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alt.blocked: Verizon blocks access to whole USENET hierarchy arstechnica.com — Verizon has released details of the agreement it and other ISPs signed last week to block access to Usenet groups that have been caught trafficking child pornography. Instead of simply blocking the handful of offending groups, however, Verizon has decided to enforce a blanket ban on what could be tens of thousands of completely innocent groups. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Technology |
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Warrantless Wiretap 'Compromise' Really Just A Get Out Of Jail Free Card From The President techdirt.com — We've been following the ridiculous attempts by the administration to protect telcos who most likely broke the law in supplying warrantless wiretaps by trying to get "immunity" included in the new FISA bill. As we've pointed out, this makes absolutely no sense. If the administration or the telcos (or both) broke the law -- then that issue should be explored. Granting anyone immunity from even being tried for breaking the law doesn't seem appropriate. If there were special circumstances that explain why the telcos or the administration broke the law, why not at least have them come out in court rather than sweeping them all under the rug? More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Government, Technology |
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Governments step up blogger arrests arstechnica.com — More bloggers than ever are being arrested around the world, highlighting the dangers of citizen journalism, according to a new report from the University of Washington. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Humanity, Technology |
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Senator Attacks Solar Energy Industry redgreenandblue.org — In a blistering attack, Nevada’s Republican senator John Ensign has launched an offensive against solar energy lobbyists, ahead of a crucial vote on renewable energy tax credits. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Politics, Technology |
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Recording Industry Now Making Up Facts To Support Having ISPs Police File Sharing techdirt.com — A whole bunch of folks have sent in the "debate" that was held on the BBC website last week, starting with regular columnist Bill Thompson trashing Virgin Media, a UK-based broadband provider, for agreeing to send out warning "notices" to folks that the entertainment industry claims are file sharing. Thompson explains that he's been known to use BitTorrent to get a copy of a TV show he missed on TV and forgot to record on his DVR, wondering why this should be a problem. He also mentions: "Evidence that heavy downloaders are also heavy music purchasers doesn't seem to have made any difference to the BPI's approach either, and instead of finding new business models they hold on to the old ways of working." More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |
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Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic biz.yahoo.com — Time Warner, Comcast and AT&T are all planning on moving forward with new tiers for internet use. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Technology |
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Sessler's Soapbox is Tired of the Bigots on Xbox Live news.filefront.com — For this week’s Sessler’s Soapbox, Adam Sessler brings up an issue that’s old, but still unfortunately valid. That is, he, like many people, is fed up with the amount of racist and homophobic talk on Xbox Live. As he points out, the situation is just getting uglier all the time. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Humanity, Technology |
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RIAA doubles settlement cost for students fighting subpoenas arstechnica.com — Ars has the details on an RIAA strategy to double the cost of settling copyright infringement suits for students who try to quash the group's subpoenas in court. In a nutshell: settle early, pay $3,000; try to quash the subpoena and the settlement cost rises to $8,000. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Humanity, Technology |
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Football gamers sue EA - "blatantly anticompetitive conduct" www.bizjournals.com — "Electronic Arts could have continued to compete by offering a lower price and/or a higher quality product," the suit said. "Instead, Electronic Arts quickly entered into a series of exclusive agreements with the only viable sports football associations in the United States: the National Football League, the Arena Football League, and NCAA Football More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Sports, Technology |
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Viacom Demands YouTube Take Down Viral Video Made By Viacom techdirt.com — We know that Viacom really dislikes YouTube, but it seems to have taken that hatred a bit beyond reasonable (assuming you don't already consider its $1 billion lawsuit unreasonable). For the MTV Movie Awards (MTV being a Viacom property), Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. made a "spoof" viral video to try to get attention for their upcoming comedy movie, Tropic Thunder. The clip was well done, and clearly recognized all the key ingredients to make a viral video a winner. So what happens with a viral video? Well, it gets sent around and, most likely, gets placed on YouTube. So, what does Viacom do? Well, thanks to reader Cannen for pointing out the news that Viacom sent a takedown notice to YouTube. MIT's YouTomb project is tracking the takedown. It makes you wonder if Viacom is so blinded by its hatred of YouTube that it missed the point of a viral video being that it be allowed to be... you know... viral. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |