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Lord Mandelson Defends Plan to Disconnect UK File-Sharers

Lord Mandelson Defends Plan to Disconnect UK File-Sharers

Says providing customers with what they want is the best solution to fighting piracy, but in order to fully convince them they must be properly threatened.
It was about 2 weeks ago that UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, who heads the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), and whom ultimately is tasked with implementing the [...]

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Win a Flip HD Digital Recorder

Win a Flip HD Digital Recorder

In an attempt to promote the Zeropaid Facebook fan page, we are giving away a Flip HD Digital Recorder to the best video posted on our Facebook fan page.
The contest will run from July 15th through August 15th 2009.
The ZeroPaid Facebook fan page is an easy way to stay up to date on various topics [...]

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France’s Top Court Rules “Three-Strikes” Unconstitutional

France’s Top Court Rules “Three-Strikes” Unconstitutional

Finds that under the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man freedom of expression and communication are “prerequisite for democracy,” and being that the Internet is vital to both the right to access it must be protected.
It was almost a month ago that the French National Assembly defied the EU Parliament and passed [...]

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RIAA Says Lawsuits Against File-Sharers “Not About the Money”

RIAA Says Lawsuits Against File-Sharers “Not About the Money”

Calls legal campaign “fair and reasonable,” and insists that it lets courts and juries “decide the proper dollar amount.”
Sometimes people in this world are better off not saying anything at all when it comes to controversial issues and Steven Marks, general counsel for the RIAA, is just such a person.
Last Wednesday I reported on how [...]

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3 Judge Panel to Determine if Pirate Bay Trial Judge Biased

3 Judge Panel to Determine if Pirate Bay Trial Judge Biased

Replace Judge Ulrika Ihrfelt, a member of same pro-copyright group as original judge, Judge Tomas Norström, as it considers whether guilty verdict should be revisited for lack of impartiality.
The Swedish Court of Appeals has decided to replace the judge that was scheduled to hear Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay’s appeal of its recent [...]

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Introducing WolframAlpha, the “Computational Knowledge” Engine

Introducing WolframAlpha, the “Computational Knowledge” Engine

Actually calculates answers using “its own internal knowledge base, instead of searching the web and returning links.”
WolframAlpha is the first step of what its creators says is the long term goal to “make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.” The “computational knowledge engine” formulates solutions by doing computations “suing its own internal [...]

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STUDY: Swedish File-Sharing Down 20%

STUDY: Swedish File-Sharing Down 20%

Percent of of Swedes ages 15-59yo that have cut down or completely stopped.
The Swedish Association of Video Distributors (SVF) commissioned a survey of some 2,700 people asking what their file-sharing habits are now in comparison to before the April 1st passage of the controversial new copyright law that gave copyright holders the power to [...]

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Xbox 360 Giveaway Video

Xbox 360 Giveaway Video

Hey guys, the Xbox 360 has arrived for the participation contest! We unboxed it earlier and gave you another rundown on how to win:

Make sure to check out the contest details to see how you can win!

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Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement

Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement

It seems that every year, a high profile anti-piracy entity winds up being on the wrong end of a copyright violation – this year did not disappoint.
This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright debate. The CBC is reporting that French governing party as led by president Nicolas [...]

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Davenport Lyons Threatens to Sue Wikileaks Over Publication of Extortion Letter

Davenport Lyons Threatens to Sue Wikileaks Over Publication of Extortion Letter

Claims that the extortion letter is protected by copyright and cannot be posted online.
Late last year, Wikileaks obtained a copy of one of the extortion letters sent by the infamous law firm Davenport Lyons. The law firm, at the time, had been sending tens of thousands of these letters which threatened to take the [...]

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