Data retention has cropped up from time to time. This time, we’re noticing its appearance in Australia where it apparently hit a roadblock recently. The terms of the data retention policy has reportedly been knocked back. Back in 2010, we noted that Europe was deemed unlawful, striking a major blow to proponents of data retention at the ISP level.
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Law Professors Question the Constitutionality of ACTA
Things are becoming not so bright for the pervasive, yet secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Faulty Google Result Caused Suspect Google Buying 4Chan Story?
A curious news story recently surfaced about Google possibly buying a well known website 4Chan. We did some digging into this to get to the bottom of this and found that this may have been the result of a faulty Google news result.
What Filesharing Studies Really Say – Part 17 – Culture and Ethics of FileSharing
We are now on the final three studies in our series of file-sharing studies we are reviewing. If you can believe it, one study even touched on philosophy, psychology and ethics of the average file-sharer. So, we’ll, once again, get another interesting and unique look at file-sharing.
Pandora Enhancer: Remove Ads, Customize Layout, and Control Music Playback from Desktop
Chrome extension removes most of Pandora’s advertisements, allows users to customize parts of the layout, creates a Pandora music player desktop window for playback control, scrobbles music to Last.fm, and more.
Breaking News: The Pirate Bay DDOS Attacker Revealed
We’ve been following the news of the DDOS attack on Swedish BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay and Wikileaks. Now, ZeroPaid has finally learned who was behind the attack. We have some news just breaking right now.
Guides & How To's
Top 7 Mac Anti-Virus Software Packages
A list of Mac anti-virus software that will protect your machine and your data from the dark side of the internet. Mac computers were once thought to be immune from any virus or malware-related activity.
iPad Maintenance Tips
Keep your device clean and mean with these easy iPad maintenance tips. If you’ve dropped a few hundred dollars on a new iPad, you’ll want to make sure it lasts as long as possible.
How to Bypass ISP Filters and Access The Pirate Bay in the UK
Guide to circumventing the country’s High Court ruling ordering IPS to block Swedish BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay.
How to Upload Music to Google Play
Take advantage of Google’s free music hosting service and store up to 20,000 songs in the cloud so that you can access them anywhere, anytime with anyone. Ever since musical went digital way back in 1999, access and portability have been the biggest issues for music fans.
Introduction to Port Forwarding
Guide to opening up a port ports on your router to allow P2P and file-sharing programs like BitTorrent to function properly.
Apps & Mobile
Anonymous Web Browsing with “Hide My Ass!” Chrome Extension
Official HMA! Web Proxy extension for Chrome allows easy switch to secure, anonymous web browsing. With varying degrees of online censorship making the rounds around the world it’s important for Internet users to have the means to be able to access content in spite of it.
Secret Notes: Password Protected Post-It Notes, Task reminders
FREE program keeps your ideas, thoughts, and task reminders private and safe with password protection and industry-grade encryption.
Top 6 iPad Games
6 iPad games designed to help you take a break from reality. With the iPad 3’s higher processing power and sparkly retina display, iPad games take on a whole new visual dimension. This list of free and paid games helps you kick back, relax and make the most of what the iPad has to offer.
Socialcam: Free iPhone App for Sharing Videos
Socialcam is a free and easy way to make and share videos with family and friends via Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, text(SMS), and Email from your iPhone; customize by adding themes, soundtracks, and video filters. Socialcam is popular, free iPhone app for sharing videos with family and friends.
Top 5 iPhone Podcast Apps
5 iPhone podcast apps to improve your listening experience. With the iOS 5 update changing the iPhone’s audio player to one that is designed specifically for music, many users have been left looking for more podcast-friendly options.
BitTorrent
Breaking News: The Pirate Bay DDOS Attacker Revealed
We’ve been following the news of the DDOS attack on Swedish BitTorrent website The Pirate Bay and Wikileaks. Now, ZeroPaid has finally learned who was behind the attack. We have some news just breaking right now.
TPB Saga Continues: Pirate Bay and Wikileaks Struck by Mystery DDoS Attacks
TPB and Wikileaks come under fire from a DDoS – but who is the attacker? Pirate Bay and Wikileaks have fallen foul of DDoS attacks, according to CNet and its sister site, ZDNet. The file-sharing website was inaccessible to UK users for the best part of 24 hours over Tuesday and Wednesday.
MPAA Calls Censorship ‘Good News’ for Consumers
We’ve been following the dramatic censorship news from Europe as of the last few weeks. So has the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). In a blog posting, the MPAA celebrated the recent developments in Internet censorship as “good news” for consumers.
What Filesharing Studies Really Say – Part 10 – Filesharing’s Growing Popularity
We have moved into the second half of our long-running series of what file-sharing studies really say.
What Filesharing Studies Really Say – Part 9 – ‘Graduated Response’ Laws Failed to Strike a Balance
Our series of what file-sharing studies are really saying has revealed a lot of telling information. With an incredible amount of information unearthed by this exercise so far, we can now inform you that we have only arrived at the half-way mark in our long-running series.
Gadgets & Technology
Australian Data Retention Stalls
Data retention has cropped up from time to time. This time, we’re noticing its appearance in Australia where it apparently hit a roadblock recently. The terms of the data retention policy has reportedly been knocked back.
Top 7 Mac Anti-Virus Software Packages
A list of Mac anti-virus software that will protect your machine and your data from the dark side of the internet. Mac computers were once thought to be immune from any virus or malware-related activity.
Law Professors Question the Constitutionality of ACTA
Things are becoming not so bright for the pervasive, yet secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Faulty Google Result Caused Suspect Google Buying 4Chan Story?
A curious news story recently surfaced about Google possibly buying a well known website 4Chan. We did some digging into this to get to the bottom of this and found that this may have been the result of a faulty Google news result.
The Pirate Bay, Wikileaks Under DDOS Attack, Source Unclear
If you’ve been having problems accessing either The Pirate Bay or Wikileaks recently, you’re not alone. It turns out, both websites have been hit with a DDOS attack. While there is work on getting the websites back up and running, who exactly is behind the attacks remain unclear.
Music
What Filesharing Studies Really Say – Part 17 – Culture and Ethics of FileSharing
We are now on the final three studies in our series of file-sharing studies we are reviewing. If you can believe it, one study even touched on philosophy, psychology and ethics of the average file-sharer. So, we’ll, once again, get another interesting and unique look at file-sharing.
Pandora Enhancer: Remove Ads, Customize Layout, and Control Music Playback from Desktop
Chrome extension removes most of Pandora’s advertisements, allows users to customize parts of the layout, creates a Pandora music player desktop window for playback control, scrobbles music to Last.fm, and more.
Joel Tenenbaum Takes His File-Sharing Case to the Supreme Court
Joel Tenenbaum, one of the first two file-sharers who took their fight with the RIAA to court has taken his case all the way up to the Supreme court. While his guilt is not legally in question, the amount he owes in damages certainly is.
What Filesharing Studies Really Say – Part 15 – People Who Download Buy More
We are now well into the final stretch of our long-running series of what file-sharing studies really have to say. In our fifth to last study of the series, we cover a study that found that people who download copyrighted material also purchased more music legally.
What Filesharing Studies Really Say – Part 14 – File-Sharing Litigation Never Worked In Asia Either
In the previous study we covered here on ZeroPaid, we saw an interesting point that lowering prices is, perhaps, the best way to attract customers as noted in Korea. That study wasn’t the only one conducted in that region.
