During the next couple of day post may be slow. It will all be dependent upon what hurricane Gustav does within the next couple of days. I will be updating the status on whats going on with the hurricane and also the p2p news at the same time. If the hurricane does come you may [...]
Whats with all lawsuits about file sharing and what not? Sure I respect copyright but I also would like the right to decide if some CD or some DVD or even some Theater Movie was garbage before I bought it. In the past it was easy to pass off bad music in the industry and [...]
The upcoming trial against ‘The Pirate Bay Four’ has been delayed and at its earliest will begin at the end of this year – maybe even next year. Stockholm District Court initially said that the trial would start by the end of the summer, but gathering damage claims and serving summons took longer than expected.
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Comcast has confirmed that all residential customers will be subject to a 250 gigabyte per month data limit starting October 1.
“This is the same system we have in place today,” Comcast wrote in an amendment to its acceptable use policy. “The only difference is that we will now provide a limit by which a customer [...]
The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is a fierce opponent of music piracy, and is using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to find internet users that are using illegal P2P software. Every year, the RIAA settles thousands of copyright infringement lawsuits. However, there is software available which enables users to download MP3s legally without [...]
Illinois State University launches new website promoting legal alternatives to illegal file-sharing after it restricts their use on campus networks thanks to recent passage of the Higher Education Authorization Act.
The revamped Higher Education Act (HEA) was signed into law by President Bush a few weeks ago on August 14th and already we are starting [...]
Northwestern University, unfortunately saddled with purple as the school color, yesterday threw the switch on some new campus software designed to “educate” users about their P2P use. But forget filtering, monitoring, bandwidth caps, and punishment; Northwestern’s system is simplicity itself. It simply e-mails students when P2P activity is detected.
Be Aware You’re Uploading (BAYU) was [...]
