories that include China and Ukraine as they try to avoid prosecution.