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The CCI Lost Its Title And Right To Enforce The “Six-Strikes” System
Also known as the Center for Copyright Information, the organization lost not only its company status, but also the right to enforce the “six-strikes” system. The CCI violated state laws and is now forced to close down its doors, at least for a period of time. Founded in 2011 by the entertainment industries, in collaboration [...]
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Sweden’s IIS Faces The Court Of Law; Prosecutor Accuses The Organization Of Assisting Copyright Infringement
The Internet Infrastructure Foundation (IIS), Sweden’s company in charge with top-level domain name registrations (.se), refused to put down two of The Pirate Bay’s domain names and is now charged by the country’s prosecution office with assisting copyright infringement. A little bird told The Pirate Bay (earlier this year), that Swedish authorities will go after [...]
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Digital Piracy Is Not What It Seems To Be, A Large-Scale Analysis Informs
The comprehensive report on sharing PC games via BitTorrent’s networks reveals some interesting aspects of the “digital piracy” issue. The results are to be published in the “International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication”. The illegal sharing of digital content (using peer-to-peer technology) has been the catalyst of thousands of debates and media headlines. With [...]
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DHS Vs. Mt. Gox, The Tango Begins
Suspected of violating US’ existing laws on money transfers and money exchange, the world’s largest Bitcoin interchange link started to weaken as their funds are seized during a Homeland Security investigation. Trying to obtain DHS’ insight on the ongoing investigation, the media was served with a “no comment” and the copy of a warrant that [...]
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Top 10 Most Downloaded Movies on BitTorrent
TorrentFreak has published the data they collected with the top 10 most shared movies on BitTorrent for the week ended May 12. All the films included in this chart are DVDrips (unless mentioned otherwise). A stunning surprise from ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’, as it managed to go up 5 places, all the way to [...]
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When 3D Printable Guns Are Banned, The Internet Reacts
Google, Wikipedia, Reddit, Yahoo!, Facebook, and all the major companies alike had fought (and still do) for Internet’s freedom, but are there limits to be imposed when it comes to downloading a 3D printable gun? Near the end of 2012, MakerBot had decided to take out all of the guns and gun parts from their [...]
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ISPs Appeal A Court’s Decision To Reveal Their Subscribers’ Identities
A porn-producing studio called AF Holdings sued over a thousand individuals on grounds of copyright infringement. A court order forcing the defendants’ ISPs to reveal their identities is now being appealed, with chances to win an important battle against copyright trolls. Verizon, AT&T, Bright House, and Cox are just some of the internet service providers [...]
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Top 10 Most Downloaded P2P File Sharing Clients
To get a better view on how the peer-to-peer scene is evolving with respect to what file sharing software people are using, we keep you posted weekly with the latest numbers. So here’s a list with last week’s top ten most downloaded p2p file sharing programs – the chart is based on figures published by [...]
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Secure Your E-Mail Against Governmental Surveillance
In light of our recent article, we’ve searched the web in order to find out the best way to counter your government’s surveillance techniques (where the case applies). Fortunately for us and for our readers, we’ve stumbled upon such information. Before explaining how to best protect your e-mail(s) and IM messages, a big “thank you!” [...]
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The Federal Bureau Of Investigation May Read Your E-mail Without A Warrant
Recently released documents suggest that according to the FBI’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, the bureau can read your e-mail without having a warrant. This Wednesday, ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union) published a copy of 2012’s edition of FBI’s DIOG upon a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request. According to it, the bureau can [...]
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