Results for 'illegal downloading'
Software
Microsoft COFEE, Some Of The Most Illegal Software You Can Pirate
6:00AM Chris Jacob | Apparently Microsoft’s COFEE software that helps law-enforcement grab data from password-protected or encrypted sources is leaking all over the internet. So not only can you steal the software, you can also break the law by using it. More »
Music
It’s Still True: Music Pirates Buy More Music
4:00AM Jack Loftus | We’ve been here before, so no long post necessary, but it’s worth mentioning, again, that illegal downloaders, the alleged scourge of the music industry, are really the ones who buy the most music. More »
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12:15PM Nick Broughall | Mark Newton, Internode engineer and superhero in the battle for a filter-free internet, has pointed out another fundamental flaw in the Australian classifications system: Rather than fixing an obviously broken setup, the ACMA would prefer to force Apple to remove the “Gift this movie” option from iTunes in Australia to deal with Internet classification. More »
ACMA Killed Off ‘Gift This Movie’ Option In iTunes
12:15PM Nick Broughall | Mark Newton, Internode engineer and superhero in the battle for a filter-free internet, has pointed out another fundamental flaw in the Australian classifications system: Rather than fixing an obviously broken setup, the ACMA would prefer to force Apple to remove the “Gift this movie” option from iTunes in Australia to deal with Internet classification. More »
Random Stuff
Downloaded Child Porn? Blame Your Kitty Cat
3:30AM Rosa Golijan | Floridian Keith Griffin most certainly didn’t download over a thousand images containing child pornography. No siree. It must’ve been his dear puddy-tat who downloaded pictures of those oh-so-illegal birds. More »
Software
How To: Use BitTorrent Like a Pro
3:00AM John Mahoney | Even if you’ve been casually Torrenting for years, BitTorrent tools keep getting better. Here’s our guide for getting the most out of what is, slowly but surely, changing forever how people acquire and consume entertainments. More »
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10:15AM Nick Broughall | Hey kids! Wondering what to do with your life? Why not consider a career in copyright law? Sure, it means selling a part of your soul to Beelzebub, but you’ll never be wanting for work, seeing as how movie studios refuse to wake up to the fact that litigation won’t stop piracy.
The latest case of film companies knee-jerk attempts to stop copyright infringement is to sue Aussie ISP iiNet. According to Asher Moses over at SMH, all the big studios are in on the action – Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox and Disney are all in on the lawsuit, plus The Seven Network (because filesharing of Sunrise is running rampant).
The argument is that iiNet infringed copyright by not stopping its users from illegally downloading copyrighted content. They apparently provided iiNet with “about 18″ separate notices of the infringement and iiNet did nothing. More »
Movie Studios Suing iiNet For Not Stopping Pirates
10:15AM Nick Broughall | Hey kids! Wondering what to do with your life? Why not consider a career in copyright law? Sure, it means selling a part of your soul to Beelzebub, but you’ll never be wanting for work, seeing as how movie studios refuse to wake up to the fact that litigation won’t stop piracy.
The latest case of film companies knee-jerk attempts to stop copyright infringement is to sue Aussie ISP iiNet. According to Asher Moses over at SMH, all the big studios are in on the action – Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox and Disney are all in on the lawsuit, plus The Seven Network (because filesharing of Sunrise is running rampant).
The argument is that iiNet infringed copyright by not stopping its users from illegally downloading copyrighted content. They apparently provided iiNet with “about 18″ separate notices of the infringement and iiNet did nothing. More »
Online
Net Neutrality Shouldn’t Extend to Illegal Acts, Says FCC Comissioner
12:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | One of the FCC’s five commissioners, Jonathan Adelstein, said during a recent symposium on FCC Internet Video Policy that the FCC’s rules shouldn’t permit “illegal acts.” Sure, illegal downloading is a serious problem, especially if you’re a copyright-holding movie studio. But does that mean the FCC is actually against net neutrality, in general? More »
Software
Major Labels Deny Signing Deals With Qtrax, Downloading Music Via P2P Still Illegal
2:41AM Benny Goldman | Qtrax, the free and legal P2P music network that promised 25 million songs from the four major record labels sounded too good to be true. It turns out that’s because it wasn’t true. The BBC reports that three of the four major labels have denied making agreements with the company, and the link promising a midnight software download is still inactive. Update: Silicon Alley Insider reports that Sony BMG also denies having a deal in place. Also, a loyal reader has sent us screen shots and explained the weirdness that’s going on with Qtrax, after the jump.[BBC] More »
Gadgets
MPAA: Did We Say 44% of Piracy Was Done By Students? We Meant 15%, Our Bad!
3:20AM Adam Frucci | So the MPAA used to shout about a study they performed that showed that 44% of illegal movie downloading was done by college students, a figure they used as evidence that our government needed to enact some laws to keep our feckless youth population under control. The only problem? The study was complete BS, with the real figure hovering a bit closer to the 15% mark. Oops! More »
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