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“Irish SOPA” To Receive First Test in Pirate Bay Blocking Case
In common with many of their counterparts around Europe, six ISPs in Ireland are currently under fire for providing access to The Pirate Bay, the world’s most controversial file-sharing site. The Internet service providers...Germany is not Happy with Potential Xbox One Spying
Microsoft and its newly announced Xbox One console have taken a variety of different beatings over the past week. Whether it was for its lack of backwards compatibility, the fact that it looks like...Records Labels Prepare Massive ‘Pirate Site’ Domain Blocking Blitz
In early July 2012, a music industry insider informed TorrentFreak that music licensing group PPL had begun polling its members on the issue of piracy. On behalf of the BPI and by extension the...Apple ordered to pay $368.2M for patent infringement in FaceTime
A patent licensing firm named VirnetX today won a $368.2 million judgment against Apple, whose FaceTime technology was found to infringe patents covering virtual private network technology. The federal jury’s ruling stems from a...BPI Asks UK ISPs To Block More Major Torrent Sites
Earlier this year, nine recording labels including EMI, Polydor, Sony, Virgin and Warner successfully argued that The Pirate Bay infringes their copyrights. Several ISPs including Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media should...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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