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Digital Piracy Is Not What It Seems To Be, A Large-Scale Analysis Informs
The comprehensive report on sharing PC games via BitTorrent’s networks reveals some interesting aspects of the “digital piracy” issue. The results are to be published in the “International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication”....France Set To Dump 3 Strikes Anti-Piracy Law But Automated Fines Will Live On
Hadopi was ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy’s baby, built on the notion that punishing file-sharers and disconnecting them from the Internet would woo them back into music and movie stores and away from unauthorized sites. But...Before Facebook there was “Surfbook”—now pay up
A patent-holding company, working together with the widow and family of a Dutch computer programmer, has sued Facebook for infringing two patents. The plaintiff, Rembrandt Social Media (part of Rembrandt IP), says its...FTC: “Nonprofit” crammed $70M in bogus charges on phone bills
suburbandollar A shady outfit billed phone customers for more than $70 million in unauthorized charges and then transferred much of the revenue to a "purported nonprofit," the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a...Zapstreak Globally Releases Their SDK for Android
Zapstreak globally released its SDK to the public for its AirPlay-like media streaming solution for Android. Before its debut back in April, Zapstreak was hoping to build a single app for streaming media cross-platform....Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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