Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
 Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
With the new "six strikes" piracy alert system, Comcast plans to hijack offenders' browsers, Cablevision will suspend subscribers for 24 hours after a fifth offense, and plenty of ISPs are looking ...
Gust MEES's insight:
Scoop.it!
Starting Monday, most U.S. Internet users will be subject to a new anti-piracy system that could slow their Internet speeds to a crawl.
The CAS, designed as an "educational" service to combat casual piracy in the U.S., has been criticized as designed purely for corporate interests, at the expense of the average Internet user. While it doesn't require ISPs to cut off Internet access to repeat pirates — as is the case in France and New Zealand — it will issue escalating punishments to suspected pirates, severely reducing their connection speeds after five or six offenses.
Gust MEES's insight:
The CAS, designed as an "educational" service to combat casual piracy in the U.S., has been criticized as designed purely for corporate interests, at the expense of the average Internet user. While it doesn't require ISPs to cut off Internet access to repeat pirates — as is the case in France and New Zealand — ===> it will issue escalating punishments to suspected pirates, severely reducing their connection speeds after five or six offenses. <===
Gust MEES's curator insight,
February 24, 2013 6:41 PM
The CAS, designed as an "educational" service to combat casual piracy in the U.S., has been criticized as designed purely for corporate interests, at the expense of the average Internet user. While it doesn't require ISPs to cut off Internet access to repeat pirates — as is the case in France and New Zealand —
===> it will issue escalating punishments to suspected pirates, severely reducing their connection speeds after five or six offenses. <=== 
Jake Christian's curator insight,
May 13, 2013 11:57 AM
With these offenses, it could serverely damage an online industry because of a select few individuals because the industries aren't making as much money. I personally think that this will backfire, like every other, as I like to call it, "chasing ghosts" operation the Government has taken on. I'd say whenever the Government declares war on an aspect of economics, it will fail. The Government will hurt consumers because of someone doing perceptively unlawful acts, while there could be legislation out there that could not affect innocent internet users with people who have engaged in Online Piracy, I have yet to see it and every piece of legislation has proven to be behind the ball and easily able to get around for people who choose not to abide by these laws.
Scoop.it!
Amerikanische Netzprovider werden potenzielle Urheberrechtsverletzer bald per Mail verwarnen und ihren Zugang drosseln. Wer widersprechen will, muss 35 Dollar zahlen.
Gust MEES's insight:
NETZSPERREN
USA verwarnen Filesharer bald mit "Six Strikes"
Amerikanische Netzprovider werden potenzielle Urheberrechtsverletzer bald per Mail verwarnen und ihren Zugang drosseln. Wer widersprechen will, muss 35 Dollar zahlen.
Scoop.it!
The US Operation In Our Sights temporarily morphed into Project Cyber Monday 3 – with a European Project Transatlantic offshoot – and netted a combined haul of 132 seized counterfeiting website domains.
Read more:
Scoop.it!
It's difficult to predict what technology topics will confront the president over the next four years, but Internet surveillance and a successor to the Stop Online Piracy Act are likely on the menu.
Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News:
Scoop.it!
Three websites which distributed copyrighted smartphone 'apps', or applications, have been shut down by law enforcement authorities in the US, in which the Department of Justice (DoJ) said was the first case involving "cell phone app marketplaces".27 Aug 2012
The DoJ said that the seizures were the result of "comprehensive enforcement action taken to prevent the infringement of copyrighted mobile device apps" involving international authorities, including those in France and the Netherlands. Visitors to any of the three sites - applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com - will now find a banner notifying them that the relevant domain name has been seized by the authorities and informing them that "wilful copyright infringement" is a federal crime.
Read more:
Scoop.it!
Ukrainian authorities have taken down Demonoid.com, one of the world's largest BitTorrent tracker sites.
Torrents allow users to download music, video and other internet content by downloading small bits of files from others' computers at the same time.
The shutdown is the latest news in a campaign against file-sharing sites.
It follows the US's closure of Megaupload, and several European ISPs (internet service providers) being ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19166779#?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Scoop.it!
