Archive for 2012/01/31

As Anonymous protests, Internet drowns in inaccurate anti-ACTA arguments

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Copyright, Education / Awareness

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/internet-awash-in-inaccurate-anti-acta-arguments.ars

British tourists repelled from U.S. after destructive Twitter jokes

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57368392-71/british-tourists-repelled-from-u.s-after-destructive-twitter-jokes/

EU Commission: abolishment of private copying levy may infringe EU legislation

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/01/30/eu-commission-abolishment-of-private-copying-levy-may-infringe-eu-legislation.html

Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/5880510/apple-makes-new-engineers-work-on-fake-products-until-apple-can-trust-them

Uproar Over ‘Star Wars: The Old Republic’ Video Game Allowing Same-Sex Relationships

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/entertainment/uproar-over-star-wars-old-republic-video-game-allowing-same-sex-relationships

Should tech companies buy content companies? Apple, Google, and many others have plenty of cash…

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/should-tech-companies-buy-content-companies-apple-google-and-many-others-have-plenty-of-cash/2126

More than half of of global security experts believe that an arms race is already taking place in cyber space

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/most-cyber-security-experts-believe-cyber-arms-race-is-on/68211

Dotcom associates’ fears revealed (MegaUpload)

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/6314435/Dotcom-associates-fears-revealed

Google: Setting the record straight about our privacy policy changes

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, Google, Privacy / Data Protection

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2012/01/setting-record-straight-about-our.html

Cybercriminals Moving Over To TLD .su

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness

http://www.abuse.ch/?p=3581

Wanted – By The FBI

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/shaileshkumar-p.-jain

Achtung, Google! U2 boss blasts ‘monopoly’ for free-for-all

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, Google

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/30/mcguinness_google/

Responsible Practices for Search Engines in Reducing Online Infringement – Proposal for a Code of Practice

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Google, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Stats / reports

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/assets/files/pdfs/proposals%20to%20search%20engines.pdf

See also:

Media groups propose anti-piracy ‘code of practice’ for UK search
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/30/anti_piracy_code_of_practice_voluntary_one_proposed_for_search_engiines/

 

Algorithm-Powered Movie whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir Computes at Sundance

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/algorithm-movie-whiteonwhite-sundance/

Sky UK Expands Anytime Internet TV Service to all Broadband ISPs

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2012/01/30/sky-uk-expands-anytime-internet-tv-service-to-all-broadband-isps.html

UK ISP Fluidata Warns Office Internet Traffic Could be Hit Hard by Olympic Games

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Bandwidth Management, Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2012/01/30/uk-isp-fluidata-warns-office-internet-traffic-could-be-hit-hard-by-olympic-games.html

‘JoshTheGod’ Doxing FBI Director And His Family, Taking Revenge For MegaUpload Takedown

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Copyright, Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=X0PiZNhg

See also:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doxing

MegaUpload User Data Soon to be Destroyed

Posted: 2012/01/31 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing

MegaUpload has received a letter from the US Attorney informing the company that data uploaded by its users may be destroyed before the end of the week. The looming wipe-out is the result of MegaUpload’s lack of funds to pay for the servers. Behind the scenes, MegaUpload is hoping to convince the US Government that it’s in the best interest of everyone involved to allow users to access their data, at least temporarily.

http://torrentfreak.com/megaupload-user-data-soon-to-be-destroyed-120130/