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National Data Breach Laws Move Through Senate
A national data breach law got closer to passage this week. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills Thursday that address data security and breach notification, according to Government Information Security . The legislation was drafted in response to the plague of data thefts that have occurred over the last few years.
Continue reading »Pirate Bay Clone Threatened By Romanian RIAA
Around 10 days ago, an almost complete copy of The Pirate Bay’s entire site became available for download via BitTorrent. The idea behind the upload was simple – if the proposed sale to GGF didn’t go the way TPB fans would like, the site could be reinstated in the original style. Then TorrentFreak got word from Alex, the admin of BTArena.
Continue reading »Leaked Document Reveals Eircom Deal With Irish RIAA
Earlier this year IRMA – which controls 90% of Ireland’s recorded music and represents the likes of EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner – reached a private agreement Ireland’s largest ISP, Eircom, to implement a 3 strikes deal for alleged pirates. Details of the arrangement have been fairly limited but now an apparently leaked document gives a unique insight into the private deal put into place to allow Eircom to avoid further expensive legal action at the hands of the music industry. The document passed to TorrentFreak, titled ‘Briefing Note on Arrangement Between Eircom and Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) with regard to Copyright Infringement March 2009′ begins by giving some background to the deal and why it was implemented.
Continue reading »Net neutrality: ‘Fair forms of discrimination’
University of Ottawa law student Sean Murtha was in the reporting seat for Day Five, and the end of Week One, of the traffic throttling and net neutrality in Canada saga, posting in Michael Geist ’s blog. Featured were a trio of ISPs, “each offering a different perspective on network management issues: Telus (DSL), Cogeco (cable), and Barrett Xplore (satellite),” says Geist, continuing: ” While the three presentations provided a valuable reminder about the differences in network architecture, each had its own important moment. The key Telus moment came during questioning from Commissioner Len Katz about the impact of the managed IP network (ie.
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