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PirateBay Hacked, Database Stolen
2007-05-13 15:01:00 Apparently someone hacked into The Pirate bay using an exploit in their blog software and have stolen their entire user database. Thankfully the data is encrypted, but TPB are still urging users to change their credentials. From the site: Hi, we have some sad news, but don’t be alarmed…Some people (and yes, we know who) found ... More About: Stolen , Database , Hacked , Taba , Rate
MPAA Lies About Movie Piracy
2007-05-11 19:41:00 The Movie Blog has been reporting recently about claims from the MPAA on how Canada is supposedly responsible for 70% of all world piracy. Yep, your friendly neighborhood Canadian supposedly accounts for 7 out of every 10 pirated movies. Well in a new report by the MPAA, they also claim that New York is responsible ... More About: Piracy , Lies , Mpaa
DVDs ship with anti-theft chip
2007-05-10 20:21:00 Retailers are being offered an RFID chip that stops a DVD being read until it is activated. The chip is fixed to a DVD, along with a thin coating of goo that blocks a DVD player from reading the disc. Activating the chip sends an electrical pulse through the coating, which turns it clear and allows ... More About: Dvds , Theft , Anti , Ship , Chip
Pioneer 8th-gen HDTV
2007-05-09 18:03:00 20000:1 ratio Pioneer has announced what they claim to be the world’s best flat screen TV. One neat aspect is that the black is 80% deeper than ever and the true contrast ratio is 20000:1, understand? The darker the black, the brighter everything else. The ?intelligent brightness control? does exactly that and adjusts brightness so you ... More About: Hardware , Hdtv
Swedes threaten Pirate Bay, again
2007-05-09 17:54:00 Notorious torrent website ThePirate Bay.org is going to be under fire from Hakan Roswall, Swedish district attorney, who believes the operators have violated copyright. Despite this attack, the site seems pretty mellow about the whole situation. “We expected a move of this kind and don’t believe that it stands a chance in the courts,” said spokesman Tobias ... More About: Again , Rate , Threat , Irate
uTorrent?s Vista Sidebar Gadget
2007-05-07 19:25:00 This new gadget for uTorrent allows you to monitor and handle your .torrent downloads from Vista ?s sidebar. The gadget works in combination with the uTorrent WebUI, an extension that inspired many people to develop useful and innovative gadgets. The widget shows the current upload and download speed in the sidebar. The flyout shows all the torrents ... More About: Gadget , Sidebar , Side , Rent
RIAA dumps another case
2007-05-04 18:45:00 While the RIAA is telling world plus dog about how its technology is providing accurate information about who are P2P pirates, it seems to be having a hard time proving it to a court. This week the RIAA dropped another case, presumably before it had the PR nightmare of having another defendant acquitted. Lee Thao was sued ... More About: Case , Another , Dumps , Riaa
Hackers fake traffic info on car nav systems
2007-05-01 12:06:00 Two Italian hackers have worked out how to send fake traffic data to car navigation systems. Andrea Barisani, chief security engineer at Inverse Path and hardware hacker Daniele Bianco told the CanSecWest security conference that they could use the hack to divert traffic with bogus warnings such as “terrorist incident,” an “air raid” or a “bullfight.” The ... More About: Traffic , Info , Hackers , Fake , Systems
Anti-piracy crew pirates anti-piracy data
2007-05-01 12:05:00 The International Chamber of Commerce ‘Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting And Piracy ’ committee has been accused by another anti-piracy group of nicking its data. Anti -piracy tracking service Gieschen Consultancy is complaining that the Chamber has stolen its information and reformatted it under the ICC’s own brandname. Gieschen says that the ICC and BASCAP misrepresented itself as ... More About: Pirates , Data , Rates
If Jobs didn’t want DRM…
2007-04-25 17:20:00 Hypebot has an interesting article on Steve ‘No-DRM’ Jobs on why he suddenly changed his stance and if he intends to follow it, why not do it properly. p2pnet picked up on some key comments to the post noting that he may have changed because of EU trouble, and also because Apple’s lionshare of sales come from the hardware side, ie the iPod, and not the Apple Music Store. Source: p2pnet.net More About: Want
Anti-DRM Shirt contest
2007-04-25 17:13:00 TorrentFreak.com has a competition for a new anti-DRM T shirt design. For more details on participation and rules, check the article, there’s 250 bucks up for grabs. Most of us would agree that DRM is doomed to fail. Unfortunately the Music and Movie Industry is not convinced yet, we still have to let them know that we (their consumers) are against DRM. What better way to do this than organizing an Anti -DRM T-Shirt contest? Spread the word, the winner gets $250. More About: Contest , Test , Contes
Yahoo online lyrics. For free.
