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Apr
25
Anonymous is building Anontune, a social music discovery platform
Anonymous, the hacker group that you probably have heard of by now is doing something different to cause a disruption. Anon is trying to disrupt the music business, in a similar fashion as Napster or Limewire did as it’s predecessors, however not exactly in the same way making sure not to break any copyright sharing laws, which they need to be very careful of. Anon is building what they call Anontune, which will be a social music aggregation and discovery service.
The story of the unraveling of LulzSec is fascinating. News broke this morning that the leader of LulzSec has been a secret informant for the FBI since last year.
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In what I find to be a very disappointing response, 