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Apple iPhone News and App Reviews - iFones.com | December 17th 2009 by Bruce Marler
Filed under: Gaming, iPhone, App Store TriplePoint PR's site has a post on their blog about Orbital [iTunes Link], an iPhone game released a while back that I presume is one of their clients. Obviously, they've done their job: we're talking about the read more
Arrest made in ‘Wolverine’ piracy case
Nerdvana | December 16th 2009 by Jayson Peters
The FBI has made an arrest in their pursuit of the mutant who uploaded a rough cut of X-Men Origins: Wolverine to the Web earlier this year. According to CNET News, agents arrested 47-year-old Gilberto Sanchez without incident early this morning in t read more
Congress OKs $30M in Anti-Piracy Resources
GamePolitics | December 16th 2009
The funds include $20.0 million in state and local grants to further the use of high technology in order to thwart Internet piracy, $8.0 million for the FBI to use to hire new agents and $2.0 million for Department of Justice IP prosecutions.The Holl read more
Microsoft fined $16000 for suing Indian software pirates : weird…
Etiole | December 16th 2009 by monik kinom
India is a country where anything can happen. I really did mean “anything”. Software piracy if on fifth gear in India and the main targets are obviously Microsoft products. Microsoft isn’t happy with them at all. Recently it filed read more
Piracy Summit
The Classic Liberal Blog | December 15th 2009 by theCL
Joe Biden to the rescue! Of Hollywood, that is. Biden Convenes ‘Piracy Summit’ That Appears To Be Entirely One-Sided Vice President Joe Biden has long been known to be a supporter of Hollywood when it comes to making copyright laws more read more
Wanna slap a fine? Get Fined first, son.
Fabworker | December 15th 2009 by Keshav Khera
The Delhi High Court has fined Microsoft for harassing alleged software pirates by taking them to court in the national capitol, instead of the cities where the crimes had supposedly occurred. According to the ruling, using money as a power tool is read more
Microsoft Fined In India For Using “Money Power” Against Pira…
TimeSmiter.com | Thy smiter of time... | December 14th 2009 by Alex
A interesting article from Slashdot/India times. The Delhi High Court has found Microsoft guilty of using money and influence to make it expensive to defend against piracy cases. According to the judge, ‘When the constitution of India provides read more
Imax vs. China
Upper Middle Brow | December 13th 2009 by nick zieminski
Imax is looking to expand in China, according to a Reuters story, but the moviegoing tradition there does not seem to have very deep roots. The capitalists will of course blame piracy first, but the tradition of going to the movie read more
One of the biggest Torrent trackers Demonoid returns online
Avinashtech | December 13th 2009 by Avinash
Few months back, One of the biggest Torrent trackers Demonoid went down fueling speculation of its downfall finally due to pressure from anti-piracy groups. Even though, on the front page of Demonoid the message was displayed during this whole downt read more
ZOMG I'm pirating musics!
Keep Away From The Cyanide | December 13th 2009 by mihir
Since all the torrent trackers are goin down one by one... here's a new neat way to share your music.How ? This is how:Click here for imageEasy. Save the image to your PC. Open it up in Photoshop. Save as a RAW file with 0 header and same dimensions. read more
Piracy Driving Up Shipping Costs - Africa's Dangerous Waters
Boating Safety Law and News | December 12th 2009
While almost all the attention on and, hence, resources for combating piracy in African waters have of late been focused almost exclusively on the waters off the Somali coastline (see my most recent report on the "Return of the Somali Pirates"), a bl read more
North African patrol extended as pirates steal watch
Retro Yakking - Complaints of a Northerner | December 12th 2009 by Dan Farrimond
With piracy of the high seas off the coast of Somalia on the rapid increase, the British admiral in charge of an EU flotilla of anti-piracy vessels is considering an extension of their patrol area. No, the ships, not the pirates. Rear Admiral Peter H read more
Embrace The Piracy
Marketing Man | December 11th 2009 by Brook Johnston
I’m finding it very irritating when large production companies and media networks make it their life’s goal to remove all “illegal”content that people post on Youtube. Why waste all the time and resources to slam these etherw read more
Massive Bittorrent Site Closures in China
Techwag | December 10th 2009 by Dan Morrill
Image via Wikipedia The Chinese government has been busily shutting down Bittorrent sharing sites over the last 10 days causing a rush to download across China according to Sina. The rush to download has degraded Bittorrent services with the r read more
Why is piracy in Australia so rife?
Fighting for Nippon! | December 10th 2009 by Dazza Harding
Wherever you look in Australia, people are plundering TV shows and movies from the high seas, well, in this case, the internet. Australia has been said to be the biggest pirate in all the lands, and it’s crew of clever teenagers and spiteful read more
Nintendo appealing French flash cart ruling
mitigating height small partners warming | December 10th 2009 by haethowine
A Paris criminal court recently ruled in favor of Divineo, a company that sells DS flash carts. In a statement, Nintendo said that it was "extremely disappointed with the decision by Paris Criminal Court to find Max Louarn, his company, Divineo, and read more
Microsoft and Google to appear in court?
