Source:
http://www.art404.com/5million.html
http://www.art404.com/5million1terrabyte.pdf
http://torrentfreak.com/a-sculpture-of-pirated-files-110820/
Archive for 2011/08/21
The first major film studio that fully embraces the digital world, offers up all its content to Netflix, supports Facebook rentals, and doubles down on all other digital options will be the company that dominates the movie business for years to come. All others will be left wondering why they didn’t make the first move
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / AwarenessPirated Movies Appear Again on YouTube, Including Fast 5, Scream 4, Kung Fu Panda 2, Black Hawk Down
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Google, Illegal File SharingSo-called “cammed” versions of recent movies Fast Five and Scream 4, together with at least twenty-five other feature films, have made it past Google’s anti-piracy technology and onto YouTube.
The available movies seem to prove that Google’s decision to eliminate upload time limits for trusted usersmay have backfired, with certain users uploading several films along with more innocuous videos. It may also weaken Google’s relationship with Hollywood, which has strengthened in the past months. Google recently added top-tier movie rentals along with 20,000 licensed movie clips.
Facebook Spam Filter Blocks Activists’ Posts
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, FilteringThe Pentagon is exploring whether to expand a pilot program that protects the networks of defense contractors to include other companies, and even those in industries that serve mainly civilians. But some private sector officials are not sure that the Defense Department should lead the effort
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicySpeaking at a conference in Baltimore this week, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said that the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cyber Pilot, which currently involves 20 large defense companies, is already showing signs of success. It relies on classified threat “signatures” or data that can help detect malicious code before it penetrates a network.
VyprVPN, says Golden Frog CTO Phil Molter, provides VPN on a personal level – an individual account, with a sign-up that works across a variety of devices (computer, tablet, mobile). It’s a monthly-subscription service, without a contract, that lets the user choose the location they want to use as their proxy
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionOne of the developments that led to what Golden Frog sees as the opportunity around a personal VPN is the debate around net neutrality, and the revelations about some of the deep packet inspection going on within ISPs. The company thinks users, equipped with the knowledge that unencrypted transmissions are potentially going to be looked at, will be looking for ways to encrypt those communications.
If someone runs Netflix through a wirelessly connected tablet or smartphone (as opposed to streaming across Wi-Fi), the wireless carrier is going to love that because sooner or later the user is going to exceed his or her mobile broadband data cap and thus produce greater revenues for the telecom carrier
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / Awareness, Mobile techPresident Obama carries his own Verizon cell towers with him
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / AwarenessGoogle+ pins ‘verification badges’ on users
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business ModelsApple notes that it will be phasing out access to the unique device identifier, or UDID, on iOS devices such as iPhones and iPads – This is a big deal, especially for any mobile ad networks, game networks or any app which relies on the UDID to identify users
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data ProtectionDaniel Domscheit-Berg has deleted thousands of secret documents according to WikiLeaks
Posted: 2011/08/21 in Education / AwarenessGerman language article:
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/0,1518,781458,00.html
