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Archive for 2011/08/05
American Airlines Adds Wireless Movies to All Its 767s
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Education / Awareness, New Business ModelsFrom time to time vendors (digital camera makers, smartphone suppliers etc) supply kit that comes pre-installed with malware: normally because production or testing machines are infected. It’s more difficult to fathom how an auto-direct to a malicious website was burned into a Cisco warranty CD
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Cybercrime, Education / AwarenessThe focus on enforcement first makes the copyright industries look lazy and backward-looking. But when you peel back all the arguments, only a tiny handful of cranks and obsessive nutters openly state that a creator’s rights should not be enforced online
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Blocking, Education / AwarenessSaying you support creators’ rights in principle but then recoiling in horror when they are exercised in practice is not a supportable, long-term position. It’s like saying you “support gay marriage” but want to forbid gay couples from ever getting married. So in short, I believe the copyright-holders are entitled to have some tools for enforcement, as a backstop, and these must include something far, far smarter than website-blocking.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/05/hargreaves_review_trouble_ahead/
We are examining The Daily’s use of a small unmanned aircraft to see if it was in accordance with FAA policies
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Education / AwarenessThe WASP’s compact computer may of particular interest to News Corporation since it is capable of sniffing Wi-Fi networks and intercepting mobile phone calls.
One of the first figures to plaster the internet with millions of spam messages before being driven underground has been criminally charged for hacking some 500,000 Facebook accounts, stealing their personal information, and sending 27 million unwanted advertisements
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, EnforcementNetflix hits 1 million subscribers in Canada
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reportsOn June 23, a network of web sites that were distributing fake antivirus software for Windows PCs and Macs suddenly went offline. Now we know why. The head of the company that processed payments for the group is behind bars in Russia
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, EnforcementMEGAUPLOAD: Since his convictions Kim has a clean record and under (Germany’s) Clean-Slate legislation his prior convictions have been wiped. Today Kim is married and the father of three young children. He has matured, learned from his past mistakes and is a successful businessman…Kim is one of many shareholders at Mega and not involved in most day-to-day business decisions
Posted: 2011/08/05 in Education / AwarenessDon’t believe it, argues Perfect 10′s lawyers. In the porn studio’s complaint, they wrote that Schmitz is all there is behind Megaupload. “Each of the entity defendants herein is the alter ego of Schmitz,” Perfect 10 said in a court filing. “Schmitz formed Megaupload for the specific purpose of engaging in the business of illegally storing, displaying, and distributing the intellectual property of others. On information and belief, Schmitz alone profits from the revenues derived from these entities.”
Much more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20087753-261/the-mystery-man-behind-megaupload-piracy-fight/
Previously:
The Mega-Money World Of MegaUpload
According to a recent report from New Zealand, Schmitz is currently under investigation for using multiple names to register three luxury cars including a Rolls-Royce Phantom convertible. The cars are adorned with personal plates – GOD, WANTED and GUILTY.
http://torrentfreak.com/the-mega-money-world-of-megaupload-100606/
