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eBooks: What to read on which reader

Your pre-Christmas guide to what’s on eBook readers will be everywhere this Christmas, in the shops if not under the trees, but even publishers don’t seem to know what books one can read on the things.… ?

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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Ignorance or Duplicity: P2P Labeled “the bane of Hollywood” on TV Program

In my personal top most annoying things lately, I would have to include people who talk about p2p, BitTorrent and illegal file sharing without having a single clue about any of these. What annoys me, in fact, is this ‘talking' being done on TV shows by biased, opinion-forming TV hosts who don’t even do their homework properly before appearing in front of the camera to pass on sententious judgments and claims. Here’s the latest example – how piracy affects Hollywood was a ‘fat’ topic Sunday night on Leslie Stahl’s 60 minutes .

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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 P2P News No Comments

Canadian Student Groups Voice Their Opinions on Copyright

Among other things, Canadian student unions CFS and CASA have called for expanding fair dealings and avoiding a blanket anti-circumvention legislation. These groups are the latest additions to an ever expanding list of stake-holders calling for an expansion to fair dealings. Of course, these aren’t the only things the two organizations called for.

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Monday, August 24th, 2009 P2P News No Comments