Video Copyright Owners Must Police the Internet
Ruling in 'Viacom v. YouTube' is the latest in a trend involving the 'storage' of videos under DMCA
L2OPS links 2 other peoples stuff
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Turnbull blasts NBN as Gillard spruiks broadband healthcare
Former Opposition leader and Federal member for Wentworth, Malcolm Turnbull, has launched a caustic online attack on Labor’s NBN as the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, spoke at Labor’s campaign launch.
Malcolm Turnbull released a press statement blasting the NBN while the Prime Minister took the stage at her party’s campaign launch which included a comprehensive online healthcare element.
Turnbull claimed the NBN was a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Hiding files in Flickr pics will fool web censors
Life is about to become more difficult for countries trying to censor access to foreign websites. A system dubbed Collage will allow users in these countries to download stories from blocked sites while visiting seemingly uncontroversial sites such as Flickr.
Collage relies on a well-established technique known as digital steganography, in which an image file is changed to encode the hidden message without obviously affecting the appearance of the image. A prototype version is due to be unveiled on Friday, 13 August.
Steganography normally requires specialist software, but Collage is designed so that anti-censorship activists and readers can publish and download the hidden stories without any specialist skills. A publisher or activist can, for example, use Collage to copy news stories from a website and embed the articles into Flickr images in a process that is almost entirely automated.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Hollywood Targets 8.2 Million Torrents at Bitsnoop
by enigmaxWhile Bitsnoop may not have the profile of The Pirate Bay, make no mistake, this site is a major BitTorrent player. The site indexes more than 8 million torrents linking to roughly 9 petabytes of data. In the last few days Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN began threatening the site with the clear aim of bringing its activities to an end.
Last month, with a hint of tongue in our cheeks and doubt in our minds, wereported that Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN had been slaying torrent sites by the hundred. According to the Hollywood-backed group, it forced the closure of 422 “illegal sites” including 384 torrent sites so far in 2010, a herculean feat by anyone’s standards.
be careful in New Zealand free speech is no more, don’t mention the World Cup
By rorybaust
The bill that outlaws this is The Major Events Management Act 2007, (MEMA) and it was passed basically to give the Rugby World Cup unfettered control of the key words associated with the event. We are told that in all seriousness that common sense will be used when considering the act, pity common sense could not prevail prior to the passing of this blatant removal of New Zealanders rights.
http://www.rorybaust.com/2010/08/be-careful-in-new-zealand-free-speech.html
Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical possessions - from photographs to furniture to homes altogether.Let's face it - digital files, applications and web services are replacing the need for many of the physical goods that pepper our homes, crowd our desks and fill our closets.
From online photo albums to virtual filing cabinets to digital musical instruments, hi-tech replacements are becoming ubiquitous.
But as goods continue to make the leap from the bookshelf to the hard drive, some individuals are taking the opportunity to radically change their lifestyles.
By Thomas Mennecke
By now, the USCG (US Copyright Group) BitTorrent lawsuits are all the rage. Motions have been filed, opposition established, subpoena’s quashed, rights groups up in arms, and lots of fun has been poked at the movie titles. But wait – did you know that in Texas a new round of lawsuits are beginning to take shape? It’s Lucas Entertainment, a gay porn distributor, versus 53 (thus far) unnamed BitTorrent defendants accused of sharing the movie “Kings of New York”.
As some have noticed, this string of lawsuits isn’t quite gaining the attention that the USCG lawsuits have. In fact, if we look at the court docket, the pace of this case is moving much faster than the USCG brand of lawsuits. True, there are many more USCG lawsuits – potentially up to 14,000 so far. Also, rights groups such as the EFF and ACLU have submitted amicus briefs (friend of the court) in order to ensure the rights of the accused are ensured, while also slowing the process down.
As some have noticed, this string of lawsuits isn’t quite gaining the attention that the USCG lawsuits have. In fact, if we look at the court docket, the pace of this case is moving much faster than the USCG brand of lawsuits. True, there are many more USCG lawsuits – potentially up to 14,000 so far. Also, rights groups such as the EFF and ACLU have submitted amicus briefs (friend of the court) in order to ensure the rights of the accused are ensured, while also slowing the process down.
'Poo-powered' Volkswagen astounds world+dog
Gov-funded Dung Beetle runs on turds of seventy homes
Updated The UK and green media is alive with reports of a "poo powered" car, dubbed the "Bio-Bug", developed to encourage sustainable motoring. But what's the real story?
"On first hearing of the Bio-Bug, some people will smile, and some people will go ‘yuck’!," comments former Friends of the Earth chief and Labour government eco-maven Jonathan Porritt*.
"Either way, what I hope they realise is that this is exactly the kind of innovation we now need for a more sustainable world – and those directly involved should be proud they’re making a small but significant contribution to it everyday!"
"Either way, what I hope they realise is that this is exactly the kind of innovation we now need for a more sustainable world – and those directly involved should be proud they’re making a small but significant contribution to it everyday!"
Apple staff allegedly sold secrets worth $1m
Asian companies negotiating contracts with Apple allegedly paid more than $1m in kickbacks to an Apple manager in exchange for confidential information about what Cupertino would be buying.That's according to a suit filed by Apple against Paul Shin Devine, until now a global supply manager at Apple. The suit follows his indictment for wire fraud and money laundering, among other things, as reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/16/apple_bribes/