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Military Monitored Planned Parenthood, Supremacists
The U.S. military monitored Planned Parenthood and a white supremacist group as part of the government’s security preparations for the 2002 Olympics in Utah, according to new documents released by the Department of Defense. The U.S.
Continue reading »Huge Russian BitTorrent Site Has Domain Suspended
In the Western world, sites such as The Pirate Bay and isoHunt get plenty of publicity, largely due to their size and prominence. Of course, there are other sites elsewhere that attract relatively little attention in English speaking countries and around Europe, despite being very large indeed. One such giant is Torrents.ru, a huge Russian BitTorrent site with 4 million torrents and one million users which has operated relatively trouble-free – until now.
Continue reading »File Sharers Wanted, Robin Hoods Needed
Get involved in the Don’t Disconnect Us Campaign and fight anti-file sharing plans Don’t let Mandelson disconnect your internet! If you read P2PON or follow what’s happening in the p2p file sharing world you must be aware by now of the UK government’s plans to cut off the Internet connection of alleged file sharers without a fair trial. Folks, this is a serious matter since the Government’s file-sharing plans means that millions of innocent people could be disconnected without having done anything illegal (check out here to see how this could easily happen). In october 2009 TalkTalk launched Don’t Disconnect Us campaign whose aim is to make sure the measures proposed by Lord Mandelson don’t become law.
Continue reading »Avatar’s a BitTorrent Hit, But Fox Plays Down Piracy ‘Threat’
Set on a moon under siege by humans determined to exploit its resources, the new sci-fi extravaganza ‘Avatar’ from Titanic director James Cameron is the most hotly anticipated film of the year. It comes as no surprise, therefore, that some people want to try and download an illicit copy from the Internet. Just before the official US release, that became possible.
Continue reading »No 3 strikes! eBay, Facebook, Google, Yahoo
p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P | Politics:- Britain’s plans to implement the entertainment cartel three strikes and you’re off the net bidniz plan have just been doomed. “With their MPAA as the front, the major Hollywood studios have escalated their efforts to force ACTA, their secret copyright ‘initiative’, into being,” said p2pnet recently, continuing: ” ‘Our interests in a robust ACTA are broad, ranging from providing ex-officio authority for law enforcement and customs officials to securing both the legal and practical tools necessary to protect intellectual property rights online,’ says the LaLaLand enforcer. “Ex-officio authority for law enforcement?
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