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Random Stuff
MPAA Shuts Down Entire Town’s Wi-Fi Over Single Illegal Download
5:00PM Kyle VanHemert | The citizens of Coshocton, Ohio are without their free internet after a single download prompted the Motion Picture Association of America to shut down the town’s municipal Wi-Fi network. 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 »
Entertainment
2:30AM Adam Frucci | Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
This Cinema Tells It How It Is
2:30AM Adam Frucci | Nothing shames internet pirates like internet memes turned real. [Blame it on the Voices via The Daily What]
Entertainment
Movie Theatres Will Fry Us All With Infrared To Stop Pirates
10:46PM Mark Wilson | You can’t shoot a film pirate with bullets, but IR light is just fine. More »
Software
µTorrent iPhone App Rejected, Heads Over To Cydia
4:15PM Danny Allen | µMonitor is a little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission’s Drivetrain app, it’s been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however, Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. More »
Business
Mininova Ordered To Remove The Only Torrents People Use
3:21AM John Herrman | Hugely popular torrent indexer Mininova has been slapped with a debilitating ruling, in the Netherlands: Within the next three months, the site has to remove all links to infringing torrents, after which it’ll be fined 1000 Euros for each one. This means that Mininova will either a) become the premier torrent indexer for Linux ISOs and public domain FLAC music, or b) die.* More »
Business
Pirate Bay Unplugged By Swedish Court (Already Back Again, Sorta)
4:15PM Danny Allen | Like a T-1000 that just won’t die, the Pirate Bay simply jumped servers after its ISP pulled the plug yesterday. Update: But the site bounced back (after some ups-and-downs overnight), and here’s an excerpt from their defiant (and funny) response. More »
Business
Surprise! The Pirate Bay’s Buyers Are Extremely Shady
3:30AM John Herrman | Heroically snatched from near-death by a mysterious, benevolent gaming company, the Pirate Bay had a rosy future laid out ahead of it. But hey, that company? They’re turning out to be kind of rotten and possibly fraudulent. More »
Music
Second Degree Murder Cheaper Than Pirating Music
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | I’m outraged that the Obama administration is supporting the RIAA on the case against Jammie Thomas, a single mother of four who has to pay them $1.92 million for downloading songs. That’s cheaper than killing someone and six other crimes: More »
Music
