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Fight Back: Speak Out Against ACTA, Sign the Petition

Learn more about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and sign the petition against it. If you don't know what the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is please see this: [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW26CwhcR8[/embed] ACTA can be more dangerous ...

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Emergency IP Lists Emerging in Event SOPA Passes

SOPA is getting one step closer towards final passage. This has many users nervous. Now, it seems, a very predictable development is occurring, users are generating IP address ...


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Opinion – What SOPA Means for a Non-US Citizen

SOPA heads for a vote tomorrow. There's no question what kind of damage it could do to internet companies, users of the internet, jobs and the economy within the ...

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French Report – Legal Punishment for Filesharing as Severe as Manslaughter

One of the criticisms of copyright laws has, for some time, been that the punishment is far too severe for the crime being committed. This debate is nothing new ...

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Man Sued for Linking to Freeware

A man from the Netherlands is being sued by RealNetworks for linking to a freeware application. The application, RealAlternative, is considered by some to be a competitive product to ...


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A Response to Don Henley on the PROTECT IP Act

It almost sounds silly that someone could possibly salvage the PROTECT IP Act at this point in time. Still, that doesn't stop some people from trying to pass off ...

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Clarifying the Possible Canadian Surveillance Legislation

A report has surfaced that has received a fair bit of attention. The report suggests that Canada is facing a piece of internet surveillance legislation that would pretty much ...

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Porn Industry Sues the Blind

He's one of thousands in the lawsuit campaign against file-sharers, but he seems to be an unlikely candidate. He's legally blind and too busy with his personal life to ...

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Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Creating a Riot Facebook Page

The UK riots these days is marked by several high profile arrests. Now, the UK justice system is no doubt jam packed with riot cases in the midst of ...

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Opposition to Canada’s Impending Surveillance Legislation Grows

The Canadian governing party - the Conservatives - are planning an omnibus crime bill that would include surveillance legislation. While the bill is not yet tabled, opposition to this ...

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Contents of the Brazilian Government Data Leak Being Translated to English

Previously, we reported on Anonymous exposing corruption by posting nearly 5GB of Brazilian government content to BitTorrent filesharing website, ThePirateBay. Now, there is an interesting new effort ...

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NZ Government Faces Disconnection As a Result of Three Strikes Law

With New Zealand three strikes law in place, some might wonder who could be one of the first victims might be. It turns out that it could be none ...

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8 Technical Methods That Make the PROTECT IP Act Useless

We've been running a series of guides that show just how easy it is to bi-pass general DNS censorship. It's general DNS censorship that has been proposed in the ...

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Judge Slashes Jammie Thomas Fine to $54,000

The case is at least 4 years old now, but that doesn't mean it's over. Jammie Thomas trial was described as a "first of its kind" trials where a ...

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FBI Executes Warrants, Allegedly Arrests Members of Anonymous in US

Reports are surfacing that suggests that the FBI has executed a massive sweep across the United States, allegedly arresting members of hacking group "Anonymous". While one name was released ...

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PROTECT IP Would Destabilize Internet Security, Consultants Warn

We've already heard from law professors who disapprove of the PROTECT IP act, now security experts are also lining up to oppose the PROTECT IP act for the ...

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School Teacher Could Take HADOPI to Court Over False Accusations

He is a 54 year old school teacher. He is also one of the first number of people to receive multiple notices from HADOPI for copyright infringement. He ...

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AFACT Accused of Extorting ISPs to Import Three Strikes Law to Australia

Some interesting things coming out of Australia this week. It seems that AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) is attempting to pressure ISPs into implementing a three strikes law ...

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NZ – AFACT Demanding That ISPs Should Pay for Enforcing Three Strikes Law

New Zealand is one of the countries that have the oppressive three strikes law. It hasn't taken effect yet, but AFACT, a local copyright lobby, is demanding that ISPs ...

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Assessing America’s ’6 Strike’ Regime

There's been rumblings for a while for the US to have it's own 3 strike law, but many thought that it wouldn't happen given the implications. Much to the ...

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