billions
Dutch Sandwich with a side of tax relief may soon be off Google’s menu
The "Double Irish" is a creative accounting technique that, although legal, allows companies to significantly reduce their overseas tax burden. David Dennis Sadly, the “Double Irish,” and the “Dutch Sandwich” are not items...Supreme Court allows wiretapping immunity law to stand
The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that challenged a Bush-era law (the FISA Amendments Act), retroactively giving telecommunications firms—including Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T—legal immunity after performing warrantless wiretapping at the government’s...Uncle Sam Wants You! … to Combat Online Piracy
The Obama administration is apparently out of ideas on how to protect Big Content from online piracy. So now it’s asking for your help. Victoria Espinel, the nation’s copyright czar, reached out to...The Internet plays Robin Hood in The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk debacle
The absurd argument between FunnyJunk and The Oatmeal made for the best gawking this week, but Law and Disorder stories weren't just about rubber necking and revenge charity this week. We also saw...Microsoft Funded Startup Aims to Kill BitTorrent Traffic
Hollywood, software giants and the major music labels see BitTorrent as one of the largest threats to their business. Billions in revenue are lost each year, they claim. But not for long if...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
Usenet Tips
Net News
- Film Industry Interested in New Anti-Piracy Device Developed by Kerala Software Engineer
- WikiLeaks Donations Down to a Trickle
- Kim Dotcom Claims Ownership of Two-Factor Authentication
- Twitter Amplify Offers Real-Time Videos in Its Stream
- Hurt Locker Makers Sue Attorney for Being “Prolific” BitTorrent Pirate
- Kim Dotcom to Google, Twitter, Facebook: I Own Security Patent, Work With Me
- Piictu App Slated to Shut Down Services May 31
- RIAA: 20 Million Piracy Takedowns Sent to Google, Still No End in Sight
- The Pirate Cinema – Displaying Downloads As They Happen
- Online Streaming Makes BitTorrent Drop Considerably in US, Report Claims
Categories
