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The Pirate Bay Evades Being Blocked in Norway By the Country’s Largest ISP
Computerworld has recently stated in a report that following the verdict of Norway’s High Court, Telenor – the largest ISP in the country is no longer obliged to block its costumers’ access to The Pirate Bay’s website. The court’s decision finally relieves Telenor of the great amount of pressure employed by record labels and several other rights holders that were determined to take the ISP to court unless it gave in and blocked the Pirate Bay. Not intimidated by the threats received, Telenor refused to play along and the music rights association TONO eventually started legal proceedings against it.
Continue reading »etc: The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a FOIA request looking for more info on the NSA-Google partnership.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a FOIA request looking for more info on the NSA-Google partnership. Read More: Computerworld , Ars Technica
Continue reading »isoHunt and Why It’s So Successful
Ranked 199 by Alexa, isoHunt is a most prolific p2p file sharing site which managed in 6 years of existence to gain extreme popularity, gather millions of users, but also dodge lawsuits from copyright holders. The founder of the popular BitTorrent search engine, Gary Fung, has been interviewed recently by Computerworld in light of rumors about him hoping for a collaboration with the movie and the music industries. In the Q&A interview Fung also revealed some details about how he succeeded in keeping the site on the surface despite legal matters and his plans for his new ‘baby’ – another p2p site.
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