Megaupload
- New Zealand Government Admits That Order To Suppress Illegal Spying On Kim Dotcom Only Such Order Issued In 10 Years--"Signed by acting prime minister Bill English while Key was aboard."
- Dotcom can pursue case against police, GCSB
- Dotcom Announces Brand New "Lobbyist-Proof" Kiwi Domain for Mega--The original name, Me.ga, was taken away.
- Kim Dotcom posts screenshots of upcoming Mega site: key generator, registration, and file manager
- Kim Dotcom's Open Letter To Hollywood
- Pirate Bay Founder Released From Solitary Confinement
- The Pirate Bay Is The World's Most Efficient Public Library
- UK ISPs Unblock Pirate Bay’s Artist Promos After Protests
- Digital Rights Groups Shut Out of Secret TPP Negotiations--Why does it matter? Glad you asked.
- Staffer axed by Republican group over retracted copyright-reform memo--"Big Content doesn't like the GOP advocating for copyright changes."
- Dark dealings of 'The Hobbit'--What the New Zealand government did to ensure the movie production stayed there.
- How 4 Microsoft engineers proved that the "darknet" would defeat DRM
- Blast fromt the Past: Get a Real DVD!--How convincing.
- ITU Approves Deep Packet Inspection Standard Behind Closed Doors, Ignores Huge Privacy Implications
- House approves resolution to keep Internet control out of UN hands--397-0.
- The UN's Threat to Internet Freedom
- Senator Al Franken revives debate on privacy act requiring user consent for location sharing
- Here We Go Again: Latest Draft Of White House Cybersecurity 'Executive Order' Is Leaked
- Appeals Court Holds Firm: The Government Cannot Be Sued For Violating Its Own Wiretapping Laws
- Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans' text messages--"State and local law enforcement groups want wireless providers to store detailed information about your SMS messages for at least two years -- in case they're needed for future criminal investigations."
- New 25 GPU Monster Devours Passwords In Seconds
- Facebook: EU's 'Right To Be Forgotten' Will Enforce More User Tracking--War is peace. Freedom is slavery.
- How to get targeted ads on your TV? Try a camera in your set-top box.--"Verizon has filed a patent for a DVR that can watch and listen to the goings-on in your living room. In the application, the company proposes to use the technology to serve targeted ads appropriate to whatever you're doing in the, uh, privacy of your own home—fighting, cuddling, or hanging out with your cats."
- In Some Stores, the Mannequins Are Watching You
- In the High-Tech Patent Wars, an Inventor's Lament--"In high-tech industries, the patent system is tilted in favor of large companies that are mainly engaged in incremental innovation, according to Stephen Perlman, a well-known inventor and entrepreneur. That makes things increasingly difficult, he contends, for inventors who are pursuing longer-term breakthroughs."
- Numbers don't lie: Patent trolls are a plague
- America's dysfunctional patent system is stifling innovation--"Instead of rewarding invention, US patents just help corporations work monopolies and legal 'trolls' make parasitic profits."
- The Meteoric Ascent of the Patent Troll and the Devastating Consequences for Innovation
- Facebook, Google, Zynga Ask Courts To Reject Patents On Abstract Ideas That Plague Tech Innovation
