New antipiracy bill to protect copyright in US
As expected, the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve a bill that targets Internet pirates based overseas. The Protect IP Act looks to hand the U.S. Department of Justice the...
View ArticleKim Dotcom: Inquiry ordered into ‘unlawful spying’
An inquiry has been ordered into whether New Zealand intelligence staff engaged in unlawful spying prior to the arrest of Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom. The country’s Prime Minister John Key said some...
View ArticleFeds Reject Legalizing DVD Cracking, Game Console Modding
Copyright regulators rejected on Thursday proposals to make it lawful for people to copy DVDs for personal use or to jailbreak videogame consoles to run custom software. The ruling hands yet another...
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