Megaupload

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Internet blackout doesn't cause major jostling

Whew, that was close. For a second there, I thought that my favorite porn site was going to be blacked out in solidarity with the political protest of pending SOPA regulations. That’s all I need, to get up in the morning to find that the...

Tags: The Washington Post, Computer Networking and Internet, Criminals, Television, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

SXSW 2013: Napster film 'Downloaded' comes alive as a documentary

AUSTIN, Texas -- More than a decade ago, Alex Winter saw a revolution brewing. Winter is perhaps best known as Bill, the blond-haired high school slacker from the 1989 comedy “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.” But he’s also a tech...

Tags: MTV (tv network), MySpace, Computer Networking and Internet, Sean Parker, Festive Events

MPAA slams study finding Megaupload's closure hurt films' revenue

Hollywood's chief lobbying group is taking issue with some academic research suggesting that the shutdown of popular file-hosting website Megaupload has hurt some movies' box-office revenues. Researchers at the Munich School of Management and the...

Tags: Movies, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Management (movie), Entertainment

AP news briefs: Romney tries to hold on as Gingrich, Santorum look to gain in South Carolina

Romney bracing, with Gingrich and Santorum chasing, on last full day before South Carolina primary NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Front-runner Mitt Romney and his presidential pursuers enter the final full day of campaigning in a South Carolina...

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Feds shut down file-sharing website

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Feds Shut Down Megaupload File-Sharing Website

KTLA News

NEW YORK -- In one of the U.S. government's largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal file sharing. Hours later, Megaupload's fans turned the table on...

Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, New Products, Television, PROTECT IP Act, Prosecution

Feds: Megaupload files may be deleted this week

CNN

Federal prosecutors who accuse file-sharing site Megaupload of being a hotbed of digital piracy say the site's customer files, presumably including perfectly legal ones, may be deleted starting Thursday. "It is our understanding that the hosting...

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'Anonymous' hackers claim to take down Justice Department, Universal Music websites

Newscore

Hackers aligned with the global cyber-collective known as Anonymous have claimed responsibility for taking down at least six prominent websites, including those of the US Department of Justice and Universal Music Group, in retaliation for charges levied...

Tags: Twitter, Inc., Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Politics, Anonymous (internet groups), Computer Crime

The Online-Piracy Mess: How Chris Dodd and Hollywood blew it with SOPA

A cool $1.5 million a year. That's what the Motion Picture Association of America is reportedly paying Connecticut's formerU.S. Sen. Chris Doddto slide an anti-Internet-piracy bill through Congress. His insider knowledge, his old-fashioned liberal...

Tags: Christopher Dodd, Economy, Business and Finance, White House, Politics, Joe Lieberman

Man Sentenced For Pirating 'Wolverine' Movie

KTLA News

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- A federal judge sentenced a New York man Monday to a year in prison for pirating an incomplete "workprint" copy of the film "X-Men origins: Wolverine" before it hit theaters. Gilberto Sanchez, 49, of the Bronx, New York, was...

Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Lawyers, Judges, Punishment, KTLA