From
www
ACTA has received a knockout blow from the European Parliament as the majority of MEPs voted in favor of rejecting the controversial trade agreement, which critics say would protect copyright at the expense of freedom of speech on the Internet.
Read more: http://www.rt.com/news/acta-eu-parliament-vote-400/
Scoop.it!
BSA's annual study shows global PC software theft grew to a record $63 billion in 2011.
This year's BSA Global Software Piracy Study marks the first time a large sample of computer users around the world have been asked directly, "How often do you acquire pirated software or software that is not fully licensed?"
The answers people have given to that and other questions reveal sharp divides between the habits and outlooks of computer users in emerging and developed markets.
Those differences help explain why the global piracy rate hovered at 42 percent in 2011 while a steadily expanding marketplace in the developing world drove the commercial value of software theft to $63.4 billion.
Gust MEES: ===> I include also #cybersecurity! Why? Illegal downloads of software can't get updated anymore, so, thus meaning: vulnerabilities found in such software will be not fixed and computers running such software are vulnerable to malware and certainly infected one day!!! <===
Read more...
Scoop.it!
Les deux ministres du gouvernement François Biltgen et Romain Schneider ont réagi suite à l’affaire du Medicoleak.
Ils précisent qu’il n’y a pas actuellement de mise en accusation et rappellent le principe de la présomption d’innocence…
C’est par un communiqué laconique que les deux ministres des Sports d’une part et de la Justice et des Communications d’autre part, ont commenté les récents rebondissements dans l’affaire du Medicoleak et qui mettent clairement la pression sur le président du Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg, Sven Clement, perquisitionné la semaine dernière.
Dans leur communication, les ministres rappellent qu’il ont eu connaissance “qu’au moins un individu, profitant d’une erreur humaine, a eu accès à la base de données des Centres médico-sportifs”. On le savait déjà depuis deux mois et demi.
“Il est dans les obligations du gouvernement, en application de l’article 23 (2) du code d’instruction criminelle de dénoncer au procureur tous les faits susceptibles de constituer un crime ou un délit, justifient les deux membres du gouvernement.
===> L’accès illégal à des données personnelles protégées par la loi ne constitue pas de peccadille.” <===
Scoop.it!
LUXEMBURG - Eine Woche nach der Hausdurchsuchung beim Präsidenten der Piratenpartei wegen des unbefugten Zugangs zur Datenbank des sportmedizinischen Dienstes rechtfertigen gleich zwei Minister das Vorgehen der Behörden.
Scoop.it!
Le site de partage de fichiers Hotfile est dans le collimateur des studios hollywoodiens, qui ont demandé aux autorités américain...
Scoop.it!
Les autorités américaines ont déjà saisi 50 millions de dollars d’actifs liés à MegaUpload. Dans le même temps, une nouvelle série d’accusations est venue se rajouter à ce dossier déjà bien lourd, lancé dans l’État de Virginie, là où MU ...
|
Scoop.it!
Starting this week, those downloading movies, TV shows and music illegally in the U.S. are going to start getting called out for committing Internet fouls.
Copyright holders RIAA and MPAA in partnership with five major Internet service providers are launching the “Copyright Alert System” a.k.a. “Six Strikes” a.k.a. “The Copyright Surveillance Machine.” What does it mean?
Gust MEES's insight:
Scoop.it!
From
phys
A new voluntary system aimed at rooting out online copyright piracy using a controversial 'six strikes' system is set to be implemented by US Internet providers soon, with the impact unclear.
Bambauer said the effort appears to be "backdoor policymaking" by the US administration after it failed to implement any new policy. But the US system is not a government program and entities are participating voluntarily, Lesser said, adding that the effort sought to learn from other countries' programs . In France, she said, merely announcing the program discouraged illegal file-sharing by "people who thought they were doing this anonymously," and drove an increase in legal services. "We hope there will be a similar psychological impact here," Lesser added.
Gust MEES's insight:
A MUST read!
Rose Lee's comment,
January 26, 2013 9:54 AM
Good post.sharing some useful information about <a href="http://www.myeasymba.blogspot.com/2012/05/online-mba-degree-in-canada.html">; Online Degree in Canada</a>
Scoop.it!
