Data protection helps pirates
It looks like the various data protection acts around the EU could be saving the illegal file sharers or pirates as the industry like to call them, from prosecution.
The case in example is Norway, its data protection laws state that internet service providers have to delete all data that is recorded against an IP address [...]
The $112,000 Trojan bank fraud
It seems that some banks are still having a bad time, as if the current financial crisis was not bad enough they are still finding that they are open to all sorts of attack and not all of them are from the disheartened public who are unable to get loans or credit.
Despite the obvious security [...]
Movie industry wants broadband speed restrictions
The media industry that is made of music, film, games and software firms in the UK are looking at new ways to stop file sharers from illegally downloading their copyrighted material.
There have been calls to kick these pirates of the internet or to fine them, but these schemes would appear to attack the wrong people.
The [...]
France rejects three strikes policy
First of all the French government voted for the proposed three strikes and you are off the internet policy, but then they appear to have change their minds and have rejected the copyright holders plans to punish illegal file sharers with banishment.
What happened was the French parliament passed the law, but this had to [...]
Fox supporting piracy
As with many large organisations, it is often true that one section has no idea what the other is doing and this is the case with Fox. They are a huge media firm, who happen to be major shareholders in BSkyB and have seen their most recent film “X Men Origins: Wolverine” appear on the [...]
April 1, 2009Conficker day today
There are mixed messages coming out today from the computer security industry, it has been well publicised that there could be a return of the infamous Conficker computer worm today April 1st, but because of the significance of today being “Fools Day” the message is divided.
Some believe that the worm will return with a vengeance [...]
Microsoft and the new gaming piracy tech
Microsoft have been adding a number additions to their Games for Windows security, these are mainly directed at the prevention of piracy. It could be said that it is like Digital Rights Management (DRM) but don’t let Microsoft hear any say that.
They have anti piracy measures in place, but according to Microsoft it is definitely [...]
More features from Windows 7
As further details come to light about the new Windows 7 operating system it seems that Microsoft have included extra control for users and we are not just talking about the ability to switch the internet explorer on and off, there are more features to control.
The features that can be controlled will be:
Windows Media Centre
Windows [...]
Is the Pirate Bay guilty?
The time has come in the Pirate Bay trial, both parties have presented their cases and made their closing speeches, this means that finally there will be an end to this case or will it?
It seems that there is no definitive idea as to who has won this case, the arguments for and against have [...]
Where Twitter’s security lets users down
There has been a lot about the security of the micro blogging site Twitter, people have been able to hack into other members accounts and change the information etc, which is annoying but not exactly dangerous to other users.
One thing about Twitter that is potentially dangerous to users is the character limit of 141, if [...]
Half of charges dropped against Pirate Bay
The case against the file sharing organisation the Pirate Bay has been well publicised over a long period of time, in fact you have to go to 2006 when this first came to light with the authorities raiding the Pirate Bays offices.
But finally, the time has come for all, and with the court and media [...]
Pirate Bay on Twitter
With the court case against the Pirate Bay will be starting in Stockholm, Sweden. Clearly, the authorities are going to want to keep a tight control on the information that leaks out, as they do want the Pirate Bay coming out looking like a victim.
But in order to counter this silence, the Pirate Bay will [...]
Fighters grounded by a virus
The French Navy has been attacked by one of the most sneakiest of enemies; it was not terrorists or activists though. The French Navy has become the latest victim of the Conficker virus, this uses Microsoft windows to transmit itself through networks and infiltrate systems.
Because of this the French Navy’s aircraft were grounded and it [...]
EU moving against pirates
It will not be long before the elected members of the European Parliament will have to make their minds up and vote on the Medina Report. This is the report that has been looking into copyright piracy, its effects and how to deal with the problems associated with it.
However, despite being a new report, this [...]
Pirate Bay getting for court
It seems to be such a long winded and drawn out process but finally the court case between against the Pirate Bay is going to take place in just a couple of weeks time. So at last, we should be able to hear exactly what the real case is going be.
On the 16th February 2009 [...]
Anti piracy measures dropped by Apple
For as long as anyone can remember Apple have always used the serial number verification for the Apple iWork Productivity Suite, this would need to be added within the thirty day deadline, this also included any software installed on the machine when purchased, any downloads and those bought through the retail sector.
But when it comes [...]
Downloader’s will ignore threats
It may not have gone un-noticed how the internet service providers, copyright owners and law firms have been going about stopping illegal file sharers, for most the threat of disconnection is enough to make internet users think about what they are doing.
Therefore, it could be said that this tactic has been a success, but has [...]
What films are pirated the most
The copying of films just keeps getting stronger and the current top ten lists of the most pirated films is showing that there are a lot of newcomers getting onto the list, which must be a nightmare for all of those film distributors.
This data has been collected using DVDrips, DVD screeners and R5 rips, the [...]
Fake CNN phishing site
Once again, the news is being used to encourage unsuspecting internet users visit news sites to see some breaking news, but as normal, these are just phishing emails hoping that people will visit the site and get caught up in trap.
In this case, the news story is making out that it comes from CNN, the [...]
Can Microsoft corner the security market?
Companies like Microsoft are not known for giving anything away; after all, they would not have made all of that cash if they started off down that road. However, since other companies have been offering some security software packages for free, Microsoft are about to jump in with their free software.
The plan is to offer [...]