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Swedish anti-piracy law boosted music sales and dropped internet traffic

According to TorrentFreak, once the Swedish government implemented an anti-piracy law dubbed IPRED, legal sales of music spiked dramatically, while Internet traffic dropped significantly as well. IPRED allows copyright holders to request the personal...

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Spotify to begin phasing out peer-to-peer connections

Spotify has always streamed at least some of its music over peer-to-peer listener networks, helping it deliver music quickly while saving some cash on bandwidth and servers. However, the service...

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U.K. to legalize ripping CDs and DVDs in June

Starting in June, folks in the U.K. will legally be allowed to rip their media for personal use. After thorough examination of current copyright laws, officials have decided that consumers...

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AT&T patents new way to squeeze money out of its customers

Because data cap overage fees, early termination fees and administrative fees apparently aren’t enough, AT&T has patented yet another creative way to squeeze more money from its customers every month. A recently published AT&T patent...

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Can VPNs defend against the NSA?

No. No they cannot. Not yet, at least. Let’s start off by saying that no VPN service can ever guarantee your anonymity 100%. That said, there is good reason to...

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Russia to start censoring pirate sites

While hints of censorship still make their way through the United States and Europe, Russia may set the bar as high as it can go in their fight against piracy...

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Is it ever okay to break VPN privacy?

The easy answer is, of course, no. However, this is really a much more complex question than that. When signing up to a VPN provider many users hope that they...

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It may take aliens to crack new VPN encryption setups

Everyone knows that many governments around the world have been using alien technology for decades, right? If you're one of those who isn't buying into the conspiracy theories, you will...

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Piracy went down. Sales didn’t go up. Go figure.

The contention of the music industry is that piracy is what has been hurting sales the most. A recent report shows that piracy is down in some circles, but "oddly"...

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Pirate Party crashes spy drone in front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

With the German elections less than a week away, the Pirate Party has pulled off a quite extraordinary stunt. At a campaign rally by Chancellor Angela Merkel, a Pirate flew...

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Netflix uses pirate sites to determine what shows to buy

This week Netflix rolled out its video streaming service in the Netherlands where it hopes to build a massive user base in the years to come. One of the keys...

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Netflix uses pirate sites to figure out what shows to buy

This week Netflix rolled out its video streaming service in the Netherlands where it hopes to build a massive user base in the years to come. One of the keys...

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