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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...

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Monday, June 3rd, 2013 Net News No Comments

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...

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Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 Net News No Comments

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...

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Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 Net News No Comments

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...

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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

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...

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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 Net News No Comments

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