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Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:21:21 GMT

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RIAA lawsuit campaign loses credibility

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:50:29 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: Since September of 2003, the recording industry has leveled legal threats against close to 30,000 American music fans. In a report released today, "RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later," the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) presents a comprehensive overview of the RIAA's litigation campaign and concludes that it is hurting music fans and artists alike, without making a dent in unauthorized file-sharing.
"If the RIAA wants to keep suing hundreds of people each month and collecting these huge settlements, it can't take shortcuts," said EFF Staff Attorney Corynne McSherry. "It's not enough to say the law 'could have been' broken and demand thousands of dollars to make the accusation go away. The recording industry must prove its case and show that infringement actually occurred."

Clip Source: www.eff.org

San Francisco - Five years after the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) began its massive litigation campaign against music fans suspected of sharing copyrighted music files over the Internet, the campaign has failed to get artists paid or reduce peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. Meanwhile, the legal foundation of the campaign is being questioned by several federal courts.

judges have repeatedly rejected the RIAA's "making available" theory, the notion that merely having a music file in a "shared" folder on a computer constitutes copyright infringement, even if no one ever copies the file.

Downloading from P2P networks continues unabated, while some people simply choose to share files in ways that are harder to monitor, like burning and exchanging CDs among friends.

For the full report "RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later":
http://www.eff.org/wp/riaa-v-people-years-later

For more on the litigation campaign:
http://www.eff.org/riaa-v-people

Tags: riaa, file sharing

pastor of porn

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:03:02 GMT

clipped by: shaor

Clip Source: www.myfoxdfw.com

Pastor Linked to Infant Porn Pictures

Federal agents arrested a Royce City church pastor Wednesday for sharing child porn pictures with other people online. 36-year-old Steve Richardson, leader of the First United Methodist Church of Royce City is charged with transporting child pornography after agents seized computers at home and at his church.

The arrest stemmed from an investigation that began in December 2007 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE). While serving a warrant on another suspected child pornographer, they discovered pictures posted in a peer-to-peer service by someone named "cowboysspades."

Agents working undercover made contact with "cowboysspades" several times and linked more than 30 child porn pictures to that person, including pictures of infants engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Does Your Boss Know You're Reading This?

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:17:11 GMT

clipped by: David M Ewalt
clipper's remarks: Sure, people tend to spend a good deal of time at work dealing with personal stuff, surfing the web for pleasure, and so on. But we're also spending longer periods at work than ever before. Smart companies realize that allowing workers to take personal time during the day means they spend more time in the office overall, get more work done, and are happier, more productive employees.

Clip Source: msn.nzherald.co.nz

Most people spend more than 25 per cent of their time online at work on personal activities.

And 80 per cent of emails sent by volume in the workplace are personal.

Paul Hortop, who reviews company network security for consultancy Voco, said the most common websites visited by personal web surfers were online trading sites, instant messaging/chat services and peer-to-peer sharing sites (allowing movie, music and software sharing).

Mr Hortop, who compiled the information from his own investigations and from a survey by online advertising provider Burst Media, said management were often unaware what was happening on networks under their control.

Tags: web, workplace

Fun uTorrent Easter Eggs

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:55:47 GMT

clipped by: danrox77
clipper's remarks: You gotta love the Tetris one!

Clip Source: www.johntp.com

uTorrent Easter Eggs

I just found a few easter eggs for uTorrent. Here they are

Clicking the µTorrent logo in the About subsection of Help will play a synthesized sound
Pressing the T-button on the keyboard when viewing the About subsection of Help will start a game of Tetris
An older version of uTorrent (version 1.3) will show a Christmas eCard when launched on Christmas day

I found the first two by accident

Here’s a screenshot of the game Tetris in uTorrent

Yes, I was shocked when I first saw the tetris game. I actually pressed ‘T’ button for typing the word ‘torrent’ in a notepad, but somehow the notepad was minimized and I pressed ‘T’ on uTorrent

johntp

Tags: tetris, utorrent, p2p, peer-to-peer, christmas

ARE YOU A COUNTERFEITER ? ARE YOU SURE ?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:29:01 GMT

clipped by: jt3600
clipper's remarks: This agreement has been done in secrete until it was leak the other day and it needs everyone attention !

