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Downloading mom fined $80,000 per song
After deliberating for only a few hours, the jury in Jammie Thomas-Rasset's federal retrial found the 32-year-old Minnesota mother liable for willfully infringing the copyrights of 24 songs she...
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Has the Pirate Bay given up piracy?
The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site used by millions to exchange movies and music, is reportedly being sold to the Swedish company Global Gaming Factory X AB for nearly $8 million. A blog...
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Student arrested for 'modding' Xbox consoles
Homeland Security officers arrested Cal State Fullerton student Michael Crippen on Monday for modifying Xbox video game consoles to play copied games. The practice of "modding" a video game console is...
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Pirated copy of District 9 posted online
A DVD-quality copy of the sci-fi blockbuster "District 9" was posted to file-trading networks over Labor Day weekend. According to TorrentFreak.com, the movie was downloaded over one million times...
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Does the U.S. need tougher copyright laws?
A new report by the World Economic Forum (pdf) ranks United States intellectual property (IP) protections 19th in a worldwide survey. The rank was not based on a comparison of IP laws, but determined...
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Internet service provider fights copyright law
A proposed law could force UK Internet service providers to disconnect users who repeatedly share copyrighted files, but TalkTalk, a British ISP, doesn't want to become a copyright cop. UK Internet...
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Mac-cloner Psystar loses Apple lawsuit
Apple has won its copyright-infringement claim against the Mac cloning company Psystar. Psystar sold PCs that ran Apple's OS X software. The computers functioned essentially the same as standard Macs,...
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Justin.tv defends live streaming video
The CEO of the popular live video site Justin.tv has been invited to testify before the House Judiciary Committee today on the topic of live sports online. A user streams ESPNHD live on Justin.tv...
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Hacker says he's unlocked the PS3
More than three years after its initial release, the PlayStation 3 has allegedly been hacked. George Hotz, aka "GeoHot," recently announced the feat on his blog. "I have read/write access to the entire...
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Man suspected of cracking Twitter accounts: 'I'm a nice hacker'
The man accused of cracking a Twitter database and peeking at the Twitter accounts of Barack Obama and Britney Spears said this week that he didn't mean harm, according to a French TV station. He...
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