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Dark Knight Cammer Gets 2 Years in Prison
In 2008, the latest Batman movie ‘The Dark Knight’ became a massive hit, setting a one-day box office record of $66.4 million on its opening day and taking $996,500,000 by the end of the year. Of course, Warner worked hard to hinder piracy, even handing out night-vision goggles in Australia to thwart cammers. Over in the United States, however, much lower-tech means were used to identify an individual attempting to record the movie.
Continue reading »OiNK Admin Found Not Guilty!
Takes only 90 minutes for a UK jury in a unanimous decision to negate more than 4 years worth of work by the music industry and the prosecution, clearing Alan Ellis, former admin of the famed BitTorrent tracker site, of conspiracy to defraud. Alan Ellis, admin of the famed BitTorrent tracker site OiNK, and the first person to be prosecuted for illegal file-sharing in the UK, has been acquitted of conspiracy to defraud in a trial closely watched by file-sharers and the music industry alike. “Alan Ellis was unanimously declared not guilty,” reads a brief message on the site.
Continue reading »Tiger Woods sex scandal good for Google
Golfing is THE corporate sport and some parents encourage their kids to take it up not because of all the fresh air, but because they’ll make good connections for the future. Sort of like going to the ‘right’ school. Tiger Woods’ main claim to fame is: he can hit a little white ball around better than just about anyone else.
Continue reading »Microsoft Family Guy W7 ads
Why is everyone so surprised? “Microsoft’s posted the clips from Family Guy’s killed hackathon that would’ve shilled for Windows 7, and they’re even more brain-liquefyingly stupid than I thought,” says Gizmodo . “Just watch, but when your brains leak out your ears, don’t say I didn’t warn you.” Yeh.
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