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What Happens If Hyperlinks Get Copyright Protection In Europe?
Another storm appears to be brewing in Europe that will impact the ability of many U.S. businesses to freely operate there. According to a …
Ancillary Copyright 2.0: The European Commission is preparing a frontal attack on the hyperlink
The European Commission is preparing a frontal attack on the hyperlink, the basic building block of the Internet as we know it. This is …
Why are some jokes being hidden on Twitter?
Joke thieves beware. Twitter has removed several humorous tweets that appear to plagiarise other people’s work, on copyright grounds. Comedians have long been frustrated …
Your favourite piracy sites could disappear soon
The Federal Government has passed new legislation designed to block access to websites that are used to find pirated material, such as The Pirate …
Blocking Pirate Bay doesn’t increase legit sales, study finds
Carnegie Mellon researchers have authored a study on how website blocks impact consumer behavior, and whether such actions can be used to reduce content …
Filesharing “a gateway into the dark side” says UK police chief
Unauthorised filesharing can be a “gateway” to online crime, according to Andy Archibald, deputy director of the National Cyber Crime Unit at the National …
Sweden seizes Pirate Bay web domains
A Stockholm court on Tuesday seized the Swedish web domains of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay over repeated copyright violations in a bid to …
New Australian bill could outlaw VPNs in bid to stamp out Hulu, Netflix ‘piracy’
A new bill being considered in Australia could outlaw the use of VPNs in that country in the name of fighting piracy. Australia has …
Florida Legislators Introduce Bill That Would Strip Certain Site Owners Of Their Anonymity
A few Florida legislators are looking to do some serious damage to both free speech and the internet. This week, the Florida state legislature …
Mega says US urged PayPal to cease working with it based on end-to-end encryption
PayPal will no longer process customer payments for the cloud-storage service Mega based on the latter’s use of client-side encryption. Kim Dotcom’s Mega says …
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