The move comes, according to Reuters‘ Jeremy Pelofsky, in response to continued pressure from the entertainment industry.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/on-copyright-putting-the-cart-before-the-horse/69362
Archive for 2012/02/14
The U.S. Justice Department requested $5 million from Congress to hire more prosecutors to pursue intellectual property crimes
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public PolicyThuiswinkel.org: Hackers Should Be Hit Hard. Hacking Is Not A Heroic Act. Hacking Should Not Be Romanticized. Hacking Is A Crime
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Public PolicyJudges should be deciding whether hacking is ‘ethical’ or not. Thuiswinkel.org wants the Dutch Justice Department and the Dutch government to act and set the norm.
The Netherlands is well-known for its soft approach towards cybercrime in general and hacking in particular.
Thuiswinkel.org is the branch association for businesses that sell products and services to consumers (b-to-c) via the internet, catalogues and/or the post. The association promotes the interests of its members both nationally and internationally.
Dutch language news articles:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/40343/1/Thuiswinkel.org_wil_hardere_aanpak_hackers.html
Dutch Government: National Security Was Not In Danger Due To KPN Hack, But…
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports… the hacker was able to:
1. Access KPN’s servers and ‘obtain rights’
2. Those servers were being used for ‘hosting of websites’, ‘routing of internet services’ and ‘storage of customer details’
3. The hacker has had ‘rights on DNS servers’ and ‘user rights on one of KPN’s routers’ enabling the hacker to potentially disrupt traffic to and from KPN’s customers (including emergency services and VOIP services). There’s no evidence that the hacker has disrupted or manipulated any traffic.
The investigation is still ongoing but so far it doesn’t seem like the hacker has copied or manipulated any information.
The Dutch government feels that emergency response as well as data security and integrity is KPN’s responsibility.
Dutch language news article:
http://www.security.nl/artikel/40342/1/”KPN-hack_geen_gevaar_voor_nationale_veiligheid”.html
Previously:
http://vrritti.com/?s=kpn
Six Heartbreaking Truths about Online Dating Privacy
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data ProtectionSewage systems, bridges and dams in The Netherlands can easily be manipulated via the internet
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Cybercrime, Education / AwarenessSCADA systems easy to access. Dutch TV show exposes vulnerabilities
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2740716/d66-en-vvd-willen-opheldering-hackers.html
Time Warner Cable now streams to your desktop
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / Awareness, New Business ModelsTowards flexible copyright in the Netherlands, Google and YouTube deserve it
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Google, Public PolicyFitting European copyright law into modern technology is one of the hot topics being discussed in Europe. For example, the Dutch government wants copyright law to be more flexible so new media users, such as YouTube users, can continue to make “creative remixes” of copyright protected content. This subject was discussed on 10 February 2012 at the conference “Towards Flexible Copyright” in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Senate cybersecurity bill rather focuses on fighting symptoms, exempts tech companies from oversight
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Public PolicyThe Senate Homeland Security Committee has introduced the broad cybersecurity legislation promised late last year by Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV). But contrary to the fears of many—or perhaps because of them—the bill’s scope is tightly restrained, excluding the vast majority of commercial systems and Internet infrastructure itself from coverage.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/senate-cybersecurity-bill.ars
UK Government has shut down the popular blog RnBXclusive which posted news, commentary and links to music
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File SharingAuthorities have arrested the owners of the site for allegedly defrauding the music industry. In addition, the Serious Organised Crime Agency is threatening users of RnBXclusive that they face 10 years in prison if they downloaded music through the site
http://torrentfreak.com/uk-seize-popular-music-blog-arrest-operators-and-threaten-readers-120214/
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) Reports BitTorrent Sites and Cyberlockers To US Government
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, Public Policy, Stats / reportsThe IIPA, which counts the Association of American Publishers, BSA, ESA, Independent Film & Television Alliance, MPAA, National Music Publishers’ Association, and the RIAA among its members, has listed its grievances against a whole host of countries.
From the Priority Watch List, the file-sharing focus falls on Canada, China, Russia and Ukraine.
From the Watch List, the file-sharing focus falls on Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
From the Special Mention List, the file-sharing focus falls on Hong Kong, former home of the now-defunct MegaUpload.
More:
http://torrentfreak.com/iipa-reports-bittorrent-sites-and-cyberlockers-to-us-120214/
Absolutely clueless Dutch Prime Minister: ‘It’s not my fault if people feel insulted because of the Freedom party’s complaint center’
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is still of the opinion that the reputation of The Netherlands has not been damaged because of the controversial complaint center for problems caused by Central and Eastern Europeans. He still refuses to condemn the website.
