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Recovering audio from a lost format with open source | Opensource.com
# ! #OpenSource for #Your daily (cool) #Life ~ HDCD is a digital format that offers the sound of CDs without the clunkiness of an old-school CD player. — Read on opensource.com/article/20/7/hdcd
#ATT just declared #war on an #open #internet (and #us) | The Verge | # ! The #Telecom #Deception…
‘Mobilizing Your World’ sounds like a threat now | T.C. Sottek | ____________ # ! … keeps ahead. # ! Is it that nobody is going to take #Real Measures..? _______ [Source: AT&T just declared war on an open internet (and us) – The Verge]
#Copyright #Troll #BacksDown When #Faced With #Exposure | TorrentFreak | # ! What a #Business…
Companies that make money from threatening alleged file-sharers are known for their bullying tactics but those who are prepared to fight back can enjoy success. A letter sent by a defense lawyer to the copyright trolls behind the movie London Has Fallen provides an excellent and highly entertaining example. | Andy | _______ # ! … … Continue reading
“#MPAA and #RIAA’s #AntiPiracy Plans #Harm The #Internet” | TorrentFreak | # ! ☠ #Meet The #Real…
The Internet Infrastructure Coalition is urging the U.S. Government not to blindly follow the RIAA and MPAA’s input regarding online piracy threats. The group, which represents tech firms including Google, Amazon and Verisign, warns that the future of the Internet is at stake. | Ernesto | __________ # ! ☠ … #purpose of the so-called # … Continue reading
More #proof shows #Hollywood is #leaking pre-release #movies on #torrent #sites | Ars Technica UK | # ! ☠ …
Talent agency says “sharing of award screeners is commonplace” in Hollywood. | David Kravets – Oct 26, 2016 5:35 pm UTC | ________________________________ # ! ☠ …#Piracy ‘R’ ’em. [# ! Not only for extra promotion of the movies and else, # ! but to harden Internet censorship to favor # ! ‘Their’ political connections…] … Continue reading
AT&T has $80 billion deal to purchase Time Warner Inc. (and with it, HBO) | Ars Technica | # ! 8-) $$!! …
Owning Time Warner would boost AT&T media ambitions, raise competition concerns. | Jon Brodkin | _____________ # ! … 😎 $$!! .. this kind of #mergers not only #damage #customers (Pe@ple) # ! but, also, #throttles the #contents supply*… # ! They shouldn’t be allowed. [* As it already happened with the Music Labels, in … Continue reading
#Lawmakers #Warned That 10 Year #Sentences Could #Apply to #FileSharers | TorrentFreak | # ! ☠ …
The UK is currently forming new legislation that will harmonize sentences for offline and online piracy. While the theoretical 10-year maximum sentence is supposed to target only large-scale pirates, this week MPs were warned that wording in the Digital Economy Bill is not tight enough to exclude file-sharers. | Andy | _______ # ! … Continue reading
#Google Is Now #Under #Attack by ‘#RoboDMCA’ #Takedown #Requests | digitalmusicnews.com | # ! ☠ How’s That…
Want to beat Google at its own game? Introducing the ‘Robo DMCA’ avalanche, brought to you by Hollywood, major labels, and other media giants. | Paul Resnikoff | _______________ # ! … of going against a Search Engine instead of facing the pages that # ! harbor the (‘presumed’) offending contents… [Clue: #HollywoodvsSiliconValley…] ______ [Source: … Continue reading
#AntiPiracy #Outfits #Caught #Fabricating #Takedown #Notices | TorrentFreak | # ! ☠#WARNING…
Not all anti-piracy vendors play fair when it comes to removing copyright-infringing content from the Internet. In fact, there is clear and convincing evidence that several companies ‘make up’ links that have never even existed, perhaps in part to boost their own numbers. | Ernesto | __________ # ! … ☠ #Law #Misuse: #Democracy … Continue reading
This #lawsuit could be the beginning of the #end for #DRM | Defective by Design | # ! #imagine…
Our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently filed a lawsuit challenging Section 1201 of the US’s Digital Millenium Copyright Act, which provides legal reinforcement to the technical shackles of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). Defective by Design applauds this lawsuit and agrees with the EFF that Section 1201 violates the right to freedom of … Continue reading
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