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Netizens in torment over torrent sites takedown
Why this ‘Kolaveri di' over torrent websites, wondered computer geeks across the country as they woke up on Thursday morning to a rude shock – the popular sites sites for downloading movies, shows and songs had been blocked.
www.thehindubusinessline.com
The mistake advertisers are making now
Advertisers on "rogue" sites offering illicit, copyrighted material aren't the kind that tend to follow best practices.
tech.fortune.cnn.com
Hollywood and Wal-Mart: Keeping Their Fingers in the Dike
Streaming Media editor Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen is understandably exasperated by Hollywood's latest "deal" to preserve copy protection for DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs--even as sales figures suggest they should do exactly the opposite. In a time when the music industry has abandoned copy protection, the movie industry is doubling down?begrudgingly admitting that, yes, you bought that movie on optical ...
www.forbes.com
Why Blocking The Pirate Bay is Not the Solution
Illegal file-sharing sites are costing the music and film industries billions of pounds in lost revenue, but is blocking these sites the solution?
uk.ibtimes.com
Comcast drops 250 gigabyte limit, tests new options - Thu, 17 May 2012 PST
Uncertain when tests will be conducted in Washington
www.spokesman.com
British ISPs forced to block The Pirate Bay
Britain's High Court has ordered the country's internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
The Avengers: theaters bank on the midnight mania of diehard fans
As the film industry continues to struggle with ways to fend off piracy, theaters rely increasingly on fans desperate to see it first It wouldn't have been enough for Nathan Owens simply to show up at the movies at midnight, despite having to be at his warehouse shift at 9am the next day. Owens, 21, had to get dressed up in full Captain America regalia, all in preparation to see The Avengers ...
www.guardian.co.uk
All Dutch internet firms must block access to The Pirate Bay: court
Dutch internet service providers KPN, Tele2, UPC, T-Mobile and Telfort have been ordered by a court in The Hague to block access to file-sharing website site The Pirate Bay.
www.dutchnews.nl
Unpacking the MegaUpload mega-conspiracy theories
Secrecy, drama and chaos surround the DOJ's over-the-top takedown of "cyberlocker" MegaUpload and eccentric CEO Kim Dotcom. Here's my guide to two prominent conspiracy theories and where they fall short. Originally posted at News - Internet & Media
news.cnet.com
Dutch Party Barred From Helping People Skirt Pirate Bay Web Blockade
A court in The Hague has ruled that ISPs must block access to The Pirate Bay and that the Pirate Party has to stop publishing not only instructions on how to circumvent those blocks, but links to instructions, as well.
www.eweek.com
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