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The Belgian Fiasco: Sabam Vs. ISPs Make The Headlines

Société d’Auteurs Belge – Belgische Auteurs Maatschappij (also known as SABAM) is the Belgian association representing rightsholders (that is authors, composers and publishers) that reportedly sued some of the country’s ISPs for making a...

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Monday, May 6th, 2013 Net News No Comments

While Bitcoin’s Value Goes Unstable, TPB Decides To Accept Donations In The Form of Bitcoins

Although the Bitcoin devalued last week (dropping to approximately $80 per Bitcoin), the world’s most famous BitTorrent tracker, The Pirate Bay, is now allowing people to make donations via Bitcoins. It’s been nearly 10...

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Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 Net News No Comments

“Pirate Bay” Billboard Hackers Rewarded for Exposing Security Flaw

Last weekend a billboard located in the Republic Square in the center of Belgrade, Serbia, displayed a rather unusual ad. Instead of advertising commercial goods it displayed an enormous Pirate Bay logo alongside Ghandi’s...

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Thursday, March 14th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Massive search fraud botnet seized by Microsoft and Symantec

Users with computers infected by the Bamital botnet malware will see this page every time they click a search result. A botnet that redirected clicks from millions of PCs has been, at least...

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Thursday, February 7th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Online marketer tapped browser flaw to see if visitors were pregnant

An advertising network that served banners on cnn.com, orbitz.com, and 45,000 other sites has settled federal charges that it illegally exploited a decade-old browser flaw that leaks the history of websites users visit. Epic...

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 Net News No Comments