Even if you've never downloaded copyrighted content in your life, the new policy may put a damper on your Web surfing at the local cafe.
Scoop.it!
A German couple are not liable for the filesharing activities of their 13-year old son because they told him unauthorized downloading and sharing of copyrighted material was illegal, and they were not aware the boy violated this prohibition, the...
Read more, a MUST:
Scoop.it!
The Pirate Bay's website is unreachable and has been down for over a day now, prompting speculation that Monday's police raid of the premises of Stockholm-based web host PeRiQuito (PRQ) might have something to do with it.
Read more: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13710
Scoop.it!
URI took a publicly available server offline after a breach compromised the information of faculty and students.
University of Rhode Island (URI) officials disabled the school's College of Business Administration computer server, after the personal information of more than 1,000 faculty and students, as well as students from another school, was publicly available. How many victims?
About 1,000 current and former URI faculty members, in addition to 22 former students of the university and 80 students from an unnamed out-of-state school.
What type of personal information? The names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and some compensation information of faculty members.
Former URI students had their Social Security numbers and names exposed, while students from the out-of-state school had their grades, names and Social Security numbers posted to the server.
Read more:
Scoop.it!
Anonymous hacks oil giants, leaks employees' passwords
In support of Greenpeace's efforts to stop companies drilling for oil in the Arctic, Anonymous has leaked around 1,000 email addresses belonging to five of the biggest multinational oil companies and its corresponding passwords (both in clear text and hashed).
This leak is a continuation of a previous one from June, when the group dumped email login credentials of Exxon employees. This time Shell, BP Global, Gazprom and Rosneft were hit.
Read more:
Scoop.it!
Les eurodéputés viennent de se prononcer par 478 voix contre 39 en faveur du rejet du très controversé texte de loi anti-contrefaçon.
C'est fini, ou presque (car comme nous vous l'indiquions il y a quelques jours, le commissaire européen Karel de Gucht compte ignorer purement et simplement le rejet du texte). Le traité ACTA est, après plusieurs mois de débats intensifs, bel et bien mort et enterré. Ce matin, les députés européens étaient réunis dans le cadre d'une séance plénière au cours de laquelle ils avaient à voter pour ou contre l'accord anti contrefaçon.
En savoir plus : http://www.linformaticien.com/actualites/id/25507/le-parlement-europeen-rejette-le-traite-acta.aspx
Scoop.it!
The European Court of Justice says that Sweden's laws have no barriers in place that would preclude an ISP from sharing an alleged pirates' data with rightsholders.
Those on both sides of the argument have debated the legality of sharing IP addresses with copyright holders since 2009, when the so-called IPRED law went into effect in Sweden. The statute provides for ISPs to reveal a person's IP address whenever he or she is charged with pirating multimedia.
Under the law, a court must decide if an IP address should be released, and that can only happen if rightsholders head to court and argue their case.
Read more...
Scoop.it!
Seulement au retour du week-end de Pâques, Sven Clement a enfin pu faire le point avec son avocat. Notamment sur les risques qu'il encourt: vol, vol à l’aide de fausses clés et infraction informatique, soit les articles 509-1 à 4 du code pénal sont les trois chefs d'accusation qui lui sont reprochés. Il risque dix ans de prison au maximum, explique-t-il à iTnation.lu.
Une plainte pour perte de données Sa position depuis le début n'a pas changé: il a pris la photo de l'identifiant et du code. Il a appelé le circl pour l'en informer et lui demander d'agir dans les quinze jours. Quinze jours plus tard, il a essayé identifiant et code et constaté que rien n'avait changé. Il a donc commencé à prévenir les journalistes.
Lire l'article complet...
Scoop.it!
Sven Clement et un collaborateur du CIRCL, ont été perquisitionnés dans le cadre de l’affaire de la fuite des données de santé de milliers de sportifs luxembourgeois.
Scoop.it!
Sony, AOL, Google: Sie alle haben bereits mit Datenschutz-Skandalen für negative Schlagzeilen gesorgt. Wir zeigen Ihnen diese und zwölf weitere Datenschutz-Skandale der vergangenen Wochen, Monate und Jahre.
|
Check also:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Piracy