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Johnny Can’t Read, But He Knows Not to Pirate Software

Aunty must really be behind the times. Lots of dust on this old fossil, apparently. You see, Aunty thought that the purpose of sending our children to school was so that they could..you know..learn things. Things like how to read and write, how to string words together – properly –…

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Bit Torrent Gets Bit by a Torrent of DDos

There are people who don’t agree with peer-to-peer and other file-sharing networks, and then there are people who really don’t agree with peer-to-peer and other file-sharing networks. It would seem that someone in the latter category has taken umbrage with BitTorrent, and has taken it upon themselves to take BitTorrent…

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Audio Interview: File Sharing? The Justice Department Says That They Want to Know Who You Are

Phil Leigh’s “Inside Digital Media” is a place where, according to their site, “you can see and hear interviews with thought leaders in the Digital Media industries.”

And indeed that is just what they offer.

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Motion Picture Association Gets $23.8 Million Win Against Internet Movie Pirate

As Aunty reported to you all earlier this month here, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) is going on a lawsuit blitz, suing anyone they can get their hands on who has impermissibly downloaded even just one movie. This week it appears that their wide-dragging net caught a big fish, as…

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If You Have Ever Downloaded Even Just One Movie…

As they promised that they would, the Motion Picture Assocation of America (MPAA) and their members have filed hundreds of lawsuits this week against people who have downloaded, traded, or otherwise pirated commercial movies. Like their brethern in the Recording Industry Assocation of America (RIAA), who filed hundreds of lawsuits…

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Is BitTorrent Traffic Going to Bring Down the Internet?

A British web statistics analysis firm has said that file sharing program BitTorrent is responsible for an astonishing 35% of all traffic on the Internet right now. Leaving aside the question of how much of that massive activity involves the illegal swapping of files (BitTorrent, like Napster and Kazaa before…

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Download a Movie, Go to Jail – Motion Picture Association Gets Tough on Piracy

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s true, then the Recording Industry Association of America should be very flattered, as the Motion Picture Assocation is following suit (pun intended). And certainly this will make a criminal lawyer or two happy. Undaunted by a recent Federal…