11 days ago
wearehugh : Re: Got a pirated copy of XP? Expect to be nagged - "Dear Microsoft: In reviewing our relationship over the past years, it occurs to me that I haven't been falsely accused of being a thief enough lately."
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gleuschk : Digital Domain - First It Was Song Downloads. Now It’s Organic Chemistry. - NYTimes.com - Hm: "Whether students will view online subscriptions as a helpful adjunct to the printed textbook or as a self-aggrandizing ploy by publishers remains to be seen." Really? Care to make a small wager?
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2 month ago
Rod Begbie : A Detailed Explanation Of How The BSA Misleads With Piracy Stats - Ah, the "ripple effect". Inflating statistics since time immemorial. (The first comment is ace, too!) #
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4 month ago
nelson : Top GTA IV pirates - Leaderboard of achievments. AKA: leaderboard of banned accounts.
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5 month ago
nelson : GTA IV has leaked - 6.36GB download, but I think it requires hacked hardware to play
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5 month ago
deusx : Why (most) authors and publishers need not fear online piracy - "Given the difficulty of breaking into print in the traditional way, the Internet looks to many aspiring authors like a powerful new way to distribute content and find an audience; it has promise, not peril."
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5 month ago
deusx : Internet book piracy will drive authors to stop writing - Times Online - "Book piracy on the internet will ultimately drive authors to stop writing unless radical methods are devised to compensate them for lost sales"
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nelson : Game piracy numbers - Only 1 sale per 1000 illegal copies eliminated. 92% theft rate.
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7 month ago
nelson : Pirating the Oscars - 6 years' data of screener leaks; takes less than a week from when the studio releases a DVD screener to when it shows up online
wearehugh : Waxy.org: Pirating the 2008 Oscars (Now with 6 Years of Data)
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | 'Kill switch' dropped from Vista - "Microsoft says its efforts have seen a drop in piracy of its software." Alternatively, the fact that no-one *wants* Vista could be a factor. #
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11 month ago
gleuschk : Atiyah, Macdonald. Introduction to commutative algebra (1969)(K)(T)(137s).djvu - some russian site scanned in Atiyah-Macdonald
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11 month ago
Linkorama : New Radiohead CD to Debut Online - choose your own price
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15 month ago
deusx : Modder faces jail time after raid turns up counterfeit games, mod chips - "Despite the hate from the ESA and console manufacturers, many gamers are big fans of mod chips, but not because of the piracy angle"
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15 month ago
deusx : The argument against mod chips just doesn't hold water - "The only real argument is against piracy, but I know many people who mod their systems for legitimate purposes."
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16 month ago
deusx : Boing Boing: HD-DVD re-cracked six days *before* it is patched - "Key revocation doesn't work. Suing the Internet doesn't work. DRM doesn't work ... Pirates who download movies don't ever see DRM. Honest customers who buy media are the only people who ever get restricted by it "
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16 month ago
jimray : Gonzales wants to criminalize attempted copyright infringement - Fuck a duck, this is ridiculous. Do these asshats not have any sense of irony? This is the definition of fascism based on corporate/government collusion.
deusx : Tech news blog - Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement | CNET News.com - "Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America"
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17 month ago
wearehugh : The Fishbowl: Product Activation Sucks - newsfire loses a customer
deusx : The Fishbowl: Product Activation Sucks - "Product activation sucks. It sucks because your continued use of the software you purchased is forever dependent on the continued availability of the licence server. And it sucks because your licence can be unilaterally revoked because someone, some
Rod Begbie : The Fishbowl: Product Activation Sucks - "Product activation sucks. It sucks because your continued use of the software you purchased is forever dependent on the continued availability of the license server. And it sucks because your license can be unilaterally revoked because someone, somewhere [via] #
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18 month ago
deusx : Wired News: Downloading Is a Packrat's Dream - "It starts with good intentions. 'I'm going to get all of these movies while I can.'"
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19 month ago
Andy Baio : Steve Jobs argues against DRM for the music industry - wow, Cory Doctorow must be in hog heaven
jimray : Apple - Thoughts on Music - Steve Jobs on the state of online music, downloads and DRM. One of his lackey's should've highlighted the word "DRMs" though because it has a sort of Ted Stevens-esque quality to it.
Rod Begbie : Apple - Thoughts on Music - Steve Jobs publicly calls for the record companies to drop their requirement for DRM on online music sales: "Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. [...] This is clearly the best alternative for c [via] #
Jon Hicks : Steve's Thoughts on Music - “If the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM, we would switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store.”
Jason Shellen : Thoughts on Music by Steve Jobs - Hell yes! I have been privately lobbying a few major labels about this for a few years and they act like I have two heads. I would love to think this is possible. #
Simon Willison : Thoughts on Music - Thoughts on Music. Steve Jobs comes out against DRM, lays the blame squarely on the big four music companies.
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20 month ago
Andy Baio : Waxy.org: Pirating the 2007 Oscars - I just posted my research into Oscar screener piracy, also showing that restricting screeners may hurt film's Oscar chances
jkottke : Andy Baio has a report on Oscar nominated films showing up online - Andy Baio has a report on Oscar nominated films showing up online. Out of the 34 films nominated in one form or another, 31 have been released online. "The average length of time between a film's USA release and its first appearance online is 12 days."
Nelson Minar : Pirating the Oscars - Waxy researches the downloads of Oscar nominated films
wearehugh : Waxy.org: Daily Log: Pirating the 2007 Oscars
plasticbag : Andy Baio's written a great post about piracy and the Oscars and the effect of the piracy-free DVDs sent to academy members... - The general conclusion I get from this survey and from friends in the industry is that the companies who insist on copy protected DVDs ended up with Academy members unable to watch the films and subsequently not winning awards...
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21 month ago
deusx : Why piracy is still more common than legal video downloads - "P2P clearly gives you more bang for your buck"
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22 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC reports on a think tank that reports the obvious - that you should legally be allowed to copy your CDs for personal use - It's absolutely fascinating to me that copyright law in the UK is so massively behind the day to day use of technology...
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22 month ago
plasticbag : According to the MPAA, New York is the city in the world most responsible for in-screen recordings of movies - The most interesting thing about this is that it isn't interesting in the slightest. I can't imagine for a moment why the MPAA should be interested in where piracy occurs given that they can't possibly hope to shut down all recordings of movies...
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23 month ago
jimray : All Headline News - Boy Scouts Can Now Earn Anti-Piracy Badges - October 27, 2006 - As both an Eagle Scout and someone who believes that the entertainment industry is WAY out of control on copyright issues, this makes me incredibly, incredibly sad
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