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EFF and Study Authors Refute PFFs ‘Junk Science’ Claims
The Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF) had some choice words expressed by a study on DMCA notices received by Google. While the posting was very pointed, the authors of the study Thomas Sydnor accused of being “junk science”, as well as the EFF, gave ZeroPaid a response to the many accusations made by the author of the blog posting The posting by Sydnor had plenty of accusations against a Chilling Effects study which was used by Google in New Zealand . It should be known that the PFF is known for being supporters of the RIAA, the MPAA and other organizations that represent a point of view that copyright should be more restrictive.
Continue reading »Torrent Search Engines Unlawful, U.S. Judge Says
The operator of a popular BitTorrent search site said Monday he likely will challenge last week’s landmark decision by a U.S. judge declaring such sites unlawful, and no different from conventional peer-to-peer piracy services. “We do think from our preliminary review there are a number of issues for appeal,” said Ira Rothken, the attorney for popular torrent search engine ISO Hunt , the defendant in the case.
Continue reading »7-Eleven Hack From Russia Led to ATM Looting in New York
Flashback, early 2008. Citibank officials are witnessing a huge spike in fraudulent withdrawals from New York area ATMs — $180,000 is stolen from cash machines on the Upper East Side in just three days. After a stakeout, police arrest one man walking out of a bank with thousands of dollars in cash, and 12 reprogrammed cards. A lucky traffic stop catches two more cashers who’d driven in from Michigan.
Continue reading »Five sites resist Cuomo E-Stop command
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Friendster.com, Buzznet.com, eSpin.com, Habbo.com, and LiveJournal.com are in the bad books of New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo. They’ve so far ignored his orders to use the New York Electronic Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act (E-Stop) to sort registered sex offenders. But AOL, Google, and Yahoo are toeing the line.
Continue reading »‘Stopping the ACTA juggernaut’
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “The ACTA juggernaut continues to roll ahead, despite public indignation about an agreement supposedly about counterfeiting that has turned into a regime for global Internet regulation,” writes EFF international affairs director Eddan Katz in Deep Links . “The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has already announced that the next round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations will take place in January — with the aim of concluding the deal ‘as soon as possible in 2010′,” h says, continuing »»» For the rest of us, with access to only leaks and whispers of what ACTA is about , there are many troubling questions. How can such a radical proposal legally be kept so secret from the millions of Net users and companies whose rights and freedoms stand to be affected ?
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