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Icelandic Antipiracy Group Shouted Off Facebook
2013-02-08 00:45:26| TechNewsWorld
n attempted antipiracy campaign came screeching to a halt when, after just four days, the Icelandic Film and Movie organization, SMAIS, took down its Facebook page. SMAIS apparently wanted to spur dialogue with Icelanders, but that backfired when Facebook users -- who were "fans" of the SMAIS page -- began blasting the group in its own comment section.
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The UK's Tangled Antipiracy Web
2013-01-12 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
In the battle against online piracy, industry and government officials tend to cast a wide net in blocking suspected piracy-enabling websites. Sometimes this process results in the removal of sites that have nothing to do with piracy. Last April, the UK ordered Internet service providers to block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay.
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Verizon could charge users $35 to challenge anti-piracy claims
2013-01-11 23:35:09| InfoWorld: Top News
Businesses and individual subscribers to Verizon's Internet service may have to pay a $35 fee to challenge piracy allegations, according to a leaked draft of the company's forthcoming Copyright Alert Program.
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Verizon six strikes anti-piracy policy throttles you after fifth offense
2013-01-11 22:00:06| Extremetech
Comcast, AT&T, Time Warner, Verizon, and Cablevision have all agreed to play ball with the media industry to inconvenience their customers accused of piracy. Few details beyond the "six strikes" policy have been released from any of the ISPs going along with this scheme, but now TorrentFreak has gone public with leaked documents about Verizon's implementation.
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