2 days ago by Zach Epstein

The recent federal takedown of notorious file-sharing service Megaupload was initially seen as a huge victory for owners of copyrighted music and movies, but new research shows this may not be the case. Federal prosecutors successfully shuttered the service last month and arrested seven men associat ...

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2 days ago by emkwan

The recent federal takedown of notorious file-sharing service Megaupload was initially seen as a huge victory for owners of copyrighted music and movies, but new research shows this may not be the case. Federal prosecutors successfully shuttered the service last month and arrested seven men associat ...

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19 days ago by Johne

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24 days ago by John

Well if you have not heard about this topic, I think you had better turn in your web user card on the way out the door. Wiki SOPA and PIPA Apparently our government is considering some laws that would make it challenging and expensive for many web sites to operate. Being a supposed "Small Government ...

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25 days ago by Jay Garrett

In a move sure to strike fear into pub quiz teams and students alike, Wikipedia will be offline for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest against SOPA and PIPA, the controversial anti-piracy laws being considered by the US government. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and its sister bill, PIPA (Protect Intel ...

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35 days ago by Jessica Lee, The Search Agency

Comedian Louis C.K. recently self-released a video of his stand-up special, “Live at the Beacon Theater,” for $5 online. He personally paid for the production costs up front in an experiment to see if this was a cheaper, more efficient, and less restrictive method of getting his content to his fans. ...

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37 days ago by Elysia

Today I got five emails from authors all alerting me to a website that had 32 of our books and an equal number of other publishers’ book on it, scanned in and uploaded as PDFs for anyone to freely download. If it sounds like harmless sharing to you, please read this post and educate yourself on pira ...

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42 days ago by NoWhErE

TorrentFreak has decided round up 2011 with the year's top ten most pirated games.

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43 days ago by Byron Gordon

As you down your end of the year champagne and dream about all of the greatness that will come your way in 2012, you might want to remind yourself of just how addicted you are to the Internet and how tempting it will always be to try and download someone’s product without their permission. Congressm ...

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44 days ago by Sherman Hand

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), two pieces of legislation with close ties, have come under intense fire from security professionals and other high-tech executives who say that if the bills are signed into law, they could weaken the Internet and limit the ability of s ...

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