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Twitterati swarm on malaria campaign
Status: itchy The UN Special Envoy for Malaria has released the names of his Social Media Group who have promised to do their bit to keep malaria prevention programmes in the public eye.… ?
Continue reading »STUDY: 40% Unable to Name Legal Online Music Service
Consumer Focus also says that 85% can only name two, iTunes and Amazon, but UK music industry, in typical fashion, emphasizes that more than 35 exist and touts own study that found 96% awareness of iTunes and Amazon. Consumer Focus, the UK govt-backed consumer advocacy group, has long tried to illustrate the deficiency of the country’s copyright laws and the dramatic learning gap consumers have of them. In fact, just last month it found that almost 3/4 of the population doesn’t know what they’re legally allowed to copy or record, and that’s practically impossible to not infringe copyright laws as part of their daily lives unless they don’t use digital technology.
Continue reading »Anti-Piracy Group Seeks Laws to Expose BitTorrent Pirates
Last month it became apparent that investigations by music industry group IFPI were leading to raids against file-sharers conducted by the Swedish police. All of those arrested were allegedly identified as major file-sharers due to their use of Direct Connect. With millions of individuals using BitTorrent and a relative handful using Direct Connect (DC), many wondered why this smaller group were considered worth of police attention.
Continue reading »Military Monitored Planned Parenthood, Supremacists
The U.S. military monitored Planned Parenthood and a white supremacist group as part of the government’s security preparations for the 2002 Olympics in Utah, according to new documents released by the Department of Defense. The U.S.
Continue reading »Danish Anti-Piracy Group Busts Pirate Bay Uploader
Accused of uploading screener copy of Danish flic “Sorte Kugler” (Black Balls) to the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site. Danish anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen has raided the home of a Danish main in his 20s over accusations that he illegally uploaded a screener copy of the Danish flic “Sorte Kugler” (Black Balls) to Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay. “ It is a very big case.
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