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p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- If you ever had any doubts about whether ACTA is good or bad, and whose interests it represents, they’ve been answered yet again. Back when news of its...Facebook ‘in line with Canadian privacy law’
p2pnet view Politics | Advertising:- US social advertising site Facebook now says it’s addressed and met concerns over serious user privacy issues raised by Canadian federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart following an in-depth...Verizon: Comcast P2P blocking was wrong, we won’t do it
Verizon isn't a fan of the FCC's proposed "third way" approach to network neutrality rules, and the company's top policy people have suggested that the Internet needs an entirely new "policy framework." Such...FCC gives Hollywood control over your home theater
After almost two years of deliberation, the Federal Communications Commission has granted Hollywood and cable companies permission to shut down analog streams to HDTV equipped home theaters. The geek term for this is...Advocates warn court of Viacom’s "dangerous" DMCA proposals
A small battalion of public interest groups filed an amicus brief on Monday on behalf of YouTube in its battle with Viacom. The latter accuses the Google-owned company of massive, even "brazen," copyright...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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