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File Sharers Wanted, Robin Hoods Needed

Get involved in the Don’t Disconnect Us Campaign and fight anti-file sharing plans Don’t let Mandelson disconnect your internet! If you read P2PON or follow what’s happening in the p2p file sharing world...

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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Net News No Comments

Gumtree comes over all queer in blocking ‘offensive language’

Ad site highlights sticky issue of self-definition Comment   Online small adster Gumtree appears to be a bit squeamish about ads containing words such as "queer".…

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Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Anti-Piracy Group Refuses Bait, DRM Breaker Goes To Police

At the end of October, a Danish citizen took drastic action to draw attention to some restrictive and seemingly contradictory copyright legislation. Henrik Anderson told TorrentFreak that in order to force his government’s...

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Net News No Comments

Supremes wrestle with business method, software patents

For the first time in a generation, the nation's highest court on Monday pondered the question of which inventions are eligible for patent protection. For the petitioner, Bernard Bilski, the issue was whether...

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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Net neutrality: still a work in progress

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The release last week of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s report on Internet traffic management – known as the net neutrality decision – attracted national attention....

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Monday, October 26th, 2009 Net News No Comments