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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 00:57:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Government Issues Two New Anti-Piracy Warnings for DVD and Blu-Ray</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In case you were bored with the old FBI warning and anti-piracy notifications that you were presented with before the start of a movie, fear not. The US government issued a couple of brand-new copyright notices that are designed not only to inform users on the fact that piracy is illegal, but also to educate them.
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Pirate Bay: We Do Not Encourage DDOS Attacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After Virgin Media&rsquo;s website has been taken offline as a result of a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack, representatives of The Pirate Bay came forward with a statement to reveal their disapproval towards these types of actions.

&ldquo;We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internets, where a...]]></description>
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&ldquo;We do NOT encourage these actions. We believe in the open and free internets, where a... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Pirate-Bay-We-Do-Not-Encourage-DDOS-Attacks-268508.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 11:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IP Address Not Enough to Accuse Users of Piracy, Judge Rules</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In a recent copyright infringement case filed by an adult film studio, the judge has made a ruling that will probably affect many lawsuits in which several defendants are accused of illegally downloading content. Judge Gary Brown has ruled that a simple IP address can&rsquo;t be associated with a single person.

The recent ...]]></description>
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The recent ... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/IP-Address-Not-Enough-to-Accuse-Users-of-Piracy-Judge-Rules-267807.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Student Bay Admin Acquitted After 3-Year Trial</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After a 3-year trial, during which he was accused of running Student Bay, a site that specialized in providing free books to Internet users, a 23-year-old was acquitted because the court considered that the prosecution didn&rsquo;t have enough evidence to prove that he was the service&rsquo;s mastermind, or that he had anything to do with piracy.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Student-Bay-Admin-Acquitted-After-3-Year-Trial-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />After a 3-year trial, during which he was accused of running Student Bay, a site that specialized in providing free books to Internet users, a 23-year-old was acquitted because the court considered that the prosecution didn&rsquo;t have enough evidence to prove that he was the service&rsquo;s mastermind, or that he had anything to do with piracy.<b... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Student-Bay-Admin-Acquitted-After-3-Year-Trial-264649.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anonymous “Charge Lazors” Against Dutch Anti-Piracy Group</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Dutch anti-piracy organization known as Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN) has often been a target of Anonymous and other hacktivists, but the latest court decisions made the hackers really mad, so on April 18 they want to launch a full-force attack against its site.

According to a statement rele...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Megaupload Users Targeted with “Pay-Up-or-Else” Scams</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Individuals who used the services offered by the now-defunct Megaupload may receive notification letters, apparently originating from copyright holders, in which they are informed that their finances could suffer dearly if they don&rsquo;t pay a certain amount of money.

According to TorrentFreak, the scammers impersonate a law fir...]]></description>
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According to TorrentFreak, the scammers impersonate a law fir... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Megaupload-Users-Targeted-with-Pay-Up-or-Else-Scams-260303.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>July 12, 2012: US ISPs to Aid Copyright Holders Against Piracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Starting with July 2012, the dreaded agreement between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from the United States steps into play.

Companies such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon will be enforcing the terms of...]]></description>
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Companies such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon will be enforcing the terms of... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/June-12-2012-US-ISPs-To-Aid-Copyright-Holders-Against-Piracy-258968.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Authorities Convict Adobe and Microsoft Software “Backup” Salesman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A man from Texas was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to copyright infringement charges. The individual was operating a website that promised users &ldquo;backup&rdquo; copies for software owned by Adobe, Microsoft and Autodesk Inc. which he commercialized for one-fifth of the products&rsquo; market price.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Authorities-Convict-Adobe-and-Microsoft-Software-Backup-Salesman-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />A man from Texas was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to copyright infringement charges. The individual was operating a website that promised users &ldquo;backup&rdquo; copies for software owned by Adobe, Microsoft and Autodesk Inc. which he commercialized for one-fifth of the products&rsquo; market price.<br... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Authorities-Convict-Adobe-and-Microsoft-Software-Backup-Salesman-256065.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Controversial Irish SOPA Becomes Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It seems that the Anonymous attacks and the protest that have taken place in Ireland didn&rsquo;t have much effect, the Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock revealing that the European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012, also known as the Irish SOPA, became a law.

