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- Botnets and illicit file swapping: the original "cloud computing"
- Botnets and illicit file swapping: the original "cloud computing"Why call it cloud all the time?It's as if you purposely are Microsoft's external marketing department.Call it web applications because that is what it just is, in spite of all hype, and it has indeed been available since the dawn of internet.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-14
- Botnets and illicit file swapping: the original "cloud computing"
- The primary motives that are being cited for cloud computing, such as lower operational cost, scalability to elastic demand, and high availability, have all been addressed before in the underground. Have you ever heard of this thing called "Cloud Computing"? I have, and apparently it is...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- College Opportunity and Affordability Act passes...Napster anyone?
- The College Opportunity and Affordability Act is a largely benign bill passed by the US House of Representatives Thursday that funds student financial aid, among many other pieces of higher education in the States. As Ars Technica points out, though, COAA makes a host of...
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Digital media ethics: it's personal
- Digital media ethics: it's personalObvious AnswerOf course it is theft to copy cd's you checked out of the library or to copy DVD's you rented from Netflix or Blockbuster. You do not own the copy and have not paid for the right to own the material in question. That is...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Terrorized by file swappers
- Terrorized by file swappersMPAA Nothing Has Chaged - Except For Hype.Although the above article is dated way back. I do not find any change in the technology advancements. I am presently working on an anti piracy solution for the analogue celluloid motion picture.There is no external device or IR/laser/finger printing...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-16
- File-swapping leaders nearing D-Day
- File-swapping leaders nearing D-DayBecause of Google everything will be FREEAlmost free...Throughout its relatively brief history, Google has enjoyed an excellent reputation with the computer-using public. Its services have been for the most part free, easy to use, and widely available. As they venture into video and music sales they will...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-01
- File-swapping fine upheld by appeals court
- File-swapping fine upheld by appeals courtShe admitted to doingThen didn't even argue against the actual reason she was in court. They weren't after her for illegally downloading. They were after her for making 1300 songs available. That's why this is a civil case. The defendant here encouraged and enable others...
- Discussion threads 2005-12-12
- Congress to legislate file swapping?
- California senator issues peer-to-peer ultimatum: "Either it's going to be legal, or it isn't going to exist." WASHINGTON--A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down. Intellectual property protection "can't function in...
- News items 2005-09-28
- Congress to legislate Grokster?
- Congress to legislate Grokster?Senator should get educated before spouting off like a fool[i]A California senator has suggested that because file-sharing networks continue to house illegal files, they should be shut down.[/i]This show's the senator has no clue about the topic in which she is against. Everyone who know anything about...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- Record labels send more letters to P2P services
- Recording Industry Association of America sends cease-and-desists to seven P2P services it says induce copyright infringement. The Recording Industry Association of America has sent letters to seven peer-to-peer companies, asking them to halt what the RIAA alleges is their practice of encouraging users to illegally distribute copyrighted...
- News items 2005-09-15
- Legal music downloads triple worldwide
- Legal music downloads triple worldwideLawsuits not the cause"The group noted that 14,227 lawsuits have been announced against file-swappers in 12 countries since the Recording Industry Association of America first began its campaign in September 2003."Apple iTunes was a success LONG BEFORE THE LAWSUITS, its not a case of cause and...
- Discussion threads 2005-07-21
- Ruling won't slow file-swapping, experts say
- Ruling won't slow file-swapping, experts sayWar-> resistance-> losses-> defeat the war-makers.Why bother to start? NTNTWho are your "experts" your headline speaks of?All I see is comments from the folks that got spanked by the courts. Sorry, you fail horribly...ZDNet, do you have JJJ from Spiderman making up headlines for...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Supreme Court rules against file-swapping firms
- Supreme Court rules against file-swapping firmsGoodbye innovationWow. This is really disappointing. The entertainment industry is going to lock down everything tight and sue innovation away. It's so short sighted of them. The innovation actually benefits all of us. Music file sharing just made them open up a new avenue for...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Justices to rule on fate of file-swapping
- Justices to rule on fate of file-swappingProtecting big media profitsIt seems to me that copyright infringement should be pursued by the MPAA and the RIAA along with lw enforcement. It is not acceptable to destroy or otherwise limit the file sharing technology that many of us in the FOSS world...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-17
- FAQ: Betamax--tech's favorite ruling
- FAQ: Betamax--tech's favorite rulingHR2391Is anyone else horrified with HR2391, which I understand is due to be voted on by the Senate imminently? In addition to all the peer-to-peer issues, this bill seems to make illegal to skip commercials. I hope some elected official had the sense to snip...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-28
- Court: Hollywood gets P2P giant's server logs
- Judge shuts down LokiTorrent, as the MPAA launches a new round of suits against film swappers. A Dallas federal court has ordered file-swapping site LokiTorrent.com to shut down and provide Hollywood lawyers with access to its full server logs, including data that could expose hundreds of thousands of people...
- News items 2005-02-11
- File swapping war takes a dangerous turn
- File swapping war takes a dangerous turnVery dangerous, indeedThis total [u]perversion[/u] of copyright law has gotten completely out of hand. This is the kind of thing we can look forward to for our children. History is only accessible for those with the "proper permission". This link is indicative of where...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-28
- RIAA sues 717 file-swappers
- New lawsuits against alleged file-swappers include 68 unnamed people at universities. The Recording Industry Association of America RIAA said Thursday that it had filed 717 new lawsuits against alleged file-swappers, including 68 unnamed people at universities. The suits come several days after the record...
- News items 2005-01-27
- RIAA sues 717 file-swappers
- RIAA sues 717 file-swappersA lame attemptThose comppaney's are the one's responsible for their loses, when somebody ownes a precious diamond he doesn't leave it on the front porch, he gets a safe and installs a sophisticated alram system that is the rational thing to do.if his valuable asset was...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-27
- eXeem opens new file-swapping doors
- eXeem opens new file-swapping doorsThe site that "dontexist" still lists over 500 BT sitesSilly silly greedy piggys.The next step ...for the enforcers will be to simply identify the ports the new software uses and go knocking on those ports looking for contraband content. It will indeed make it tougher...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-21
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