Did Swedish anti-piracy law backfire or did it just do no good in the long-term, or what? Following a severe drop in the aftermath of Ipred, Sweden’s new anti-piracy law implemented in April, illegal file sharing is once again on the rise, reaching record high levels. Many experts believed that the Ipred law wouldn’t have…
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CA: ‘Accidental’ Download Sending Man To Prison (updated)
Kris Picket reports: A local man is likely to go to prison for years after he says he accidentally downloaded child pornography onto his computer. Matthew White, 22, said he was surfing for pornography two years ago on Limewire — a fire sharing application that allows users to trade music, movies, games and pictures —…
Yahoo! gets no comfort from Cryptome (and the band plays on)
As reported on PogoWasRight.org earlier this week, Yahoo! sent a DMCA takedown notice to John Young, administrator of Cryptome.org, over its posting of their compliance guide for law enforcement agents wishing to obtain customer or subscriber information. The guide describes all of the types of information Yahoo! collects, how long it retains it for, and…
CDT makes it easier to file privacy complaints
As part of its new “Take Back Your Privacy” privacy initiative, CDT has launched a Privacy Complaint Tool to facilitate consumers filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission about web sites or products or services that they believe are violating privacy. CDT’s Privacy Complaint Tool makes it easy for you to file a consumer privacy…