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Judge blasts troll for "astonishing" failure to follow rules

New York federal judge Gary Brown has already made it clear that he's not a fan of copyright trolls. In May, he handed down a scathing order decrying the "blizzard" of copyright lawsuits...

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Thursday, August 2nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Mitt Romney Ad Reinstated on YouTube

After a puzzling takedown of a Mitt Romney campaign ad on YouTube by BMG, the video was re-instated after many sources (including us) covered the incident. Still, while the problem seems resolved, many...

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Friday, July 20th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Comcast Praises Voluntary BitTorrent Crackdown Agreement

Last week the Creative Coalition Campaign hosted a conference on anti-piracy measures. One of the key speakers at the event was Gerard Lewis, Vice President of Internet provider Comcast, who informed participants about...

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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

TVShack Admin Can Be Extradited To US, Judge Rules

In November last year, as part of his continuing struggle to avoid extradition to the United States, Richard O’Dwyer, the former administrator of the now defunct UK-based video links site TVShack, appeared at...

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Friday, January 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Congress, wary of Amazon’s Silk browser, demands answers on privacy

Congress is trying to wrap its collective head around Amazon's new Silk Web browser . At a privacy hearing yesterday, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) expressed outrage at the way Silk's "split" design can...

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Friday, October 14th, 2011 Net News No Comments