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CoffeeRight coffee cops
Recenty, we were able to reveal the existence of Poppyrights . This involved PoppyCops Now, we can tell you about CoffeeRights. And CoffeeCops.
Continue reading »isoHunt and Why It’s So Successful
Ranked 199 by Alexa, isoHunt is a most prolific p2p file sharing site which managed in 6 years of existence to gain extreme popularity, gather millions of users, but also dodge lawsuits from copyright holders. The founder of the popular BitTorrent search engine, Gary Fung, has been interviewed recently by Computerworld in light of rumors about him hoping for a collaboration with the movie and the music industries. In the Q&A interview Fung also revealed some details about how he succeeded in keeping the site on the surface despite legal matters and his plans for his new ‘baby’ – another p2p site.
Continue reading »Congress ethics inquiry probe leaked online
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- A report saying the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides are being investigated about concerns including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling has been leaked online. It, “appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations,” says the newspaper. “The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer.” The 22-page Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report, “gives brief summaries of ethics panel investigations of the conduct of 19 lawmakers and a few staff members,” says the story, going on the committee’s review of investigations, “became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member’s use of the software while working from home … ” The staffer was fired, says the story.
Continue reading »Amazon: Discovery is infringing on our patents, too!
Two months after being sued by Discovery Communications for patent infringement related to its Kindle e-book reader, Amazon has fired back with a handful of patent infringement counterclaims of its own. The online retail giant accuses the cable network responsible for the likes of Mythbusters and The Deadliest Catch of infringing on its patents covering various aspects of e-commerce. In a filing on May 15, first reported by TechFlash , Amazon denies infringing on any of Discovery Communications’ patents, arguing that they should be invalidated due to the existence of prior art.
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