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MPAA statistics and rubber bananas

For years p2pnet has been saying Hollywood ‘piracy’ statistics are  as useful as mammary glands on a bull , as the saying goes. Put another way, figures from Time Warner, Viacom, Fox,...

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Intellectual Property and pink socks

Freedom of speech means you should be able to say or publish anything at any time – without physical restraint or interference, eg censorship. Liberty means there are repercussions for certain speech,...

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BC eHealth Opt-Out site

eHealth is a British Columbia government plan meant to manage the personal health information of every British Columbian through shared electronic data sources, say bureaucrats. It’s all part of Canada’s health care...

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Fa$ebook bans The Pirate Bay

Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music were really pissed when The Pirate Bay came up a way to allow users  with memberships in the Fa$ebook advertising site to add their...

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