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RIAA and BPI Use “Pirated” Code on Their Websites
It turns out that even the most vocal anti-piracy advocates are guilty of infringing the copyrights of others on the Internet. TorrentFreak ...
by ShockandAwed
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on Mon Nov 04, 2013 at 02:21 PM PST
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It's not enough for these telecoms to spy on us for the government. Now they're writing our kids' textbooks to protect their profits.
Listen up ...
by Dartagnan
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on Sun Sep 29, 2013 at 12:29 PM PDT
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More signs of an emerging police state -- the top six Internet Service Providers -- AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon, are launching the Six Strikes system this Monday. Supposedly,
by Eternal Hope
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on Sat Feb 23, 2013 at 07:15 PM PST
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The Republican Study Committee released a report on Friday that is so brilliant and visionary it's difficult for me to believe it was written by Republicans. You can read it in its entirety (in text ...
by Geiiga
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on Sat Nov 17, 2012 at 06:51 PM PST
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Until the day comes when those who use & enjoy online audio can do so without Big Business harassment, they will have to keep fighting battles like this.
This evening's Exhibit A: Google Inc. is ...
by Brown Thrasher
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on Fri Aug 10, 2012 at 08:01 PM PDT
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The PRO IP Act, which the Department of Justice has already used to hound Megaupload (in a case which is itself rapidly falling apart), has an outrageous & overreaching provision allowing the ...
by Brown Thrasher
5 comments
on Wed Jun 13, 2012 at 01:46 PM PDT
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A letter from Lester Chambers :
I AM the former Lead Singer of a 60’s BAND. I performed before thousands at Atlanta Pop 2, Miami Pop, Newport Pop, Atlantic Pop. I did NOT squander my money on ...
by ActivistGuy
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on Sun Mar 04, 2012 at 06:51 PM PST
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It's not enough to raise our fees and tuition yearly.
It's not enough to outsource our housing bus service to a company that has cut the shuttle service to the point where it is easier and faster ...
by detroitmechworks
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on Tue Feb 28, 2012 at 02:03 PM PST
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As the analysis starts to come in about the stunning flameout of SOPA and PIPA, a picture is beginning to emerge that is linking SOPA and PIPA, rightly or wrongly, to the Democrats. This is in ...
by Calee4nia
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on Fri Feb 03, 2012 at 01:29 PM PST
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The petition to investigate Chris Dodd and the MPAA for bribery ( http://wh.gov/KiE )is almost over the threshold for a White House response, with 2000 signatures to go.
The petition was created in ...
by walkingshark
19 comments
on Mon Jan 23, 2012 at 03:23 PM PST
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As of this moment, the USDOJ website at http://justice.gov as well as that of the Motion Picture Association of America (http://mpaa.org) appear to be down or at least severely impacted by an ...
by Shuksan Tahoma
190 comments
on Thu Jan 19, 2012 at 03:02 PM PST
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This entry will be updated over the course of the day.
As many of you are already aware (and the rest of you will likely be aware by the end of the day), the Stop Online Piracy Act and ...
by DaMadFiddler
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on Wed Jan 18, 2012 at 01:58 AM PST
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Straight from the files of "No one could have predicted...", the Orwellian-titled agency created in the aftermath of 9/11 to safeguard Americans from massive terrorist attacks has begun seizing web ...
by Troubadour
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on Fri Dec 09, 2011 at 10:02 PM PST
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Via Reuters:
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) continued a barrage of support for proposed online anti-piracy ...
by BreadGod
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on Fri Dec 02, 2011 at 09:40 AM PST
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Link here
President Barack Obama nominated former Recording Industry Association of America lawyer ...
by ffour
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on Tue Jan 25, 2011 at 11:11 AM PST
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The New York Times is reporting that the Immigration and Customs Service, a part of Homeland Security, ...
by Foxwizard
394 comments
on Sat Nov 27, 2010 at 07:07 PM PST
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When most people consume DVDs or Blue-ray discs, they get their little red Netflix envelope (or rent it from their local Blockbuster, assuming it's still in business), and they pop it in their ...
by tlo
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on Sun Sep 19, 2010 at 09:14 PM PDT
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Let me apologize, in advance, for a rant wholly bereft of hyperlinks.
It's widely accepted the Supreme Court will soon strike down the existing ban on certain forms of corporate-financed ...
by Generation 1960
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on Fri Sep 25, 2009 at 07:18 AM PDT
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The Obama administration is supporting the Recording Industry Association of America who won a $1.
by booksnmore4you
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on Sun Aug 30, 2009 at 10:52 AM PDT
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Recently, the RIAA won a ridiculous victory in a file-sharing case . An industry with ...
by jgkojak
25 comments
on Mon Jun 29, 2009 at 08:56 AM PDT
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