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Amazon sends Orwell to 'memory hole'
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 18, 2009 |
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Amazon fended off Saturday accusations of Big Brother-like behavior after it quietly erased two George Orwell books from customers' electronic book readers this week.
Pirated copies of Orwell books pulled from Kindle
Jul 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pirated e-book of "1984" led to an Orwellian moment for Kindle customers.
Hackers taking advantage of Windows 7: Microsoft
May 07, 2009 |
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Microsoft said Thursday that cybercriminals are already hawking booby-trapped versions of just-released Windows 7 operating system software.
EU Parliament rejects law allowing Internet cutoff
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Worried about trampling on the rights of innocent consumers, the European Parliament rejected Wednesday attempts by EU governments to crack down on people who illegally download copyright-protected music and movies ...
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Judge rules against RealNetworks DVD copy software
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A federal judge has barred RealNetworks Inc. from selling a device that allows consumers to copy DVDs to their computer hard drives, pending a full trial.
EU OKs tougher penalties for illegal fishing
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna.
EU agrees on new Internet user rights
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.
File sharing drops in Sweden after govt crackdown
Oct 12, 2009 |
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More than 40 percent of Swedes engage in illegal file sharing, but recording industry officials have noted a sharp drop since a government crackdown earlier this year, they said Monday.
Five arrested in U.S. piracy investigation
Oct 07, 2005 |
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Authorities in the United States Friday announced five arrests in the latest crackdown on counterfeit software and recordings.
Stolen 'X-Men' flick leaps onto Internet
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A stolen copy of the film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" has leapt around the Internet being downloaded from file sharing websites.
Hollywood, RealNetworks square off on DVD copying
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film ...
When good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research.
Witty tweets captured in 'Twitter Wit' book
Aug 26, 2009 |
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A freshly released book "Twitter Wit" is a hit at the hip micro-blogging service, which so loved the compendium of clever tweets that it bought copies for everyone in its San Francisco headquarters.
HP, Amazon to sell paperback versions of e-books
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books.
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