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Hollywood preps new copyright bills

Hollywood preps new copyright billsMy favorite part... is the civil forfeiture. This gets completely around the whole business of proving that a user actually committed copyright infringement and goes straight for the router, computer, etc. presumptively involved.Our County Sheriff and Prosecutor have been funding a lot of their operations...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, civil forfeiture, tax, forfeiture, taxpayer

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

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Fun with speed cameras, teen-style

Fun with speed cameras, teen-styleScore one for the kids!Ok, now however illegal this may be [though im not expressly condoning the actions either], its about time that the truth behind the "Speed/red light cameras" come out. Its simply denying the presumption you are innocent until proven guilty. A serious weakness...

Tags: camera, speed camera, car

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Judge tosses Psystar's countersuit

Judge tosses Psystar's countersuitNot a surpriseNow Apple buries Psystar for copyright infringement of their product?!Well it was a slippery slope....To claim that a product that a given company develops, own and sells should be sold by said company based on terms defined by others outside of said company. Pagan jimNot...

Tags: Operating systems, Psystar, countersuit, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Inside an affiliate spam program for pharmaceuticals

Bargaining with your health doesn't just mean you're heading for a shorter life expectancy, but also, increases the chances that you will either get scammed in the process, or have to pay more in the long-term while dealing with the health issues arising from using expired pharmaceutical with unverifiable origins,...

Tags: Program, Pharmaceutical Company, Pharmacy, Affiliates, Wire Cost, MarkMonitor, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-20

U.S. indicts 'spam king' in stock fraud scheme

U.S. indicts 'spam king' in stock fraud schemeHooray!I've gotten more than enough spam from Alan Ralsky during the past decade (it's actually easy to tell once you know what to look for). Obviously, I don't know if he's guilty of the things he's specifically charged with (though it wouldn't...

Tags: Cyberthreats, stock, Alan Ralsky, spam, spam king, crook, spammer

Discussion threads 2008-01-04

Texas man to FCC inspector:I "told you to get off my property! Maybe the dogs won't bite!"

Oh, this one plays into so many stereotypes that if a movie scriptwriter composed this, it would be laughed away. Seems as though Corpus Christi, Tex. resident Donald Winton not only decided to run a CB radio station on CB channel 19, but...

Tags: Agent, Business Operations, CB, FCC, Federal Government, Government, Real Estate, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-18

Defending the Phisher King: 101 years a stretch

Defending the Phisher King: 101 years a stretchI would think......witness intimidation would be an aggravating factor as well as the previous convictions. This is a hardened criminal in just about anyone's estimation, so no sympathy from me. Should some of the corporate criminals convicted in recent years gotten...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, phishing, identity theft

Discussion threads 2007-01-17

Justice pursuing intellectual property crimes

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's weekly email blast included a report on the Department of Justice's progress report on intellectual property PDF, which EFF finds "fasincating reading." The report mentions several high-profile copyright enforcement actions, including the colorfully named Operations Gridlock, Copycat, and Western Pirates. All of the featured...

Tags: intellectual property, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Blog posts 2006-06-26

Jamming could be the answer to mobile phone traffic

Jamming could be the answer to mobile phone trafficCell Phone JammingThe cure for the cell phone horror is simple, requiring no circuits or gizmos. Procession of an unregistered cell phone within 1250 feet of any public school, hospital, or governmental office should be a felony. Procession of a cell phone...

Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, phone, cell phone, Procession, mobile

Discussion threads 2006-06-20

Sentencing for illegal sales of software

Sentencing for illegal sales of softwareIn the next phaseSentencing hearings to begin next week for users of MS products.So let me get this straight....This person orders over $17 million dollars of software. Even if it was sold at 1/5th the retail price it would sell for $3.4 million. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Asset management, Sales strategy, software, sales

Discussion threads 2005-11-21

EU expects deal with Microsoft in May

EU expects deal with Microsoft in MayPoint of clarificationSo this commission isn't a court from what I understand, they can lay penaties etc but can't really enforce them, so lets say they do the 5% global sales per day thing ouch is there a couter-balance to this legally with the...

Tags: Sales force management, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., commission, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-05-23

SMS Spam and Fraud Prevention

Short Message Service SMS messages account for approximately 10 percent of a mobile operator's revenue, according to research firm IDC. The growing volume of spam can threaten this revenue by provoking subscribers to churn. Furthermore, some of that spam is sent from fraudulent addresses, causing inaccurate billing for subscribers and...

Tags: Mobile Operator, Revenue, Mobile, Spam, Cisco Systems Inc., SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Operational Accounting, Manufacturing, Cyberthreats, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Finance, Security

White papers 2005-03-01

GPL could get its day in court. Finally.

The Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License GPL, which is the Open Source Intiative approved license under which Linux is distributed, and which has served as a significant backdrop to SCO's various lawsuits, may finally get its day in court.  In a motion for partial summary judgment filed Wednesday, IBM has asked...

Tags: IBM Corp., GPL

Blog posts 2004-08-19

Season over for 'phishing'?

Season over for 'phishing'?2 years "inconvenience" for ruining someones finances..sometimes for LIFE!Why do white collar criminals and their defendors whine so much when they may have to pay up (look at Ken Lay!)?It should AGAIN be illegal to use/require Social Security numbers for identification for non-tax purposes.minimum penalties for ID...

Tags: Social Security, Cyberthreats, identity theft, Shari`a, phishing, SSN

Discussion threads 2004-07-15