He also stated that the complaint center is subject to the right to freedom of speech in The Netherlands (the Dutch laws related to the right to freedom of speech are much more restrictive and the Dutch penal code prohibits people from insulting another person as well as the dissemination of hate speech).
Update: The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has also stated that he will intervene when he feels Geert Wilders is going to far. One has to conclude that with the introduction of the Central and Eastern European Complaint Center Geert Wilders has not gone too far in the eyes of the Prime Minister.
Dutch language news articles:
http://www.powned.tv/nieuws/politiek/2012/02/politiek_maakt_pvv_te_belangri.html
http://www.nu.nl/politiek/2740624/rutte-neemt-opnieuw-geen-afstand-van-meldpunt-pvv.html
Previously:
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Refuses To Condemn Freedom Party Complaint Center. Says He Won’t Close His Eyes To Problems Related To Free Movement Of Eastern Europeans
http://vrritti.com/2012/02/13/dutch-prime-minister-mark-rutte-refuses-to-condemn-freedom-party-complaint-center-says-he-wont-close-his-eyes-to-problems-related-to-free-movement-of-eastern-europeans/
EU Commissioner Viviane Reding: Complaint Center Of Dutch Freedom Party Is In Conflict With European Principles. Geert Wilders: Screw Brussels
http://vrritti.com/2012/02/10/eu-commissioner-viviane-reding-complaint-center-dutch-of-freedom-party-is-in-conflict-with-european-principles-geert-wilders-screw-brussels/
Dutch ‘Freedom Party’ Launches Complaint Center Asking For Information About Misconduct By Central And Eastern European Citizens In The Netherlands
http://vrritti.com/2012/02/09/dutch-freedom-party-launches-complaint-center-asking-for-information-about-misconduct-by-central-and-eastern-european-citizens-
Dutch Parliament Will Not Approve ACTA Until They Are 100% Certain It Is Not In Conflict With Any Fundamental Rights
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Legislation, Public PolicyDutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2740683/kamer-vraagt-uitstel-acta.html
Cisco: Global mobile data traffic to increase 18-fold by 2016
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, Stats / reportsAdditionally, by 2016 video is expected to make up 71 percent of all mobile data traffic, up from the 66 percent by 2015 that Cisco forecasted last year. By 2016 there will be more than 10 billion mobile Internet connections around the world, according to Cisco, with 8 billion of them being personal devices and 2 billion machine-to-machine connections.
Cisco’s annual report is widely cited every year by carriers and vendors alike as a key benchmark for measuring and predicting data traffic, and also as a data point to justify calls for network investment, traffic management technologies and more spectrum. According to Cisco, in 2011 global mobile data traffic more than doubled–2.3 times growth, or 133 percent–and Cisco projects that it will double again in 2012, but at a slightly lower rate of 110 percent growth.
Dutch intelligence service: The internet spawns jihadists. Politicians and academics underestimate the problem
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsThe intelligence service also notes that only 0.2% of the internet is ”visible” (only 0.2% of online data is being crawled and made accessible by search engines)
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2740490/internet-kraamkamer-jihadisten.html
25% of Dutch Vodafone users overslept because Vodafone switched to the wrong time zone by accident
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / AwarenessDutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2740507/vodafoneklanten-verslapen-zich-verkeerde-tijdzone.html
Philips database hacked. 200,000 e-mail addresses and phone numbers exposed
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Cybercrime, Education / AwarenessHacker says he did not post all the e-mail addresses online because he wants to sell a bunch of them
Philips has confirmed the security breach
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/80016/hacker-steelt-e-mailadressen-uit-database-philips.html
Is Harry Reid Slipping SOPA Into A New Cyber-Security Bill?
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Copyright, Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Legislation, Public PolicyWhispers of the untimely return of SOPA, PIPA, and even Kill Switch
http://www.webpronews.com/harry-reid-sopa-cybersecurity-2012-02
BBC to issue global apology for documentaries that broke rules
Posted: 2012/02/14 in Education / Awareness, Public PolicyIndependent revealed programmes were made by third-party in pay of governments and firms
The Rothschilds control the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the IMF, the World Bank and the Bank of International Settlements. Also they own most of the gold in the world as well as the London Gold Exchange, which sets the price of gold every day. It is said the family owns over half the wealth of the planet—estimated by Credit Suisse to be $231 trillion—and is controlled by Evelyn Rothschild, the current head of the family.
http://americanfreepress.net/?p=2743
Previously:
http://tinyurl.com/7669aca
