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Louisiana sex offenders must identify themselves on Facebook

Starting August 1, a new Louisiana state law will require sex offenders to disclose their status on social networks . But in theory, that shouldn't be necessary: Facebook and other social networks’ existing...

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Friday, June 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Viacom’s “Plunging” Income Enough to Stuff $50 Million into CEO’s Pocket

We are already familiar with the MPAA and their ways of enforcing anti-piracy laws. Just take 2008 into consideration when they pushed the PRO-IP Act through, allowing the federal government to seize and...

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Monday, November 14th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Etc: New WikiLeaks cables reveal that Apple assembled an anti-counterfeiting team in 2008 to police unauthorized iPhone and iPod fakes in China, but…

New WikiLeaks cables reveal that Apple assembled an anti-counterfeiting team in 2008 to police unauthorized iPhone and iPod fakes in China, but it seems not much progress has been made since. Read More:...

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Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 Net News No Comments

BitTorrent Inventor Bram Cohen Talks to CNN Money

BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen talks to CNN money to discuss the rapid growth of BitTorrent in the last decade. Among other things he says that he never really considered that BitTorrent could be...

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Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Net News No Comments

US Supreme Court Overturns Fine-Reducing Ruling in File-Sharing Case

Remember the Whitney Harper file-sharing case ? Last time we reported about it, the U.S. Supreme Court was pondering on ‘Innocent Infringer’ defense.

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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Net News No Comments