RIAA largely succeeds in goal of bringing piracy under control – but that seems scarcely compatible with Sherman’s comments that the industry is being subjected to rampant theft, unless “controlled rampant theft” is something the RIAA associates with a successful outcome to an anti-piracy campaign
http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-piracy-is-under-control-but-wait-rampant-theft-continues-111202/
As we grew up, we normalised free content. Arguably, perhaps we internally normalised, if not moralised, piracy
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/have-we-raised-a-generation-of-pirates/13408
The data, which gets downloaded from consumers’ phones roughly once a day, is encrypted during transit and also provided to carriers to enhance the “user experience”
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/carrier-iq-data-vacuum/
Most social media tools are commercial firms with services developed and deployed as commodities that circulate solely as a means to capture surplus value and thus provide a return on investment for shareholders
http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/12/facebook-and-twitter-arent-pro-revolution-professor-says/
The judge noted that Kino.to was all about making money. 2.5 million EUR has been confiscated. This 33-year-old was a co-conspirator. The main suspect, a 38-year-old, has yet to appear before the judge. A total of 13 arrests have been made in relation to Kino.to.
German language news article:
http://heise-online.mobi/newsticker/meldung/Haftstrafe-fuer-Mitarbeit-an-Filmportal-kino-to-1389294.html
