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Sony CEO – The Internet? Nothing Good Has Ever Come Out of There!

Many would argue that it’s up to the record industry to somehow reconcile with new technology, like the internet, instead of fighting it. As if to reinforce the stereotype that the record labels...

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Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Giving people control over Spy Chips

A Q&A designed to warn people against possible risks attached to RFID tags, sometimes called spy chips, was issued today by EU Commissioner for Information Society Viviane Reding. People shouldn’t have to...

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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Fired after protesting French 3 strikes law

Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim, 31, is head of web innovation at the Internet innovation division of French TV broadcaster TF1. Or, rather, he used to be. Because after sending what he thought was a...

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Friday, May 8th, 2009 Net News No Comments

European Parliament smacks down France on three strikes law

How many times does the European Parliament have to make clear that judges must be involved in ordering Internet disconnections of repeat online copyright infringers? Eighty-eight percent of MEPs today rejected an attempt...

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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Net News No Comments

EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good

For the fifth time in a year the European Parliament has spoken out against tougher anti-piracy legislation that would allow alleged file-sharers to be disconnected from the Internet, based on evidence provided by...

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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 Net News No Comments