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Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

HTTPS Renders UK Pirate Site Blocklist Useless - TorrentFreak [# ! Note] - 0 views

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https renders UK piratte site blocklist useless

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 25 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 25 Feb 16
     
    " Ernesto on February 23, 2016 C: 52 News By now most UK Internet users have gotten used to pirate sites being blocked by their ISPs. However, thanks to HTTPS many subscribers have been enjoying a glimpse of an open and unrestricted web, as several popular torrent sites including The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents are no longer being blocked by all providers. "
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Beware: Piracy Defense Lawyers Can Be "Trolls" Too - TorrentFreak [# ! Note] - 1 views

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piracy defense lawyers trolls copyright corruption law justice coexistence

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 10 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 10 Feb 16
     
    " Ernesto on February 8, 2016 C: 37 News Every month hundreds of people are sued for sharing copyrighted media through file-sharing networks, mostly BitTorrent. This practice is big business for copyright holders and lawyers alike. Unfortunately, however, not all defense attorneys appear to have the best interests of their clients at heart."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

4shared Wins Court Case to Overcome Piracy Blockade - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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4Shared wins cour cse overcome piracy blockade Betamax Doctrine

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 19 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 19 Feb 16
     
    " Ernesto on February 19, 2016 C: 12 Breaking Popular file-hosting service 4shared has won a court case against the South Korean authorities who placed the site on a national piracy blocklist. While 4shared's users occasionally host pirated files, the court concludes that it can't be seen as a service that is setup specifically to facilitate copyright infringement."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Warner Pays $14 Million For Illegitimate "Happy Birthday" Claims - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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warner pays millions illegitimate false abuse copyright clams

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 12 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 12 Feb 16
     
    " Ernesto on February 10, 2016 C: 56 Breaking After raking in dozens of millions in licensing fees, Warner/Chappell has admitted that it doesn't own the rights to the song "Happy Birthday". The music company has agreed to set aside a $14 million settlement fund for people who paid to use Happy Birthday in public. In addition, the court has been asked to enter the song into the public domain."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Warner Theme Park Pirated Artists' Music For Six Years, Court Rules - TorrentFreak [# !... - 0 views

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warner theme park steals artists music rights copyright court rules

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 08 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 08 Mar 16
     
    " Andy on March 8, 2016 C: 33 Breaking The Supreme Court in Spain has ruled that during a six year period a Warner Bros. themed park failed to compensate artists and rightsholders. The Court found that between 2002 and 2008 Warner Park (Parque Warner) used unlicensed music in a "intense and continuous" manner and must now pay compensation of $354,000."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Play: A P2P Distributed Torrent Site That's Impossible to Shut Down - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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distributed torrent site resilient shut down what now ?

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 02 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 02 Mar 16
     
    " Andy on March 1, 2016 C: 24 News An interesting torrent site has just debuted which has the honor of being almost shutdown-proof. 'Play' has just appeared on Zeronet, a server-less P2P network that utilizes Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent technology. As a result Play might well be the first torrent site that offers magnet links while being hosted by its users."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Google Asked to Remove 100,000 'Pirate Links' Every Hour - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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google asked remove thousands supposed pirate links hour censorship #HollywoodvsSiliconValley copyright surveillance state Internet music free

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Mar 16
     
    Ernesto on March 6, 2016 C: 2 News Copyright holders are continuing to increase the number of pirate links they want Google to remove from its search results, which have now reached a record-breaking 100,000 reported URLs per hour. This remarkable milestone is more than double the number of pirated links that were reported around the same time last year.
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Australian ISP Rejects 'Pirate Site' Blocking Attempt - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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warrantless site blocking copyright abuse against technology alternatives

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 20 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 20 Nov 15
     
    " Ernesto on November 20, 2015 C: 19 Breaking A small Australian Internet provider is refusing to block a website that allegedly infringes on the copyrights of a local construction company. Lawyers demanded a blockade citing Australia's new anti-piracy legislation, but the ISP believes that it's an attempt to bypass a law which is already flawed."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Movie Studios Shut Down New Popcorn Time Alternative, But Not For Long - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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movie studios down popcorn time alternative copyright abuse war whack-a-mole people demands be heard attended

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 21 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 21 Nov 15
     
    " y Ernesto on November 20, 2015 C: 5 News The popularity of Popcorn Time has triggered the release of several streaming websites that mimic the features of the popular application in a web browser. This is a cause of great concern for the major movie studios, resulting in what appears to be a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. "
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Google Asked to Remove 1,500 "Pirate Links" Per Minute - TorrentFreak [# ! Note] - 0 views

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google asked remove thousands pirate links per minute like DDoS companies try destroy Internet engines search politics Intellectual Property enforcement censorship

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 23 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 23 Nov 15
     
    " Ernesto on November 22, 2015 C: 43 News Google is facing a never-ending flood of takedown requests from copyright holders, breaking record after record. The company currently processes a record breaking 1,500 links to "pirate" pages from its search results every minute, which is a 100% increase compared to last year."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Pirate Bay's .org Domain Suspended Pending ICANN Verification - TorrentFreak [Note] - 0 views