The Journal reports that from now on copyright ho...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Controversial-Irish-SOPA-Becomes-Law-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />It seems that the Anonymous attacks and the protest that have taken place in Ireland didn&rsquo;t have much effect, the Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock revealing that the European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012, also known as the Irish SOPA, became a law.<br />
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The Journal reports that from now on copyright ho... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Controversial-Irish-SOPA-Becomes-Law-256015.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Upload.To and FileSonic Take Measures Following Megaupload Closure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The owners of file-sharing websites are taking drastic measures to make sure they don&rsquo;t end up just like Megaupload and its owners, blocking their sites to certain countries and even limiting their functionality.

After the world and other file-sharing websites witnessed the power of US law enforcement agencies...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Upload-To-and-FileSonic-Take-Measures-Following-Megaupload-Closure-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />The owners of file-sharing websites are taking drastic measures to make sure they don&rsquo;t end up just like Megaupload and its owners, blocking their sites to certain countries and even limiting their functionality.<br />
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After the world and other file-sharing websites witnessed the power of US law enforcement agencies... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Upload-To-and-FileSonic-Take-Measures-Following-Megaupload-Closure-248013.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Programmer Steals $9.5 Million (€6.6 Million) Source Code from NY Federal Reserve Bank</title>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the programmers contracted to develop a piece of software called Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has been arrested for stealing part of the source code for which the United States spent $9.5 Million (&euro;6.6 Million).

Th...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Programmer-Steals-9-5-Million-6-6-Million-Source-Code-from-NY-Federal-Reserve-Bank-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />One of the programmers contracted to develop a piece of software called Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) has been arrested for stealing part of the source code for which the United States spent $9.5 Million (&euro;6.6 Million).<br />
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Th... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Programmer-Steals-9-5-Million-6-6-Million-Source-Code-from-NY-Federal-Reserve-Bank-247571.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French Ministry of Culture: We Are Not Pirates, but We Are Investigating Accusations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The controversial YouHaveDownloaded service was utilized to appoint another French government institution whose members were caught downloading illegal content from torrent sites. 

After 250 of their 65,000 IP addresses were identified as being used to share all sorts of content, from games to adult ...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/French-Ministry-of-Culture-We-Are-Not-Pirates-But-We-Are-Investigating-Accusations-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />The controversial YouHaveDownloaded service was utilized to appoint another French government institution whose members were caught downloading illegal content from torrent sites. <br />
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After 250 of their 65,000 IP addresses were identified as being used to share all sorts of content, from games to adult ... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/French-Ministry-of-Culture-We-Are-Not-Pirates-But-We-Are-Investigating-Accusations-244136.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian ISPs Forced to Block File-Sharing Sites SOPA-Style</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Wanting to stop Internet users from pirating their latest movie, Indian movie company Reliance Entertainment managed to obtain a court order which forces the country&rsquo;s Internet services providers (ISPs) to block some of the largest international file-sharing sites, including Megaupload.

According to TorrentFreak, all t...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Indian-ISPs-Forced-to-Block-File-Sharing-Sites-SOPA-Style-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Wanting to stop Internet users from pirating their latest movie, Indian movie company Reliance Entertainment managed to obtain a court order which forces the country&rsquo;s Internet services providers (ISPs) to block some of the largest international file-sharing sites, including Megaupload.<br />
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According to TorrentFreak, all t... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Indian-ISPs-Forced-to-Block-File-Sharing-Sites-SOPA-Style-243349.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIAA Claims Another Company Is Using Their IPs for Pirating</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After they&rsquo;ve been discovered as illegally downloading copyrighted materials from torrent sites, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) representatives came forward to deny the allegations, stating that a third-party vendor is actually behind the addresses.

