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Parent Punishes Kid for Triggering a “Six Strikes” Piracy Alert
After years of negotiating and planning the “six strikes” copyright alert system finally went live in February. Three months have passed since, and today the overseeing Center for Copyright Information has published a status...HBO: Game of Thrones Piracy is a Compliment, Doesn’t Hurt Sales
With a head-spinning 4.3 million downloads per episode, Game of Thrones became the most-pirated TV show on the Internet last year. These figures understandably caused much debate, but left show director David Petrarca quite...BPI Wants More BitTorrent Sites Blocked in UK
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is making efforts to force all six major ISPs in the UK block three more filesharing websites which, it claims, are harming the industry considerably The three torrent sites targeted...Newzbin2 Turns Its Lights Off, Permanently
After being banned throughout UK, Newzbin2 decided to close its gates for good. This marks a great loss for Usenet’s networks and for the several thousands of users who relied on Newzbin2’s services. Despite...Senate committee takes an important step towards protecting your inbox
In the wake of former CIA Director David Petraeus’ sex scandal—uncovered largely through the disclosure of explicit e-mails between him and his mistress—the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a new amendment to the Electronic Communications Privacy...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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