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The Pirate Bay .org domain suspension icann verification pending masking symptoms not solving cause bad strategy poitics censorship

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 07 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 07 Dec 15
     
    " Ernesto on December 7, 2015 C: 0 Breaking Pirate Bay's original .org domain was suspended by EuroDNS a few hours ago, after the registrant failed to verify the contact details. Even though it's no longer the main domain name for the site, the bookmark was still in use by many people as a redirect to Pirate Bay's latest home base. "
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

WTFPL [DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE] About - 1 views

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WTFPL do what the fuck You want public license

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 13 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 13 Dec 15
     
    "DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, December 2004 Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed. DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

WebTorrent Brings BitTorrent to the Web, Impresses Netflix - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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WebTorrent bittorrent inside Internet web browser

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 15 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 15 Dec 15
     
    " Ernesto on December 13, 2015 C: 132 Breaking BitTorrent currently transfers petabytes of data across the Internet every month, but with the shift to online streaming it's losing prominence. Stanford University graduate Feross Aboukhadijeh is bridging this gap with WebTorrent and has already piqued the interest of Netflix, other tech companies, and many enthusiastic developers."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Steal This Show S01E02: Rebel Librarians & Pirate Academics - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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rebel librarians pirate academics promotion P2P file-sharing as future of culture

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 06 Dec 15
     
    " By Ernesto on December 5, 2015 C: 1 Opinion Today we bring you the second episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing the latest file-sharing and copyright news. In this episode we talk about anti-piracy campaigns and why a group of academics are promoting file-sharing, among other things."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Court: Cox Willingly Failed to Disconnect Pirating Subscribers - TorrentFreak - 1 views

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court cox willingly failed subscribers disconnection Internet piracy Hollywood vs Silicon Valley

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 03 Dec 15
     
    " Ernesto on December 2, 2015 C: 151 Breaking District Court Judge Liam O'Grady has just issued a detailed memorandum explaining why Cox isn't entitled to a safe harbor defense. He ruled that Cox willingly failed to disconnect repeat or flagrant 'pirate' subscribers, a decision that could have an enormous impact on all U.S. Internet providers. "
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

EU Proposal Bans Netflix-Style Geo Blocking and Restrictions - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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EU European Union proposal ban geo-blocking

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 09 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 09 Dec 15
     
    " Ernesto on December 9, 2015 C: 62 Breaking The European Commission has officially presented its plan to abolish geo-blocking and filtering restrictions across EU member states. The new proposal requires online services to allow users to access their accounts all across Europe, even in countries where it's officially not available yet."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

Search Engines Need Regulating to Reduce Piracy, Russia Says - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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regulation aka control censorship Internet www web search engines fight reduce piracy Russia and else soon

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 11 Dec 15
     
    " Andy on December 11, 2015 C: 28 News Russian telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor says it will create a working group to look into the regulation of search engine results. The move is part of a package of initiatives designed to make pirated content harder to find. Also on the table are discussions on how to make anti-piracy techniques less prone to circumvention."
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

UK Anti-Piracy 'Education' Campaign Launched, Quietly - TorrentFreak [# ! Note] - 0 views

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UK anti-piracy education campaign who teaches industry stop abuses

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 02 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 02 Dec 15
     
    " Ernesto on December 1, 2015 C: 57 Opinion After a long wait the UK's broad anti-piracy effort operated by ISPs and copyright holders has finally launched. The UK Government-funded program aims to warn and educate illegal file-sharers in the hope of decreasing piracy rates over time, but thus far the response has been rather underwhelming."
Paul Merrell

RIOT gear: your online trail just got way more visible - 0 views

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shared by Paul Merrell on 07 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • The recent publication of a leaked video demonstrating American security firm Raytheon’s social media mining tool RIOT (Rapid Information Overlay Technology) has rightly incensed individuals and online privacy groups. In a nutshell, RIOT – already shared with US government and industry as part of a joint research and development effort in 2010 – uses social media traces to profile people’s activities, map their contacts, and predict their future activities. Yet the most surprising thing isn’t how RIOT works, but that the information it mines is what we’ve each already shared publicly.
  • Paul Merrell on 07 Dec 15
     
    Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C.552a(e) "Each agency that maintains a system of rec­ords shall- ... "(7) maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity"
Gonzalo San Gil, PhD.

BitTorrent Still Dominates Internet's Upstream Traffic - TorrentFreak - 0 views

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bittorrent still dominaates rules Internet traffic despite legal 'legal' supply why freedom choice is answer industry should ask themslves

shared by Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 08 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Gonzalo San Gil, PhD. on 08 Dec 15
     
    " Ernesto on December 8, 2015 C: 20 News New data published by Canadian broadband management company Sandvine reveals that BitTorrent can be credited for a quarter of all upstream Internet traffic in North America, more than any other traffic source. With heavy competition from Netflix and other real-time entertainment, BitTorrent's overall traffic share is falling."
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