At the time, they were found to have downloaded co...]]></description>
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At the time, they were found to have downloaded co... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/RIAA-Claims-Another-Company-Is-Using-Their-IPs-for-Pirating-242205.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ireland Replaces Thee-Strike Law with Website Blockades</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ireland&rsquo;s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) decided that the three-strike anti-file sharing mechanism utilized by the Eircom ISP raised privacy concerns and ordered the practice to be stopped. 

On the other hand, to make sure copyright holders won&rsquo;t be upset, the Irish government is preparing to set up ISP blockad...]]></description>
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On the other hand, to make sure copyright holders won&rsquo;t be upset, the Irish government is preparing to set up ISP blockad... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ireland-Replaces-Thee-Strike-Law-with-Website-Blockades-241939.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIAA and DHS Join the Ranks of BitTorrent Pirates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The now famous YouHaveDownloaded websites, which monitors 20% of the public BitTorrent downloads, helped identify two other organizations that normally shouldn&rsquo;t be involved in such practices.  [ADMARk=1]The first copyright infringer is the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), one of the companies that&rsquo;s know...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/RIAA-and-DHS-Join-the-Ranks-of-BitTorrent-Pirates-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />The now famous YouHaveDownloaded websites, which monitors 20% of the public BitTorrent downloads, helped identify two other organizations that normally shouldn&rsquo;t be involved in such practices.<br /> <br /> [ADMARk=1]The first copyright infringer is the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), one of the companies that&rsquo;s know... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/RIAA-and-DHS-Join-the-Ranks-of-BitTorrent-Pirates-241430.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French President Caught Illegally Downloading ‘Beach Boys’ Album (Updated)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Sarkozy, the president of France and one of the most powerful men of Europe, was busted today after journalists from a French news site, armed with &Eacute;lys&eacute;e Palace IPs, took a peak to see what has been downloaded from the president&rsquo;s residence.   If the three-strike piracy law adopted by French...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/French-President-Caught-Illegally-Downloading-Beach-Boys-Album-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Nicholas Sarkozy, the president of France and one of the most powerful men of Europe, was busted today after journalists from a French news site, armed with &Eacute;lys&eacute;e Palace IPs, took a peak to see what has been downloaded from the president&rsquo;s residence. <br /> <br /> If the three-strike piracy law adopted by French... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/French-President-Caught-Illegally-Downloading-Beach-Boys-Album-241000.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BitTorrent Monitoring Service Appoints Sony, Fox and Universal as Pirates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The recently released website, Youhavedownloaded.com, turned out to be a great opportunity for piracy supporters to prove that even those who fight long and expensive battles against copyright infringers don&rsquo;t always obey the rules they make.

After obtaining the IP-ranges of some major Hollywood studios,...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/BitTorrent-Monitoring-Service-Appoints-Sony-Fox-and-Universal-as-Pirates-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />The recently released website, Youhavedownloaded.com, turned out to be a great opportunity for piracy supporters to prove that even those who fight long and expensive battles against copyright infringers don&rsquo;t always obey the rules they make.<br />
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After obtaining the IP-ranges of some major Hollywood studios,... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/BitTorrent-Monitoring-Service-Appoints-Sony-Fox-and-Universal-as-Pirates-240619.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mastermind Behind Kino.To Sentenced to Jail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Martin S., a 27-year-old man, the one considered to be the &ldquo;main admin&rdquo; of the defunct Kino.to movie streaming portal, was sentenced to 3 years in jail, the authorities confiscating his house, a car and bank accounts.

Many individuals were arrested, some of which were already imprisoned, for running the website that&rsquo;s be...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Mastermind-Behind-Kino-To-Sentenced-to-Jail-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Martin S., a 27-year-old man, the one considered to be the &ldquo;main admin&rdquo; of the defunct Kino.to movie streaming portal, was sentenced to 3 years in jail, the authorities confiscating his house, a car and bank accounts.<br />
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Many individuals were arrested, some of which were already imprisoned, for running the website that&rsquo;s be... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mastermind-Behind-Kino-To-Sentenced-to-Jail-239961.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Senator Seeks Answers from DHS Over Hip-Hop Blog Seizure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The controversial case in which the owners of the popular hip-hop blog DaJaz1 got back their domain from the authorities without any explanation attracted the attention of a US senator who wants answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on why the process was handled in such a clumsy manner. 

