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eBook Pirates “Hijack” Domain Name of Anti-Piracy Campaign

With e-readers becoming more popular year after year, book piracy is seen as a growing problem for the publishing industry. To deal with this threat the French Publishers Association (SNE) announced several countermeasures this...

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Friday, March 22nd, 2013 Net News No Comments

French court orders Twitter to identify racist and anti-Semitic users

For months now, the French-language twittersphere has lit up with a rash of racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic tweets using the hashtags #UnBonJuif (a good Jew), #SiMonFilsEstGay (if my son is gay), and #SiMaFilleRamèneUnNoir (if...

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Thursday, January 24th, 2013 Net News No Comments

Bitcoin going mainstream? Exchange approved to operate as a bank

Bitcoin Central, a Bitcoin exchange that is popular in the eurozone, says it has secured approval from regulators to operate as a bank under French law. The announcement could be another sign of the...

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Friday, December 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

African Authorities Seize Kim Dotcom’s New File-Sharing Service’s Domain

Photo: Wilk Kim Dotcom, the file-sharing kingpin indicted on criminal copyright infringement allegations in the United States, is suffering a setback in his purported quest to build a follow-up site to Megaupload, which U.S....

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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Kim Dotcom loses new domain in preemptive strike by government

One week after Kim Dotcom unveiled "Me.ga," the domain for his new file sharing service to replace Megaupload, the government of Gabon in Africa announced that it would suspend the site immediately. At the...

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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments