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MegaUpload Fights Back: “Fed Violated 5th Amendment Right to Due Process”
Early this year, the file sharing juggernaut MegaUpload was taken down by the U.S. Justice Department and FBI on charges of copyright infringement. MegaUpload’s founder, Kim Dotcom, was arrested and has since been awaiting
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ACTA: Bulgaria and The Netherlands Withdraw Support In Response To Weekend Protests
Today Bulgarian and Dutch officials announced their withdrawal of support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. The move comes in response to massive protests that took place in almost 200 European
Read More »Thousands Rally against big brother Anti-Piracy agreement ACTA
Tens of thousands of people marched in coordinated protests in more than a dozen European cities Saturday against a controversial anti-online piracy trader agreement that could limit Internet freedom. Significant marches were held in
Read More »ACTA: Worse Than SOPA/PIPA
The small victory the internet community and civil liberty supporters celebrated at the demise of SOPA/PIPA due to the mass online protests gave big media the opportunity to draw attention away from a far
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Megaupload Taken Down By Feds On Charges Of Piracy
Megaupload, the file hosting and transfer service incorporated in Hong Kong, was taken down today by U.S. Justice Department and FBI today on charges of copyright infringement and conspiracy. The timing of the federal
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Minecraft creator won’t mind if you pirate his game
Remember how game developers and their respective companies continually remind everyone to not pirate their games? Turns out Minecraft creator Notch isn’t one of them. A recent post on Twitter reveals that he doesn’t
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SOPA: Could This Be The End Of YouTube?
The debate in Congress over intellectual property – particularly patent law – has been picking up more and more media coverage lately. However, one area that has mostly flown under the radar until now
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