Digital economy bill: Online piracy law unlikely to face major scrutiny - The Guardian

Digital economy bill: Online piracy law unlikely to face major scrutiny
The Guardian
The news will dismay privacy campaigners and ISPs who thought they had managed to defeat the more draconian measures in the bill. ...

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Washington D.C. Carries the Most Cyber-Criminals Per Capita - Examiner.com


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Washington D.C. Carries the Most Cyber-Criminals Per Capita
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If you do get someone on the phone, ask questions about their privacy policy and refunds or resolution policy. If you don't like what you hear, go somewhere ...

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Netflix settles piracy lawsuit, calls off prize - myce.com


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Netflix settles piracy lawsuit, calls off prize
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As part of a lawsuit settlement, Netflix has killed a contest intended to improve the service's movie recommendations. In 2006, Netflix provided anonymous ...

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Rahm Emanuel's brother lobbies for 'three strikes' law against downloaders - Raw Story

Rahm Emanuel's brother lobbies for 'three strikes' law against downloaders
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The music business, before piracy, was full of coke heads and sleaze balls. No harm done if they can't finance their lavish lifestyles. ...

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Historian warns against copyright-fight heavy hitting - Register

Historian warns against copyright-fight heavy hitting
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Johns has just published a history of piracy, noting that the concept was first applied to ideas, rather than maritime theft, as early as 1650. ...

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Editorial: Italy's harmful conviction of Google - Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Italy's harmful conviction of Google
Los Angeles Times
On Wednesday, a court in Milan convicted three Google executives of violating the victim's privacy and sentenced them to six months in jail. ...

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Does that new Windows Activation update really 'phone home'? - ZDNet (blog)

Does that new Windows Activation update really 'phone home'?
ZDNet (blog)
You can have strong objections to any anti-piracy scheme that are not tied in any way to privacy issues. and you can argue with the way this update is ...

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Ubisoft refutes DRM Being Hacked - TopNews United States

Ubisoft refutes DRM Being Hacked
TopNews United States
Controversial piracy solution has not been evaded so far and reports suggesting that are not true. A group is said to have purportedly hacked Ubisoft's ...

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My Lords, you can't please the entertainment industry and sustain privacy - The Guardian


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My Lords, you can't please the entertainment industry and sustain privacy
The Guardian
The reason web lockers are used for piracy is that they support privacy. A call to end web lockers is really a call to eliminate the public's ability to ...
Guardian column on LibDem proposal to block web-lockers Boing Boing (blog)

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Digital Economy Bill passes through Lords - Web User


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Digital Economy Bill passes through Lords
Web User
ISP TalkTalk last week published the results of a study that suggested determined file-sharers would get around the anti-piracy measures in the bill. ...

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