RIAA & MPAA Threaten 40 Universities
THE Recording and Motion Picture Industries have sent letters, ‘informing’, 40 different Universitites, within 25 states, of the alleged file-trading going on between students on the schools’ Local Area Networks (LANs) and the possible consequences of such activity.
Unlike the typical monthly rounds of RIAA lawsuits against P2P users for the alleged, “copying and re-distributing of [...]
Top Azureus Plugins Revealed
One of the coolest features about Azureus is the fact that has so many plugins available as compared to other BitTorrent software for one to download and use. Being that there are so many, and that obviously those just getting started may rightly be intimidated by the prospect, I have taken the time to go [...]
Canadian Artists Unite Against the RIAA
The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) has been attempting to turn Canada into an America, where they could get any legislation passed they wish, sue Canadians for filesharing and dictate Internet technology the way the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has (and contiues to do) in the United States.
In response to this, and response [...]
Democrats lose House vote on Net neutrality
A hotly contested Democratic bid to enshrine extensive Net neutrality regulations in the law books failed Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives.
By a 34-22 vote, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee rejected a Democratic-backed Net neutrality amendment that also enjoyed support from Internet and software companies including Microsoft, Amazon.com and Google.
French rival to Google
The French president, Jacques Chirac, yesterday unveiled what he hopes will be his great legacy to France’s struggle against the global dominance of the US: a series of technological projects including a European search engine to rival Google.
Mr Chirac, who walked out of an EU summit last month when a fellow Frenchman committed the grave [...]
Limewire and Java – Why?
I like to use this column to write about some newsworthy happening or disturbing trend. It lets me write to a captive audience about things that move me. Today, I deviate from the standard format. Today, I need to vent my frustrations about the Limewire team’s choice of Java as a programming language.
I’ll begin by [...]
Sen. Feinstein for RIAA & MPAA in 2006, Not Consumers
Senator Diane Feinstein (D), California, will be running for re-election in the fall of this year. Her win should be considered a threat to P2P users, as well as anyone wishing to protect privacy rights and online first ammendment rights.
The Democratic Senator commented on P2P Technology after the Hollywood victory in MGM vs. Grokster supreme [...]
RIAA Files 235 More Lawsuits
While the effectiveness of lawsuits against American consumers has been long and thoroughly debated without definitive end, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) has announced a continued campaign regardless. It has been reported today that the RIAA has filed 235 more lawsuits against alleged copyright infringers.
Full Story: http://slyck.com/news.php?story=1158
New Technology May Force TV Ad Viewing
In this era of easy ad skipping with TiVo-like video recorders, could television viewers one day be forced to watch commercials with a system that prevents channel switching?
Yes, according to Royal Philips Electronics. A patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says researchers of the Netherland-based consumer electronics company have created a technology [...]
Microsoft & AutoDesk Guilty of ‘Piracy’
According to itnews.com a court ruling today demands defendants Microsoft and Autodesk to pay a total of $133 million to programmer, David Colvin, founder of z4 Technologies.
The suit was over Microsoft and Autodesk using patent-protected anti-piracy technologies on their software.
“While we are disappointed with this verdict, we continue to contend that there was no infringement [...]
