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New ‘DontDisconnectUs’ UK Three Strikes site

Posted in Software, filesharing on November 2nd, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- When are they going to get it right? The Three Strikes and You’re Off The Net plan attributed to Peter Mandelson (lord) in the UK   is no more his than it’s Nicolas Sarkozy’s in France, or any of the other government leaders in countries such as  Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. The project is wholly owned by the Hollywood studios and Big Four record labels  who dreamed it up and are,  with the help of the corporate press corpse, promoting it at unimaginable expense around the world.

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Email from Oz

Posted in filesharing on October 28th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view P2P:- Emails from Andrew (aka Comeoncomcast), a student over in Australia, are always short and sharp. And his style is all is own.

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MPAA boss pressures UK on 3 strikes scheme

Posted in filesharing on October 26th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Politics | MPAA:- Hollywood mouthperson Dan ‘The Joker’ Glickman has, to all intents and purposes, been removed from the equation when it comes to the way things the major studios would like them to be, as opposed to the way they are.

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Kazaa creators back in the music bidniz

Posted in filesharing on October 14th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Niklas Zennstrom (left) and Janus Friis created Kazaa which, in 2009, arguably has the singular distinction of being the most hated and despised of all corporate P2P digital media distribution applications.

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Hollywood goes after New Zealand kids

Posted in Software, filesharing on October 13th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view |  Kids & Kartels:- Hollywood sent “one of its biggest guns” to New Zealand in a “last-ditch attempt to persuade the Government to beef up its proposed approach to tackling internet piracy,” says stuff.co.nz . The corporate movie and music industries are spending millions of dollars in an international campaign to browbeat governments into instituting three strikes laws which would threaten alleged file sharers with two warnings, and then have them thrown off the Internet. With the governments acting as corporate copyright cop agencies, ISPs would be the enforcers.

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Gagging people under ’settlement’ deals

Posted in filesharing on October 12th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- There’s a phrase which comes up time and again when one or other element of the corporate entertainment industry is caught blatantly cheating and/or lying and/or fixing. They ’settle’ but “admit no wrong-doing”.

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Has Woolies taken a bite out of Apple?

Posted in filesharing on October 9th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

p2pnet news view | Advertising:- Apple Has its knickers all in a twist over a new logo from Woolies in Oz. Woolworths  is Australia’s largest retailer, and its new logo is already online — to the disgust of Steve Jobs’ merry men. “Apple has mounted a legal challenge to prevent Woolworths from using the logo, arguing it is too close to its own,” says The Age , going on: “Apple will have to convince IP Australia, the Federal Government agency that governs trademarks, to knock back Woolworths’ application – filed in August last year – to trademark its logo.” Designer Hans Hulsbosch came up with the new Woolies logo look, said FoodWeek a year ago, continuing: “After consultation with staff and management of Woolworths and many hours of brainstorming, Hulsbosch developed the new logo combining the three key elements of the famous strap-line

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p2pnet World Headlines – Oct 7, 2009

Posted in Software, filesharing on October 7th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

Google Street View launches in Canada Canadian Press As of today, residents in several Canadian cities can check out their streets, homes and neighbourhoods on Google Street View.

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p2pnet World Headlines – Oct 5, 2009

Posted in filesharing on October 5th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews New York Times The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers. But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest

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p2pnet World Headlines – Oct 5, 2009

Posted in filesharing on October 5th, 2009 by admin – Comments Off

Bloggers Must Disclose Payments for Reviews New York Times The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers. But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest.

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