Openbytes | December 9th 2009
Dictionary definition: Bing - Noun, a heap or a pile. and maybe proof that as far as Microsoft is concerned the dictionary definition of Bing has never been more apt? Yes, its another file sharing topic! Its being reported today that Microsoft and read more
I couldn’t have said it better myself
maxpagels.com: quality hypertext | December 9th 2009
EA’s John Riccitiello: I believe in the artistry of the people who build [the games industry.] I profoundly believe that. And when you steal from us, you steal from them. read more
Broken: On Piracy and Metrowalk Bazaar.
Pop Thug | December 9th 2009 by Judd Sta. Maria
Metrowalk Christmas lamp shit. The Metrowalk Bazaar caters to all pirates of all shapes and sizes. If there’s new software you want but you don’t have the cash to buy original (and too lazy to download it via torrent), Metrowalk Bazaar pr read more
Reaping what they sow: Canadian record industry faces potential $…
Mr | December 8th 2009
Oh dear, oh dear. How utterly delightful! It seems that the major members of the Canadian Recording Industry Association have been a bit hypocritical over the last… oh, 20 years. It seems they’ve included… Related posts:CRIA Face read more
Converse: Standing Out in a World of Replicas
Not Just Banner Ads | December 8th 2009 by Not Just Banner Ads - Philippine Online Success Stories and Case Studies
In a world dominated by mass production as a key defining feature of the modern and post-modern era, duplication seems to be way to go. The market is proliferated with goods and services that seem to just be different variations of each other. Pirate read more
The Invisible Hook
Turbulence Ahead | December 7th 2009 by Gerard O'Neill
Markets abhor a vacuum, which is one reason why piracy is doing so well these days. Did you know that:Somali pirates have established a stock exchange in Haradheere to raise capital to fund their piracy. It seems to be quite an enterprise. Financie read more
Sherman Alexie – A Study in Misunderstanding
Fiction Matters - News, Tips, and Tools for Writers | December 7th 2009 by P. Bradley Robb
Last week I was reveling in having the television and Internet hooked up in my new apartment, and settling down to read some RSS feeds while watching The Colbert Report as author Sherman Alexie was scheduled to be on. Alexie was an eye-opener, but no read more
LGJ: IP Police, Arrest this man, He talks in torrents
Law of the Game | December 7th 2009 by Mark Methenitis
This week's LGJ goes into the reported 'Pirate Finder General' in the UK and what could follow in the US.Read on!Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for educational and inf read more
Piracy, Early Adoption, and Eventual Sale
Johntron Speaks - Software Development as Portrayed by John… | December 7th 2009 by John Syrinek
I think about piracy – a lot. I feel most people are honest and are willing to pay for good products, but sometimes they turn to piracy. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing for business. read more
Dr. Popp et la disquette Sida. Sociologie d’une affaire hacker…
BodySpaceSociety | December 6th 2009 by AACasilli
Auteur : Antonio A. CASILLI (Centre Edgar-Morin, EHESS, Paris) [1] Un savant fou. Un virus mortel. Du sexe. Des gadgets électroniques à la mode. Tous les ingrédients pour un grand feuilleton sont réunis. Il y a exactement vingt ans, éclate l’a read more
The "People" Want "Balibo" Banned...
The RAB Experience | December 6th 2009 by Rob Baiton
It was hardly surprising that the Indonesian Censorship Board (Lembaga Sensor Film / LSF) slapped a ban on the film Balibo. The film tells the story of five journalists killed in Balibo while covering the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. It also te read more
TV vs. Streaming Online Content
T3ch H3lp | December 5th 2009 by Brandon Davenport
Do you watch tv regularly? How about cable? I tend to think that cable falls upon blind eyes nowadays since I don't really know anyone who takes cable tv seriously anymore. The only good stuff is on the primetime networks, and they post most of the read more
TV vs. Streaming Online Content
T3ch H3lp | December 5th 2009 by Brandon Davenport
Do you watch tv regularly? How about cable? I tend to think that cable falls upon blind eyes nowadays since I don't really know anyone who takes cable tv seriously anymore. The only good stuff is on the primetime networks, and they post most of the read more
Nos premieres impressions sur Panda Antivirus Pro 2010
Le blog qui dit tout des mobiles Gsm Chinois | December 4th 2009 by Blog Gsm Chinois
Panda Antivirus Pro 2010 a beaucoup de choses a offrir cette année 2010. Les précédentes versions de Panda Antivirus ont été moins que stellaire, et parfois franchement mauvais. Mais nous avons étudié cette version 2010 et avons jugé que read more
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