Judge shoots down challenge to Craigslist erotic services: “ Web 2.0 immunized A federal judge has summarily dismissed a lawsuit Chicago’s sheriff brought against Craigslist, ruling that the website can’t be sued for prostitution ads…
Anti-filesharing laws revive crypto fears for spooks: “ Blinded by Mandy The UK’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies fear the government’s anti-illegal filesharing plans will lead to a rise in encryption, scuppering their own efforts…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Court Orders The Pirate Bay To Delete Torrents: In an attempt to ensure that Dutch citizens can’t access The Pirate Bay, BREIN took three of…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. 3-Strikes For Pirates Makes European Comeback Tour: The threat of 3-strikes based legislation had been reduced in recent weeks, with strong protests in the UK…
BBC NEWS | Technology | Europe backs down on piracy plans: “Europe backs down on piracy plans” Page last updated at 11:10 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 12:10 UK The European Parliament has given the…
EU Parliament drew back from file-sharer demands over legal uncertainty: “The European Parliament has had to withdraw demands for court oversight of the cutting off of file sharers’ internet access after it received legal advice…
Internet Blocking study:(Aconite) Government attempts to block access to the Internet are mounting throughout Europe – but look set to backfire, according to new study. The Open Society Institute funded the report which is titled…
AU – ACS gives conditional thumbs up to internet filtering: (SC Magazine) The Australian Computer Society has released a report that flags conditional support to ISP-based internet filtering from a technical standpoint, based on a…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Labour MP: Disconnecting File-Sharers is Futile Tom Watson is a Labour Party politician for West Bromwich East in the United Kingdom. Famous for becoming the…
Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits. Proposed Anti-Piracy Legislation is Flawed, ISP Says Cheered on by the music industry, the UK government is desperately trying to tackle the issue of online…