Archive for 2011/12/12

Dutch Collecting Society BUMA / STEMRA Accused Of Downloading Pirated Content. Proof Obtained Via YouHaveDownloaded.com

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Illegal File Sharing

Youhavedownloaded.com ties IP addresses to files downloaded via BitTorrent. Internet users have entered IP addresses belonging to the BUMA / STEMRA collecting society and many other organizations. BUMA is being accused of downloading the HBO series “Entourage” as well as the computer game Battlefield 3.

Dutch language news article:
http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2011/12/onthullend_dit_downloadt_neder.html

BUMA STEMRA denies the accusations, argues that its IP addresses have been spoofed. Dutch political party The Green however, is expected to raise this issue during political discussions. Dutch blog Geenstijl.nl meanwhile is debunking the spoofing explanation.

Dutch language news article:
http://www.geenstijl.nl/mt/archieven/2011/12/bumastemra_hackers_spoofen_onz.html

A man described as the main administrator of movie streaming portal Kino.to has been sentenced to 3 years in jail for criminal copyright infringement

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Illegal File Sharing, Jurisprudence

http://torrentfreak.com/kino-to-main-admin-sentenced-to-3-years-in-jail-111211/

Oil cyber-attacks could cost lives, Shell warns

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16137573

Dutch parliament will block ACTA if Minister responsible doesn’t disclose what ACTA is about

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Legislation

Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108855/d66–verhagen-mag-niet-beslissen-over-acta.html

Previously:
http://vrritti.com/?s=acta

 

DARPA gives Raytheon $13.4 million to build thermal cameras for smartphones

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/10/2625400/darpa-gives-raytheon-13-4-million-to-build-thermal-cameras-for

96% of Congressmen Agree: Bad Legislation Is Easier To Craft In Secret

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111211/01563717032/96-congressmen-agree-bad-legislation-is-easier-to-craft-secret.shtml

Global BlackBerry web filter vow to block child abuse sites

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/12/blackberry_filters/

What Other Websites Is The US Government Secretly Censoring?

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111211/16151017033/what-other-websites-is-us-government-secretly-censoring.shtml

Facebook’s IPO will create over 1,000 millionaires

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebooks-ipo-will-create-over-1000-millionaires/5997

71 percent of merchants who entered the study were found to store unencrypted payment card data in 2011, which is an increase of 8 percent since 2010

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/study-finds-8-percent-increase-of-unencrypted-cards-since-2010-135251303.html

Russian cyber-criminals have hacked into the computer systems of US wholesale group Restaurant Depot and stolen hundreds of thousands of credit and debit card details

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=23243

‘Minority Report’ gestural computing pretty much here

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/minority-report-gestural-computing-pretty-much-here/3050

After Facebook and Google respond, IT minister backtracks on pre-screening content

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/india/after-facebook-and-google-respond-it-minister-backtracks-on-pre-screening-content/801

YouTube launches education-only option for teachers worldwide

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/youtube-launches-education-only-option-for-teachers-worldwide/65192

Congressional Investigations Into Dajaz1.com Censorship Begin

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Blocking, Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111211/22524417035/congressional-investigations-into-dajaz1com-censorship-begin.shtml

HADOPI Wants To Research File Downloads: Shouldn’t It Have Done That First?

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Three Strikes

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111209/02283717017/hadopi-wants-to-research-file-downloads-shouldnt-it-have-done-that-first.shtml

Download and streaming market has a turnover of €33 million in 2011

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2011/12/12/download-and-streaming-market-has-a-turnover-of-EUR33-million-in-2011.html

Rightsflow helps YouTube to guarantee copyrights

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2011/12/12/rightsflow-helps-youtube-to-guarantee-copyrights.html

The copyright monopoly is fundamentally incompatible with horizontal unmonitored digital communication, and therefore, with the Internet and private communications as very concepts

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Copyright, Education / Awareness

http://torrentfreak.com/copyright-regime-vs-civil-liberties-111211/

Most China-based hacking carried out by ’select few’

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/asia/most-china-based-hacking-carried-out-by-select-few/473

Opening up governmental data for re-use can have major benefits for citizens, businesses, and society and for the governments themselves

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/891&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Apple’s Mac App Store Downloads Top 100 Million

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/12/12Apples-Mac-App-Store-Downloads-Top-100-Million.html

Facebook Is Making Us Miserable

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://gizmodo.com/5867268/facebook-is-making-us-miserable

You Can Now Read Comics and Watch Netflix on Your Nook Color

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5867211/you-can-now-read-comics-and-watch-netflix-on-your-nook-color

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 makes $1 billion – in 16 days

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57341439-17/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-makes-$1-billion-in-16-days/

Netflix Wants All of Your Friends to Know Everything You’re Watching

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://gizmodo.com/5867028/netflix-wants-all-of-your-friends-to-know-everything-youre-watching

UK Police Will Squash Rioters by Blinding Them…With Lasers

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement

http://gizmodo.com/5867202/the-uk-police-will-squash-rioters-by-blinding-themwith-lasers

Rupert Murdoch Personally Lobbies Congress For SOPA And PROTECT IP

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Legislation

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/03224817006/rupert-murdoch-personally-lobbies-congress-sopa-protect-ip.shtml

Dutch Complaints Bureau for Discrimination On The Internet Files Criminal Complaint Against Google

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Google, Litigation

Bureau believes that Google should take its social responsibility and be more responsive when asked to remove objectionable content from YouTube or Blogger

Dutch language news article:
http://www.meldpunt.nl/nieuws/mdi-doet-aangifte-tegen-google

Digital Agenda: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg invited by Kroes to promote internet freedom globally

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1525&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Megaupload to Sue Universal, Joins Fight Against SOPA

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Blocking, Copyright, Education / Awareness, File Sharing, Illegal File Sharing, Litigation

File-hosting service Megaupload has told TorrentFreak that it will sue Universal for wrongfully taking down its content from YouTube. Universal took action Friday to remove a Megaupload-produced pop video which featured leading artists singing the cyberlocker service’s praises. The move has also prompted the company to enter the SOPA debate, with a call for like-minded people to join forces and fight for an Internet without censorship.

More:
http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-to-sue-universal-joins-fight-against-sopa-111212/

Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt, the CEO, co-founder and executive chairman of the Web search giant, respectively want to use up to two-thirds of the floor space of Hanger One to house their fleet of eight private jets

Posted: 2011/12/12 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19515086