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MPAA Lobbies For Wall Street Reform

With several new anti-piracy bills in the works, the MPAA and RIAA have ramped up their lobbying efforts in Washington. With more than a $5 million spend in the first half of 2011,...

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Monday, August 15th, 2011 Net News No Comments

ISP CEO Slams Copyright Law and Outdated Business Models

Although New Zealand’s Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 doesn’t come officially into force until 1st September, last week saw the beginning of P2P network monitoring which can be backed up by...

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Monday, August 15th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Canadian government computers ‘infiltrated’: McAfee ‘report’

The latest in a long list of a shlock-horror reports

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Thursday, August 4th, 2011 Net News No Comments

BT Loses Case Over Blocking File-Sharing Site

Earlier this month we reported about the legal battle between MPA and UK internet service provider BT launched by the former’s demand for BT to block access to the file-sharing site Newzbin2. Now...

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Monday, August 1st, 2011 Net News No Comments

U.S. In Need Of A Data Privacy Law

Since geo-location, data breaches and tracking cookies have been discovered by both the general public and the Congress, the two parties started to worry about the privacy implications that come with the discovery....

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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 Net News No Comments