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

The Heat Is On for Details of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge are two public interest groups leaving no stone unturned when it comes to trying to uncover details about the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

Details of the proposed multicountry accord are sketchy at best. Speculation is running rampant that, if ratified, the agreement might criminalize peer-to-peer file sharing, subject iPods to border searches and allow internet service providers to monitor their customers' communications.

1) Participant lists, agendas, presentations and documents distributed at, or received at,
meetings of United States Trade Representative staff with agents and representatives of the recorded music, motion picture, software, video games, electronics, fashion and luxury goods and pharmaceutical industries, concerning the ACTA;

Viruses I

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:01:26 GMT

clipped by: pbarto

Clip Source: media.www.dailyvidette.com

Malware, which refers to viruses, spyware and adware is most prevalent in e-mail and instant messaging phishing scams, peer-to-peer software programs, unsecured Web sites and pop-up ads.

malware attacks a computer without the user's knowledge.

It then often creates a botnet (a network of robots) that attack and recruit other computers.

Malware can also send out a user's personal information without his or her consent, bombard people with unwanted advertisements and even cause physical damage to a computer.

Birckelbaw recommended they make conscious decisions about the Web sites they visit and the messages they accept. Erica Lill, a senior elementary education major, also recommended that students be conscientious while on the web.

"If I get an e-mail and I don't know who it's from, I delete it." Lill said.

Birckelbaw also suggests that students to use antispyware programs like AdAware, CCleaner and Spybot every two weeks to keep their systems clean.

File Sharing II

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:42:13 GMT

clipped by: pbarto

Clip Source: tnjn.com

UT students will no longer be able to download files such as copyright music because of the recent implementation of peer-to-peer blocker software on the campus network.

The new software is in response to Tennessee Senate Bill 3974, which demands universities to take action to reduce the amount of file sharing of copyright material on campus.

Last year, Kent Basil, a sophomore majoring in finance, received a letter in the mail from the Recording Industry Association of America regarding 9 song files that were being shared from his computer.

The letter further explained that the University gave the RIAA permission to search the school network and trace the illegally shared files back to the original source.

Basil is one of 45 students that has been given the option of settling with a $3,000 fine for sharing copyright files.

While Kent Basil disagrees with his punishment, he feels that the new software blocker is a better way to end file sharing rather than giving students a $3,000 fine.

File Sharing Definition

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:40:18 GMT

clipped by: pbarto

Clip Source: www.answers.com

Some file-sharing software comes bundled with malware such as spyware, viruses, adware, or otherwise privacy-invasive software. Sometimes this unwanted software remains installed on the system even if the original file-sharing software is removed, and can be very difficult to eliminate.

File sharing is the practice of making files available for other users to download over the Internet and smaller networks.

This can be done in any number of ways; in corporate networks it is done using file servers, but on the wider Internet it more usually follows the peer-to-peer (P2P) model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers of the users.

File sharing grew in popularity with the proliferation of high-speed Internet connections, and the relatively small file size and high-quality MP3 audio format. Although file sharing is a legal technology with legal uses, many users use it to download and upload copyrighted materials without permission,

New Scientist Guiding P2P

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:54:28 GMT

clipped by: vijoos
clipper's remarks: How not to throttle Bandwidth for P2P

Clip Source: technology.newscientist.com

Guiding internet traffic beats throttling it

09 September 2008
NewScientist.com news service

GROWTH in peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading has led some ISPs to limit, or "throttle", connection speeds to preserve bandwidth for everyone else. But the University of Washington in Seattle has hit on a promising alternative.