According to Wi...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/US-Senator-Seeks-Answers-From-DHS-Over-Hip-Hop-Blog-Seizure-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />The controversial case in which the owners of the popular hip-hop blog DaJaz1 got back their domain from the authorities without any explanation attracted the attention of a US senator who wants answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on why the process was handled in such a clumsy manner. <br />
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mistakenly Seized Hip-Hop Blog Returned to Owner After One Year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After seizing a number of sites that were considered to be run by copyright infringers over a year ago, the authorities returned one of the domains to its rightful owner without any explanation.According to TorrentFreak, most of the domains confiscated at the time were hip-hop blogs, among which the popular Dajaz1.com, ...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Mistakenly-Seized-Hip-Hop-Blog-Returned-to-Owner-After-One-Year-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />After seizing a number of sites that were considered to be run by copyright infringers over a year ago, the authorities returned one of the domains to its rightful owner without any explanation.<br /><br />According to TorrentFreak, most of the domains confiscated at the time were hip-hop blogs, among which the popular Dajaz1.com, ... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mistakenly-Seized-Hip-Hop-Blog-Returned-to-Owner-After-One-Year-239685.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2011 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>International Movie Pirates Targeted by Police</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officials from Germany, Switzerland and Hungary raided a few locations that they believed to belong to a couple of piracy groups that were known to leak as many as 2,600 motion pictures, some of which even before they were officially released.

CRUCiAL and iNSPiRED are the gangs targeted by the international police opera...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/International-Movie-Pirates-Targeted-by-Police-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Law enforcement officials from Germany, Switzerland and Hungary raided a few locations that they believed to belong to a couple of piracy groups that were known to leak as many as 2,600 motion pictures, some of which even before they were officially released.<br />
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CRUCiAL and iNSPiRED are the gangs targeted by the international police opera... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/International-Movie-Pirates-Targeted-by-Police-239369.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UltraViolet to Make Existing DRMs Inter-Operate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Neustar Media, the company that&rsquo;s responsible for developing the technology behind the now controversial UltraViolet Digital Right Management (DRM) system, unveiled its plans to revive it, but not by considering it an entirely new system, but by distributing content from the cloud using existing solutions.

After a year ago the D...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Ultraviolet-to-Make-Existing-DRMs-Inter-Operate-2.png" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Neustar Media, the company that&rsquo;s responsible for developing the technology behind the now controversial UltraViolet Digital Right Management (DRM) system, unveiled its plans to revive it, but not by considering it an entirely new system, but by distributing content from the cloud using existing solutions.<br />
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After a year ago the D... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ultraviolet-to-Make-Existing-DRMs-Inter-Operate-239296.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Court Finds Ad Network Not Guilty After Being Accused of Promoting Piracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After being accused of copyright infringement by book publishers Elsevier and John Wiley & Sons, Chitika and Clicksor ad networks, that offered services to a site that displayed links to pirated e-books, were found not guilty by a United States District Judge.  The whole issue started after the advertising net...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Court-Finds-Ad-Network-Not-Guilty-After-Being-Accused-of-Promoting-Piracy-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />After being accused of copyright infringement by book publishers Elsevier and John Wiley & Sons, Chitika and Clicksor ad networks, that offered services to a site that displayed links to pirated e-books, were found not guilty by a United States District Judge.<br /> <br /> The whole issue started after the advertising net... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Court-Finds-Ad-Network-Not-Guilty-After-Being-Accused-of-Promoting-Piracy-238782.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 20:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kaspersky Renounces to BSA Membership Over SOPA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kaspersky, the world renowned security solutions provider, decided to break the partnership it had with Business Software Alliance (BSA) after the latter indicated its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