2007-04-25 17:07:00 Everyone wants lyrics, by, everyone basically. And they’re available online, a simple search would provide you with them. Now, Yahoo plans to offer such a service for free, to attract more users. “Dozens of other websites offer song lyrics, but most are posting the words without the permission of copyright holders. Some are also inaccurate, as they rely on outside users to post new lyrics.” Of course, there’s always a catch, Yahoo will share revenue through ads with the copyright holders and as a bonus, take to task those who share unauthorizedly. Source: p2pnet.net More About: Lyrics , Free , Online , Line
Amazon working on DRM-free music store
2007-04-25 16:55:00 About a month after EMI signed a deal with Apple to provide restriction-free versions of its songs on iTunes, Amazon has taken further steps in providing its own alternative. The London Times is reporting that Amazon has begun preliminary conversations with all major music labels to offer unrestricted MP3 files of their songs through an Amazon.com platform. Amazon has been unsuccessful so far in its attempts to compete with iTunes, scoring low consumer bases in its Amazon Unbox video downloading store and gaining little attention to its collection of free, uncopyrighted music downloads. Plans to develop an Amazon-branded MP3 player were also halted before production was finished. Earlier this month, iTunes struck a partnership with EMI to offer unrestricted versions of its songs for a 30 cent premium over the standard 99 cent price point. Sprint’s mobile music store also lets customers download straight MP3 files of their 99 cent mobile music purchases. Read More About: Music , Free Music , Free , Store
Using Adsense to Fight Malicious BitTorrent Clients
2007-04-24 16:00:00 Torrent101, Torrentq and Bitroll are three malware supported BitTorrent clients which are heavily advertised on BitTorrent sites. They try to lure naive users into downloading these clients with catchy phrases like “We use unique technology to increase the download speed of your torrents”. TorrentFreak decided to turn the tables around and advertised with malware warnings on their websites. How? Well, TorrentFreak started to run Google Adwords campaigns on the Bitroll, Torrent101 and Torrentq websites. In just four days the ads were shown 20,000 times, the clickthrough rate was impressive, and the ads probably prevented more than one thousand people installing these malware-laden BitTorrent clients. TorrentFreak.com have an example of this sort, check the article out for more information. Read More About: Adsense , Fight , Clients , Sing , Ense
Sony fixes faulty DRM
2007-04-19 13:27:00 Sony has gotten around to fixing a bug on its mainstream DVD disks which broke its own brand of DVD players. The copy-protection glitch stopped movies Casino Royale, Pursuit of Happyness and Stranger Than Fiction from playing on some DVD players. Sony said it had issued a patch of its DRM, the ARccOS copy-protection system, which is ... More About: Sony , Fault
Piracy investigators infiltrate private Torrent sites
2007-04-14 16:03:00 In March, Torrent Freak published an article which aimed to answer the question ‘Are Private BitTorrent Trackers Safe?’ Now, an internet piracy investigator has admitted that his organisation has successfully infiltrated private BitTorrent trackers and is actively collecting information. Private groups are paranoid about being discovered, and are like members’ clubs; you must be introduced by an ... More About: Piracy , Site , Sites , Vest
Philips watermark tech traces pirated TV content
2007-04-14 15:50:00 Philips today announced a ?forensic? watermarking tool for video content which allows copyright holders to follow the path of pirated content back to a specific PayTV subscriber. The technology, called VTrack, uses an ?imperceptible and indelible unique identifier? embedded into the video signal, which can be used to determine a potential pirate of video content. While ... More About: Pirate , Tech , Content , Water , Lips
RIAA slams Steve Jobs
2007-04-12 16:40:00 David Hughes, senior vice president of technology for the RIAA, dubbed the spiritual leader of Apple Steve Jobs as a “hypocrite” over his attitude to DRM on iTunes. While Steve has been banging on about the music companies dropping DRM he has been unwilling to sell his Pixar movies through iTunes without DRM and DVDs without ... More About: Steve Jobs , Slam , Riaa
Analyst: Corel?s DRM patch only a bandage
2007-04-11 15:37:00 A contest of wills has begun between hackers and the maker of software for playing back next-generation DVDs. Skeptics say that the outcome is all too predictable. Core l Software said in a statement last week that customers must download a new update of its InterVideo WinDVD software if they wish to continue watching HD DVD ... More About: Band , Corel , Anda , Patch
Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs
2007-04-09 16:10:00 Following digital music pioneer Apple Inc.’s lead, Microsoft Corp. said it will soon sell digital music online without digital rights management (DRM) protection. Microsoft’s apparent change of heart on selling DRM-free music came in response to Apple’s deal earlier in the week to sell unprotected content from recording company EMI Group PLC. The company previously claimed ... More About: Selling , Songs , Song , Change
RIAA and movie industry want to pretext
2007-04-09 15:57:00 The RIAA and the movie industry are lobbying lawmakers in a bid to get it excused from tough laws on pretexting. According to the LA Times, the law which is in response to the fiasco HP bought upon itself by pretending to be other people to spy on hostile journalists, is likely to first see the ... More About: Movie , Industry , Rete , Text , Want
YouTube Video Ripper
2007-04-09 15:49:00 A script that will download all the videos uploaded by a specific YouTube user where the title matches a pattern (regexp compatible). The final output is flash videos named after the unique video ID. Check it out More About: Video , Youtube , Ripper
Hackers turn Apple TV into computer
2007-04-06 18:39:00 Just two weeks after Apple released its Apple TV, hackers have turned it into something a bit more useful and created the cheapest PC that the Cappuccino outfit has built. Apple TV sells for $300, which is fairly expensive for what the gear does. Particularly as it is so limited and produces poor quality video content. However ... More About: Computer , Comp , Hack , Hacker
uTorrent v1.7 Build 1092 Beta
2007-04-06 18:21:00 uTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. Download | Change Log | HomePage More About: Beta , Build , Rent , Utorrent
MPAA?s Anti-Piracy Dogs, Great Publicity but Nothing Special
2007-04-05 20:35:00 Commenting on the Malaysian haul, Neil Gane, a spokesperson for the Motion Picture Association told Reuters, ?Lucky and Flo were able to sniff under the doors ? all the doors were locked, and many of them had metal grilles. If they smelt polycarbonate, they would sit down. Then the officials used metal grinders and bolt ... More About: Dogs , Piracy , Public , Great , Publicity
Verizon Bans P2P, Streaming Services and Online Gaming
2007-04-05 20:33:00 Verizon customers on the EVDO Wireless Data Service are in for a surprise if they read the Terms of Service (TOS) The Unlimited Data Plan is - yes, thats right limited to 5gigs of transfers each month but don?t worry, you won?t need anywhere near that amount because your internet multimedia experience is about to be ... More About: Gaming , Services , Verizon , Online
Microsoft targets more software pirates
2007-04-04 19:46:00 Microsoft said Monday that it is taking action against groups that sold copies of Windows and Office discounted for academic use to regular users. The Redmond, Wash., software maker has filed nine lawsuits and sent more than 50 letters threatening such action, it said in a statement. The suits were filed in the United States, ... More About: Software , Microsoft , Pirates , Pirate , War
EU investigates Apple, may levy 323m fine
2007-04-03 19:05:00 Despite a landmark agreement with EMI to offer DRM-free music via iTunes, European Union regulators are investigating Apple ’s iTunes Store for possibly violating competition laws, and said that they object to the Cupertino-based company’s practice of forcing consumers to purchase songs from its iTunes Store only in their home country. The European Commission sent a ... More About: Gate , Vest , Invest , Gates
Illegal Music Downloads Outnumber Legal Ones 10-to-1
2007-04-02 20:23:00 The New York Times reports that, officially, everybody and their grandmother illegally downloads music from the Internet using programs like BitTorrent. Five billion songs were downloaded from P2P networks in 2006 versus 509 million from legitimate music stores like iTunes, according to the NPD research group. Many users say it?s simply easier to download music ... More About: Music , Downloads , Download , Legal , Numb
Happy thoughts on DRM free music from EMI
More articles from this author:2007-04-02 20:18:00 Following EMI’s announcement today that it will launch new high quality DRM-free downloads via Apple’s iTunes Store, senior advisor Torgeir Waterhouse of the Norwegian Consumer Council immediately came forward to applaud the move. “It’s with great interest [that] I’ve listened to the webcast from EMI & Apple today,” Waterhouse told MacNN. “No matter how the ... More About: Music , Free Music , Free , Thoughts , Happy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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