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Archive for August 19th, 2008

Internet Sites Protest Recent Internet Censorship: “Elmaaltshift.com has launched a protest campaign against the latest internet banning of the sites such as youtube, dailymotion, and many others. The campaign will last until the midnight of August 20.”

(Via Latest Bianet/English News.)

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UK.gov to spend hundreds of millions on snooping silo: “

Überdatabase pork barrel ahoy

Exclusive The government is pressing ahead with plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on a massive central silo for all UK communications data, The Register has learned.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Terror ‘Mr Fixit’ sentenced to 12 years: “Court told Aabid Khan had store of extremist material and radicalised others”

(Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)

Jail for terror document cousins: “Two men found guilty of possessing or making documents promoting terrorism are ordered to serve 12 and 10 years in jail respectively.”

(Via BBC News.)

Court orders woman to pay £16,000 for file-sharing: “A woman has been ordered to pay out £16,000 for engaging in the unlawful sharing of a computer game on the internet, according to the game publisher’s lawyers. The payout could lead to games owners taking more action against file-sharers in the UK.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Stephen Tankel: The internet is a gateway to jihad: “Stephen Tankel: The conviction of Aabid Khan, Hammaad Munshi and Sultan Muhammad shows that jihadist activity has come a long way in Britain, thanks to the internet”

(Via guardian.co.uk Comment is free.)

Pirate Bay Renamed Beijing Bay Over Olympics Tracking: “The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious and illicit torrent-tracking service allowing millions of users to download copyrighted movies, software, games and other works for free, has tentatively renamed itself The Beijing Bay. The name change was in protest to the International Olympic Committee seeking Sweden’s assistance in stopping the site from tracking footage of the ongoing Olympics in Beijing. The Pirate Bay has no intention of blocking Olympic footage.

(Via Wired News.)

Game sharer gets £16K fine: “

Lawyers have thousands more names

A woman who put a copy of Dream Pinball 3D on a file-sharing network must pay £16,000 to the games maker and its lawyers.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)