According to TorrentFreak, BSA showed some concerns regarding SOPA, but that might only help maintain good ...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Kaspersky-Renounces-to-BSA-Membership-Over-SOPA-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Kaspersky, the world renowned security solutions provider, decided to break the partnership it had with Business Software Alliance (BSA) after the latter indicated its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).<br />
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According to TorrentFreak, BSA showed some concerns regarding SOPA, but that might only help maintain good ... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kaspersky-Renounces-to-BSA-Membership-Over-SOPA-238395.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>11 Korean Movie Portals Taken Down by US Authorities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Operation In Our Sites, launched by the Department of Homeland Security&rsquo;s ICE unit, continues with the seizure of 11 Korean domain names that were allegedly related to movie piracy.  According to TorrentFreak, the Department of Justice and the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement seized the domains as a result of the operati...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/11-Korean-Movie-Portals-Taken-Down-by-US-Authorities-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Operation In Our Sites, launched by the Department of Homeland Security&rsquo;s ICE unit, continues with the seizure of 11 Korean domain names that were allegedly related to movie piracy.<br /> <br /> According to TorrentFreak, the Department of Justice and the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement seized the domains as a result of the operati... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/11-Korean-Movie-Portals-Taken-Down-by-US-Authorities-238309.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Switzerland Declares Piracy for Personal Use Legal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Since the downloading of copyrighted content is an issue that puts pressure on governments worldwide, Swiss authorities decided to conduct a study to see if they should declare the phenomenon illegal. The results of the research revealed that there&rsquo;s no need for such legislation since copyright holders are not really that affected by thes...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Switzerland-Declares-Piracy-For-Personal-Use-Legal-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Since the downloading of copyrighted content is an issue that puts pressure on governments worldwide, Swiss authorities decided to conduct a study to see if they should declare the phenomenon illegal. The results of the research revealed that there&rsquo;s no need for such legislation since copyright holders are not really that affected by thes... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Switzerland-Declares-Piracy-For-Personal-Use-Legal-238126.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French Anti-Piracy Group Strangles Cyberlocker Funding</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hadopi, the French anti-piracy organization that was put in charge with handling the now famous three-strike law, is determined to attack piracy from another angle. More precisely, they want to go after the means utilized by illegal file-sharing websites and cyberlockers to fund their operations.

According to TorrentFreak, Hado...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/French-Anti-Piracy-Group-Strangles-Cyberlocker-Funding-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Hadopi, the French anti-piracy organization that was put in charge with handling the now famous three-strike law, is determined to attack piracy from another angle. More precisely, they want to go after the means utilized by illegal file-sharing websites and cyberlockers to fund their operations.<br />
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According to TorrentFreak, Hado... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/French-Anti-Piracy-Group-Strangles-Cyberlocker-Funding-237227.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Major Australian ISPs Begin Fight Against Piracy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Five of Australia&rsquo;s largest Internet service providers, members of the Communications Alliance, revealed their anti-piracy plans which seem to replicate the three-strike law already implemented by other countries.Telstra Bigpond, iiNet, Optus, iPrimus and Internode plan on fully collaborating with copyright holders in an effort ...]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="http://news.softpedia.com/images/newsrsz/Major-Australian-ISPs-Begin-Fight-Against-Piracy-2.jpg" align="left" style="margin-right: 10px;" />Five of Australia&rsquo;s largest Internet service providers, members of the Communications Alliance, revealed their anti-piracy plans which seem to replicate the three-strike law already implemented by other countries.<br /><br />Telstra Bigpond, iiNet, Optus, iPrimus and Internode plan on fully collaborating with copyright holders in an effort ... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Major-Australian-ISPs-Begin-Fight-Against-Piracy-237050.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:21:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Phonographic Industry Attacks Pirate Bay with More ISP Blockades</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC) filed a new lawsuit against The Pirate Bay&rsquo;s administrators, demanding two more ISP blockades in Finland and compensation fees.

According to TorrentFreak,  the Helsinki District Court wil...]]></description>
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According to TorrentFreak,  the Helsinki District Court wil... (<a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Phonographic-Industry-Attacks-Pirate-Bay-With-More-ISP-Blockades-237025.shtml">read more</a>)]]></content:encoded>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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