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The US Supreme Court Drew Its Verdict On The “File-Sharing Mom” Case

Following the story of Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the mother that downloaded & shared 24 songs via Kazaa, we find that her appeal to the US Supreme Court had been denied. As such, she is now...

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Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Hollywood’s Attempt To Get Money From Late Newzbin2 Dismissed By UK Court

August 2012: Virgin Media, along with three other major UK internet providers, including BT, Sky, and TalkTalk, completed the circle and blocked all access to what used to be the spearhead of Usenet networks...

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Friday, February 8th, 2013 Net News No Comments

FBI snares $850 million Butterfly botnet ring with help of Facebook

On Tuesday, the FBI announced that it had arrested ten people connected to a botnet that had spread through Facebook. Spread by a virus targeting Facebook users, the botnet caused over $850 million in...

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Music Industry Threatens to Sue UK Pirate Party over Pirate Bay Proxy

After the High Court ordered several UK ISPs to block subscriber access to The Pirate Bay earlier this year, millions of users flocked to the proxy service of the UK Pirate Party. In a...

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Monday, December 10th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Bank Agrees to Reimburse Hacking Victim $300K in Precedent-Setting Case

In a case watched closely by banks and their commercial customers, a financial institution in Maine has agreed to reimburse a construction company $345,000 that was lost to hackers after a court ruled that...

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Friday, November 30th, 2012 Net News No Comments