Kopimism, Sweden's Pirate Religion, Begins to Plunder America
A Swedish religion whose dogma centers on the belief that people should be free to copy and distribute all information–regardless of any copyright or trademarks–has made its way to the United States....
View ArticleiiNet victorious in High Court stoush
Movie studios must make movies and TV shows affordable and quickly available to consumers in the same way iTunes has monetised music in order to reduce online piracy, according to iiNet chief Michael...
View ArticleiiNet Not Guilty, Australian Court Delivers Blow to Hollywood's Anti-piracy...
Australia’s High Court on Friday delivered a blow to a global anti-piracy campaign by some of Hollywood’s largest film studios. The High Court ruled unanimously that Perth-based internet service...
View ArticleAnontune: The New Social Music Platform From Anonymous [Video]
In a move sure to attract attention from the music industry, a small group of coders claiming to be part of Anonymous is putting together a social music platform. The rather ambitious goal: Create a...
View ArticleBahrain opposition urges more protests during F1
By REEM KHALIFAAssociated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) – Anti-government groups in Bahrain are calling for more protests even as authorities intensify security on the eve of the Formula One Grand Prix....
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By REEM KHALIFAAssociated Press MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) – Anti-government groups in Bahrain are calling for more protests even as authorities intensify security on the eve of the Formula One Grand Prix....
View ArticleHow news of an Old Harrovian's murder went straight to Obama
Mr Obama learnt that Mr Heywood was being described as a murder victim before British officials told William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, about the development. Sources in Washington last night said...
View ArticleOMB Scores Against Software Pirates
SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — The Optical Media Board (OMB) resumed its Northern Luzon anti-software piracy campaign, confiscating more than 100 pirated software installers allegedly used by computer...
View ArticleNeil Heywood death: how news of an Old Harrovian's murder went straight to...
Mr Obama learnt that Mr Heywood was being described as a murder victim before British officials told William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, about the development. Sources in Washington last night said...
View ArticleSwing-state unemployment down, Obama's chances up
By PAUL WISEMANAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The improving economy is swinging the pendulum in President Barack Obama’s favor in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be...
View ArticleLatest survey results in swing states, at a glance
By The Associated Press President Barack Obama holds a lead over the likely Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, in many of the battleground states in the presidential election. State Leader/margin Polling...
View ArticleP46-M worth pirated DVDs destroyed
By JM Agreda Sunday, April 22, 2012 THE Optical Media Board (OBM) disposed some 300 sacks of pirated DVDs in front of City Hall Friday. With help from the Baguio City Police Office and the National...
View ArticleHidden Dangers of CISPA
Have you heard of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act? If not, you’re in for a crash course. Leading privacy and civil rights groups have declared last week Stop Cyber Spying Weekin an...
View ArticleGovernment investigating stalling school buses
By DEE-ANN DURBINAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – The federal government is investigating 5,000 school buses from the 2008 model year that could stall without warning. There have been no accidents or...
View ArticleObama eyes sanctions on foreign nationals using tech to limit rights
U.S. President Barack Obama (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET) President Barack Obama will allow U.S. officials to sanction foreign nationals for using technology to engage in human rights abuses,...
View ArticleObama to impose sanctions on foreign nationals for tech abuse
U.S. President Barack Obama (Credit: Martin LaMonica/CNET) President Barack Obama will allow U.S. officials to sanction foreign nationals for using technology to engage in human rights abuses,...
View ArticleMichael Moore says hacking scandal could hit Fox News
NEW YORK — Michael Moore has taken aim at Fox News for its politics countless times over his long career. But the provocateur filmmaker now believes that the News Corp. [NWS]-owned cable channel could...
View ArticleMichael Moore predicts phone-hacking scandal will spread to Fox News
April 23, 2012 13:58 Film-maker says he cannot believe the practice was restricted to the UK Buy DVD and Blu-ray from Amazon UK Michael Moore has said he believes the phone-hacking scandal will spread...
View ArticleEU woos India for piracy battle
Northwood Headquarters, UK, April 22: Trophies from a war waged 30 years back decorate the Falklands Room in the officers’ mess of this military establishment of the UK just outside London. Thirty...
View ArticleObama continues efforts against 'madman' Kony
Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama said Monday that U.S. advisers will keep trying to help Uganda and its neighbors capture Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. “Today, I can...
View ArticleNSW Police in legal battle with software giant
An extraordinary legal battle is shaping up in the Federal Court, with a multinational software company suing NSW Police for wide-scale copyright piracy. UK software company Micro Focus is demanding at...
View ArticleMichael Moore: Hacking Scandal Will Spread to Fox News
Filmmaker Michael Moore and actress Susan Sarandon spoke Sunday in New York City at a Tribeca Film Festival event. The two discussed US domestic surveillance and whether the UK phone hacking scandal...
View ArticleMurdoch testimony spotlights UK Olympics minister
By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) – News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch testified Wednesday he had no anger at Prime Minister David Cameron for setting up the wide-ranging inquiry into media...
View ArticleMPAA says Hollywood must befriend Silicon Valley to combat piracy
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Chris Dodd, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said Tuesday that Hollywood and Silicon Valley must work together to protect intellectual property. Silicon Valley...
View ArticleHong Kong film industry furious at YouTube 'piracy'
Hong Kong film industry furious at YouTube ‘piracy’Posted: 25 April 2012 1641 hrs HONG KONG: Hong Kong filmmakers on Wednesday urged YouTube to do more to protect copyright, claiming losses...
View ArticleHollywood, Silicon Valley need unity, leader says
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chris Dodd, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said Tuesday that Hollywood and Silicon Valley must work together to protect intellectual property. Silicon Valley...
