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File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain
Despite many rulings which have declared file-sharing sites legal if they don’t profit directly from copyright infringements, in recent years its become something of a custom in Spain for music rights groups to attempt to close down sites in advance of a full hearing to assess their legality. One such case involves eDonkey link site elrincondejesus.com and although fairly low profile worldwide, the site will now start to set headlines. Back in May last year, site and bar owner Jesus Guerra received a complaint from music group SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores) which alleged the site abused the copyrights of its members.
Continue reading »EFF demands FCC close copyright "loophole" in net neutrality
The Electronic Frontier Foundation might be expected to love the FCC’s “Open Internet” push, but the group has one big concern with the rulemaking: the presence of “a loophole for copyright enforcement in its proposed regulations for network neutrality.” The EFF has now submitted a petition to the FCC with 7,000 signatures, asking for the provisions to be stripped from the final rule. “Before the ink is dry on net neutrality regulations, we already see corporate lobbyists and ‘public decency’ advocates pushing for loopholes,” said EFF Civil Liberties Director Jennifer Granick. “A loophole like this could swallow network neutrality, with ISPs claiming copyright enforcement as a pretext for all sorts of discriminatory behavior.” At issue is the “reasonable network management” exception to net neutrality .
Continue reading »Transmission Bitorrent client now supports magnet links
The folks behind the cross-platform, open source Bittorrent client Transmission have just released version 1.80 of their application. The release features a few dozen bug fixes as well as 44 enhancements based on user requests, and one of the most notable new features is that Transmission now supports magnet links. Magnet links are basically URLs for files that are distributed via P2P.
Continue reading »Researchers: Flaw in Fed Wiretaps Could Allow Circumvention
People who think they are being wiretapped by the cops could disable the taps by sending a stream of text messages or making numerous VOIP calls to overwhelm the system’s thin bandwidth, researchers in Pennsylvania postulate. The researchers say they’ve found a vulnerability in U.S. law enforcement wiretaps, if only theoretical, that would allow a surveillance target to thwart the authorities by launching what amounts to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the connection between the phone company switches and law enforcement.
Continue reading »400 DVDs per second
Will this make corporate entertainment industry executives have accidents in their pants, do you think? It’s faster than a speeding train, faster than a bullet —- a lot faster. Scientists in Bell Labs, the research arm of France’s Alcatel-Lucent , have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.
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