November 21, 2009 - 6:51 pm
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The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it’s perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the “three-strikes” rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your [...]
November 20, 2009 - 3:05 pm
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Details of Lord Mandelson’s draconian pro-copyright plans contained in the Digital Economy Bill leaked out yesterday, provoking a wave of dissent. The Liberal Democrats have now made a statement, voicing dismay at this “utterly shameless” attempt to introduce major rules without proper Commons assessment.
http://torrentfreak.com/uk-anti-piracy-plans-slammed-by-liberal-democrats-091120/
November 15, 2009 - 10:45 pm
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A source inside lawyers Davenport Lyons and their partner DigiProtect has leaked sensitive documents detailing how the companies generated profit from porn. They show how the pair extracted money from alleged file-sharers, how the revenue was split and how individuals were ranked to decide who to chase and who to leave alone.
http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-documents-reveal-anti-piracy-cash-operation-091115/
November 9, 2009 - 12:48 pm
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The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, such as within online games.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8350660.stm
November 8, 2009 - 7:01 pm
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It was one of the most sought after applications on the Internet until it was leaked earlier today. And now that it’s out there—and it is all over the place, easily findable by anyone able to use a search engine—we can all move on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft COFEE, the law enforcement tool that [...]