Bottlenecks occur most when people download P2P content that is stored a long way from their homes; internet links over thousands of kilometres get tied up delivering it. But the new scheme, called Proactive Provider Participation for P2P (or P4P), could ease the load. It involves ISPs supplying P2P sites with data on the shortest routes between peers, as well as network traffic reports that identify uncongested routes.

In tests, P4P cut the average trip of a P2P data packet from 1600 kilometres to just 250 km, reducing overall load by about 80 per cent, a Seattle conference on the internet heard last week.

Encouraging participation

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:30:33 GMT

clipped by: HairlessBeachApe
clipper's remarks: Nice line here dealing with peer acceptance.

Clip Source: www.brandon-hall.com

Encouraging participation and contribution in emergent social software platforms

I think it’s very useful and I’m with the healthcare exec that said sometimes people don’t care much what the boss thinks of them but they do care about what their peers think. The messy part is dealing with unhealthy competition and ‘fun’ taunting. (JC)

Tags: peer pressure, peer aceptance, social networking

VP Candidate Biden Is No Friend to File Sharing, Net Neutrality Protection or Online Privacy

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:47:41 GMT

clipped by: The REAL Napster
clipper's remarks: I wonder how many young voters know this about the choice their 'messiah' has made for them? I'll bet very few. I'll make sure the word quickly gets out.

Clip Source: gizmodo.com

VP Candidate Biden Is No Friend to File Sharing, Net Neutrality Protection or Online Privacy

CNet's Declan McCullagh wrote up an informative history of Joe Biden's tech-related voting record—if Biden's name rings a bell, it's because he's the guy Barack Obama picked to be his vice president last Friday night. Maybe you don't care about the doings in Washington, but you may want to know that Biden considers a lot of what you do care about criminal activity. Here's what I'm talking about:

• He asked Congress to spend $1 billion to monitor peer-to-peer activity. (In fairness, much of this is to prevent child pornography, but the tactic is apparently a little blunt.)

• He has expressed support for internet taxes and internet filtering in schools and libraries.

• Biden was one of just four senators invited to attend a celebration of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hosted by the MPAA's Jack Valenti and the RIAA's Hillary Rosen, two of American file-sharer's most wanted.

Tags: joe biden, riaa, net neutrality, taxes, p2p, jail

LogMeIn Hamachi VPN

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:25:04 GMT

clipped by: akipta
clipper's remarks: LogMeIn Hamachi is a VPN service that easily sets up in 10 minutes, and enables secure remote access to your business network, anywhere there's an Internet connection.

Clip Source: secure.logmein.com

LogMeIn Hamachi is a VPN service that easily sets up in 10 minutes, and enables secure remote access to your business network, anywhere there's an Internet connection.

It works with your existing firewall, and requires no additional configuration. Hamachi is the first networking application to deliver an unprecedented level of direct peer-to-peer connectivity. It is simple, secure, and cost-effective.

Tags: virtual-private-network networking security peer-t

Hamachi: Zero-configuration VPN

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:30:49 GMT

clipped by: cyberwiz

Clip Source: secure.logmein.com

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Does Joe Biden hate techies?

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:36:19 GMT

clipped by: Andy Greenberg
clipper's remarks: Barack's VP pick has a pretty rough record when it comes to the government's handling of copyright protection. But his tech savvy still trumps McCain, who by all appearances has only learned about electricity in recent briefings with his staff aides.

Clip Source: news.cnet.com

Joe Biden's pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record

By choosing Joe Biden as their vice presidential candidate, the Democrats have selected a politician with a mixed record on technology who has spent most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders, who ranks toward the bottom of CNET's Technology Voters' Guide, and whose anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

After taking over the Foreign Relations committee, Biden became a staunch ally of Hollywood and the recording industry in their efforts to expand copyright law.

A few months later, Biden signed a letter that urged the Justice Department "to prosecute individuals who intentionally allow mass copying from their computer over peer-to-peer networks."

Biden was one of only four U.S. senators invited to a champagne reception in celebration of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Tags: obama, mccain, biden, p2p, privacy, mpaa, riaa