View ArticleCinemaCon Day 1 photos: Sacha Baron Cohen, piracy arrest, beefed-up security
Blogs Ice Ice Billy Rumor: Alaska has Fembots 11 hours, 31 minutes ago Elsewhere The Righthaven Experiment: A journalist wonders if a copyright troll was right to sue him 19 hours, 26 minutes ago...
View ArticleWWE's Business Model is an Endangered Species
By Michael Carter - April 24, 2012 | Tickers: GNC, WWE | 0 Comments Michael is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network — entries represent the personal opinions of our bloggers and are not formally...
View ArticleUP, ICTO call for end to cyber attacks, but Pinoy hacktivists on a hacking spree
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Tuesday, April 24 according to Pinoy hacking group PrivateX. MANILA, Philippines — The government and the academe have banded together to call for the end...
View ArticleMicro Focus accuses NSW Police of software piracy
UK software company Micro Focus is suing New South Wales (NSW) Police Force for unauthorised use of its ViewNow product, which ABC program 7:30 reports is used to access a critical database that...
View ArticleChinese Nationals Charged by U.S. With Software Piracy
Enlarge image Chinese Nationals Charged With Software Piracy Chip Chipman/Bloomberg Signage is photographed outside the headquarters of Agilent Technologies. Signage is photographed outside the...
View ArticleMurdoch expected to twist the knife at UK inquiry
LONDON (AFP) – Media baron Rupert Murdoch arrived at Britain’s press ethics inquiry on Wednesday primed to heap pressure on the government after revelations that left a minister fighting for his job....
View ArticleNews Corp.'s lobbying style under spotlight in British inquiry
News Corp.’s relationships with British regulators and politicians have gone under the microscope this week during a judicial inquiry into media ethics. At issue is whether News Corp. officials got too...
View ArticleUS says LRA's Kony "significantly degraded"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-backed efforts to hunt down fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony have “significantly degraded” his ability to wreak havoc across central Africa, but more needs to be done...
View ArticleOnline Piracy at Colorado State
Having a song stuck in your head and not knowing the name of it, can drive you mad. Just one line plays in your brain over, and over, and over. Desperate to find the name of the song, you scour through...
View ArticleArt Brodsky: The Long and Winding Road To A Failed 'Piracy' Policy
It’s hard not to feel sorry for Al Perry these days. As Paramount Picture’s VP for worldwide content protection and outreach, he has been on the road a lot, mostly to law schools. The past few weeks,...
View ArticleCan Last-Minute Amendments Redeem the Troubling Cybersecurity Bill?
A point-by-point examination of whether changes to the CISPA legislation successfully address its flaws. Yesterday I wrote a piece detailing a range of issues with the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and...
View ArticleHunt denies bias over BSkyB Chris Ship: Senior Political Correspondent – last updated Thu 26 Apr 2012 Politics Jonathan Stephens DCMS Jonathan Stephens, Permanent Secretary at the Department for...
View ArticleFirst Boston-based Panel Discussion on Driving License Compliance with...
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The leading software intelligence solutions provider, V.i. Laboratories, Inc. (“V.i. Labs”), is sponsoring a panel discussion and reception in Waltham on Tuesday, May 1...
View ArticleU.S. says LRA's Kony "significantly degraded"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-backed efforts to hunt down fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony have “significantly degraded” his ability to wreak havoc across central Africa, but more needs to be done...
View ArticleMurdoch: Hacking scandal changed my entire company
By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) – Rupert Murdoch used his testimony before a U.K. inquiry on Thursday to portray himself as the victim, not perpetrator, of a cover-up over phone hacking –...
View ArticleDutch developers win contest with Spotify cover scanner mash-up
A team of Dutch developers won a 30-hour hacking challenge at the Next Web conference Thursday with a service that uses a webcam to scan album covers in the database of online streaming music service...
View ArticleHouse Defies Veto Threat on Hacking Bill
The vote was 248 to 168, as 42 Democrats joined 206 Republicans in backing the bill. The “no” votes were cast by 140 Democrats and 28 Republicans, including a number who described the measure as a...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber in Kansas City Makes Hollywood Nervous
Of all the media industries dragged kicking and screaming into the brave new digital world—news, music, publishing—Hollywood has held up comparatively well. Although physical sales of DVDs and Blu-ray...
View ArticleJailtime for German Founder of Massive Online Piracy Operation
Dirk B., founder of video streaming portal Kino.to, receives four years, six months in jail, $4.6 million fine after confessing to 1.1 million instances of copyright infringement. View full post on...
View ArticleU.K. ISPs to Start Piracy Warnings in 2014
Major Internet service providers in the U.K. will start sending piracy warnings to their customers in early 2014, according to recently published rules. View full post on PCMag.com Security...
View ArticleGoogle Warns Against Web Blocking, Filtering to Fight Piracy
Google today argued that the most effective way to fight illegal downloads is not to block websites but to “follow the money.” View full post on PCMag.com Security Coveragehttp://www.GregoryDEvans.com,...
View ArticlePirate Bay files reports ‘piracy’ by pro-copyright organisation
The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest file sharing site, today reported an anti-piracy organisation to Finnish police for allegedly breaching its copyright. View full post on Techworld.com security Hi...
View ArticleIs trying to stop online piracy a waste of time? – Truthloader LIVE debate
Napster launched in 1999, it is now 2013 and the cat of Piracy is still not back in the bag. So is it possible to stop piracy or is it a waste of time? If it… High Tech Crime SolutionsFor more...
View ArticleRussia’s Internet: Between Regulation and Censorship
MOSCOW, July 5 (Alexey Eremenko, RIA Novosti) – The morbidly cute educational cartoon “Dumb Ways to Die,” about do’s and don’ts when using public transportation, has won critical acclaim at...
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