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Infringement in perspective
It turns out that its cheaper to be the first person to upload The Simpsons Movie to the Internet than it is to share MP3s on KaZaA. $890 for The Simpsons Movie filmed on a cell phone and $9,250 for an MP3 of a Dream Theater tune. One of these penalties seems really out of proportion to the crime, and we'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out which one.
Read the article HERE.
U.S. 'botmaster' faces up to 60 years prison
A Los Angeles man is facing up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to US$1.75 million after admitting to infecting at least 250,000 PCs with information-stealing malware.
Read the article HERE.
Torrent site is more popular than CNN
It is not often that a torrent search engine can overtake prime sites covered with multibillion dollar news organizations, where a single staffer has higher salary than these guys have budget.
Read the article HERE.
Pirate Bay targeted by Plod
The Pirate Bay is under attack once again, as Swedish prosecutors announce their intention to press charges against the site's five main admins.
Read the article HERE.
And my favourite comment - on this subject - seen today...
Couldn't they just sue Al Gore for inventing the internet?
I would say he is the most responsible for facilitating copyright infringement
It turns out that its cheaper to be the first person to upload The Simpsons Movie to the Internet than it is to share MP3s on KaZaA. $890 for The Simpsons Movie filmed on a cell phone and $9,250 for an MP3 of a Dream Theater tune. One of these penalties seems really out of proportion to the crime, and we'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out which one.
Read the article HERE.
U.S. 'botmaster' faces up to 60 years prison
A Los Angeles man is facing up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to US$1.75 million after admitting to infecting at least 250,000 PCs with information-stealing malware.
Read the article HERE.
Torrent site is more popular than CNN
It is not often that a torrent search engine can overtake prime sites covered with multibillion dollar news organizations, where a single staffer has higher salary than these guys have budget.
Read the article HERE.
Pirate Bay targeted by Plod
The Pirate Bay is under attack once again, as Swedish prosecutors announce their intention to press charges against the site's five main admins.
Read the article HERE.
And my favourite comment - on this subject - seen today...
Couldn't they just sue Al Gore for inventing the internet?
I would say he is the most responsible for facilitating copyright infringement
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