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New Anti-Piracy Task Force Set To Pressure File-Sharers
During the last two years, Sweden has created a number of posts with responsibility for dealing with violations of intellectual property. In 2010 the resources dedicated by the authorities to this seemingly unwinnable battle are set to increase. In the spring a new task force will go into operation dealing with file-sharing and other intellectual property violations.
Continue reading »Will The Chinese BitTorrent Crackdown Boost Criminals?
In March 2007, TorrentFreak interviewed a guy who since the 1990’s had been making his living from commercial piracy. Starting off with PC software and later Playstation games, ‘Tony’ made a very good income from illicit sales at the UK’s markets and pubs. As demand grew Tony’s business expanded year after year, but by 2001 and although still busy, profits were being squeezed.
Continue reading »Pre-Release Music Piracy: Further Arrests, Exec Loses Job
Earlier this year, DV8, one of the busiest ‘Scene’ music piracy groups responsible for more than 3,000 single and album releases, suffered major setbacks. A BPI investigation led to a police swoop on members of the group. They were subjected to searches, seizure of their computers and other assorted items, and later questioned at length.
Continue reading »COFEE Forensic Tool Leaks To What.cd, Admins Ban It
“Law enforcement agencies around the world face a common challenge in their fight against cybercrime, child pornography, online fraud, and other computer-facilitated crimes,” says the marketing blurb on Microsoft’s site. “They must capture important evidence on a computer at the scene of an investigation before it is powered down and removed for later analysis. ‘Live’ evidence, such as active system processes and network data, is volatile and may be lost in the process of turning off a computer.
Continue reading »Flat World schools textbook publishers with free Web editions
Picture yourself as a college student, staring down at the syllabus for a class on banking and the financial system. It contains some good news: the course textbook won’t need to be purchased from the college bookstore, saving you an instant $80. Instead, the book is freely available on the Web, though you can also choose to buy a print edition, an audio version, flash cards, or an unencrypted PDF.
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