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UK, US Play Piracy Tug-of-War April 19, 2012 
There is cross-party pressure in the UK to stay the extradition of 23-year-old Richard O'Dwyer, who founded a website that shared links to TV shows. Last month Theresa May, the UK home secretary, approved the extradition request to send O'Dwyer to the U.S., where he faces up to 10 years in prison for copyright violations.
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Sergey Brin Pounds Fists Against Walled Gardens April 16, 2012 
The concept of the open Web is under greater threat than ever before, Google cofounder Sergey Brin said during a recent interview. The threat is a combination of increased attempts by governments to control the Web, the entertainment industry's efforts to crack down on piracy, and the rise of walled gardens such as those controlled by Facebook and Apple, Brin said.
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Twitter Digs Its Feet Into Japan April 16, 2012 
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said Monday that the company will bolster its investments and staff in Japan. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Costolo did not gives specifics on the number of employees or the extent of investment. But he did make clear that Japan is a key component of the company's global reach.
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Federal Court Rules Pilfered Source Code Isn't Stolen Loot April 13, 2012 
Computer source code isn't a physical object under federal stolen property laws, according to a federal court of appeals that overturned the conviction of a former Goldman Sachs programmer. Sergey Aleynikov, the programmer, was wrongly convicted under the National Stolen Property Act and the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, according to a decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday.
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Russia Mulls Putting ISPs on the Hook for Piracy April 11, 2012 
Russia is considering holding ISPs responsible for unlawful file-sharing. From Giga OM: "Reports in the local media say that the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs is looking to bring in fresh laws that would make service providers responsible for illegal file-sharing between those using their networks."
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EU Commish: Don't Act on ACTA April 05, 2012 
The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, asked the European Parliament not to vote on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. ACTA, which is designed to harmonize international copyright regulations and enforcement, is scheduled for a June vote.
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ACTA Action, Part 3 March 02, 2012 
With SOPA and PIPA out of the picture for the foreseeable future, ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, has becomes the world's eminent piece of online piracy legislation. Many countries, including the U.S., have signed the agreement, but questions linger. In Part 3 of our three-part podcast about ACTA, TechNewsWorld speaks with Maira Sutton from the U.S.-based Electronic Frontier Foundation
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ACTA Action, Part 2 February 24, 2012 
The U.S. Congress buried the Stop Online Piracy Act and its cousin, the Protect IP Act, following a wave of public protest earlier this year. With those pieces of legislation effectively taken off the table, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, has gained attention. A slew of countries, including the U.S., have signed the agreement, but skepticism rages on.
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Anonymous Acts Out Over ACTA February 18, 2012 
Anonymous has struck again -- this time taking down the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection business center website as well as one touting National Consumer Protection Week. In their place was a German language video mocking
ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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ACTA Action, Part 1 February 17, 2012 
With SOPA and PIPA on the back burner, ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, has become the world's eminent piece of online piracy legislation. A slew of countries, including the U.S., have signed the agreement, but skepticism rages on. There have been protests throughout Europe, threats from Anonymous and resentment from Web users the world over.
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BTJunkie Scurries Into the Shadows February 06, 2012 
BitTorrent search engine BTJunkie has abruptly shut down its website, giving its users a short and sweet goodbye: "We've decided to voluntarily shut down. We've been fighting for years for your right to communicate, but it's time to move on." It appears likely that the move was a defensive maneuver in response to law enforcement's takedown of the Megaupload site in January.
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Legit Megaupload Users Could Be Out of Luck January 30, 2012 
The U.S. Attorney's Office handling the case against Megaupload and its founder Kim Dotcom and associates has informed the court it's OK to begin deleting the Megaupload data beginning on Feb. 2, according to press reports. The two storage companies that host Megaupload data are free to sweep their servers clean.
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Good on You January 25, 2012 
My Aussie friends have an interesting saying that seems part compliment and part benediction: "Good on you." They pronounce it with an accent on the second word so that the phrase becomes a single word in the mouth, more like "goo-don you." At any rate, good on you.
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The Pirate Bay and 3D Printing: Big Booty? January 24, 2012 
Peer-to-peer sharing site The Pirate Bay has set up a page hosting digital 3D mockups -- digital 3D files -- for visitors to download and print out on 3D printers. Physical objects, or "physibles," as Pirate Bay calls them, will constitute the next step in copying, according to the site.
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Anonymous Lashes Out in Wake of Megaupload Shutdown January 23, 2012 
The hacker group Anonymous has reportedly launched a series of attacks that shut down major websites in retaliation against the U.S. Department of Justice's actions against the site Megaupload. The attacks have been ongoing since Thursday, and various Web users who clicked on certain links may have been tricked into becoming accomplices.
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SOPA Shellacked, PIPA Plastered January 21, 2012 
The Stop Online Piracy Act, otherwise known as "SOPA," is losing friends fast, and now it looks like there's a good chance it'll lose the support it needs to make it out of Congress alive, much less the White House. SOPA and its Senate bill cousin PIPA, the Protect IP Act, have been controversial from the beginning, but a recent round of protests have made them almost toxic.
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Massive Hammer Falls on Megaupload January 20, 2012 
The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday shuttered Megaupload, a popular file-sharing website, charging seven of its executives with engaging in an international criminal enterprise based on copyright infringement. Federal authorities called it one of the largest criminal copyright cases in U.S history.
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SOPA Support Goes Sour January 19, 2012
The Stop Online Piracy Act appears to be reeling in the face of growing opposition. Internet heavyweights like Wikipedia, Google and Facebook have demonstrated their opposition to the proposed legislation, in some cases protesting by temporarily blocking users from accessing content.
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SOPA on the Ropes as White House Voices Doubts January 16, 2012 
The White House delivered a body blow to the Stop Online Piracy Act when it announced Saturday that it opposed major elements in two Congressional bills that were intended to curb copyright violations on the Internet. The reactions were immediate. Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of News. Corp., attacked the White House in an onslaught of Twitter messages Saturday night.
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SOPA Opponents Aim to Mobilize Grass Roots Protest January 13, 2012 
SOPA opponents -- that is, the people and organizations lining up against the Stop Online Piracy Act -- clearly still have their work cut out for them. At the same time, there are signs that the massive protest against the bill is having some effect.
The bill's chief sponsor, U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, suggested in an interview published Thursday that he had no intention of backing down.
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