A study involving thousands of French internet users has found that the country’s “three strikes” anti-piracy policies don’t actually curb piracy. Researchers from the universities of Delaware and Rennes looking into the impact of France’s Hadopi law — which threatened to cut off internet access for users found to have infringed copyright…
Center for Copyright Information: An Anti-piracy Measure That Makes Sense
About seven years ago, I read something online about a then-recent episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Overcome with the desire to watch the episode for myself, but without a subscription to HBO, I fired View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Czech Republic, Slovakia freeze anti-piracy pact
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said Monday his country would freeze plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after mounting off-and-online protests. View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Senate, House Put Brakes on Anti-Piracy Bills
Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, called off a scheduled vote on the online antipiracy bill that had rallied the World Wide Web and rocked Capitol Hill, and House leaders took steps to slow legislation as well. In the House, Representative Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who is chairman of…
Anonymous hackers attack anti-piracy groups
Cyber-activists attacked the websites of Finnish anti-piracy groups after a local internet service provider was forced to block access to a popular file-sharing website, officials said.Antti Kotilainen, a spokesman for… View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industries – SOPA and PROTECT IP would harm innovation.
In a time when the American economy needs to catalyze innovation to compete in a global marketplace, members of the United States Congress have advanced legislation that could cripple the Internet industry, damage cybersecurity and harm freedom of expression online. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full…