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May 24

Code from Kazaa is resurrected in nefarious scheme to block pirated content

Who remembers Kazaa? It was only a few years ago that Kazaa and Napster were running the Internet with peer-to-peer file sharing networks. Then things got crazy as the RIAA and others cracked down on file sharing networks, and life changed for all of us. Now the same people who helped create and share pirated content, are working on software that will block it, and the way it will be done might get you upset and thinking this has bullshit written all over it.

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May 2

Concept design lets you drag files from your computer to mobile device

Passing files from your computer to your mobile device is a pain, but with services like Dropbox, it has gotten a lot better. Sometimes, I just email myself a file that I need on my phone, but at times large files are problematic. However, Ishac Bertran came up with a plausible concept for transferring files that looks like an awesome way to get the job done.

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Apr 30

Aw snap, The Pirate Bay gets blocked by ISP’s in the UK

It wasn’t a good day for the file sharing site The Pirate Bay. According to the BBC, The Pirate Bay must be blocked by UK Internet Service Providers from a ruling by the High Court in the United Kingdom.

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Mar 29

Megaupload founder says the military and govt had thousands of accounts

Not only did Kanye West like Megaupload, so did the U.S. Military and the U.S. Government. They loved it so much, that the founder of Megaupload is now talking about it trying to clear his name saying that they had well over 15,000 accounts on the site that was taken down in January on a huge copyright indictment from the federal government.

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Feb 20

The Oatmeal illustrates why piracy is so successful

Piracy is a big problem. So much so that recent times on the web have become turbulent from national online strikes to combat legislation that impedes innovation and Internet freedoms in the name of protecting copyright laws, to the shut down of websites that contribute to piracy and many others closing their virtual doors in fear of what may happen to them.

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Jan 31

EFF is trying to help MegaUpload users retrieve legitimate data

If you are one of the MegaUpload users that had files uploaded to the site before the federal indictment and shut down and have lost complete access to those files, there may be something you can do about it to get those files back.

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Jan 23

FileServe, X7, UploadBox join the ranks of others in wake of MegaUpload scandal

Ever since the MegaUpload shut down, the file sharing and cyber locker world has been rocked and turned upside down. Every day more and more sites appear to be completely shuttering their services or scaling back ten fold in attempts to avoid what happened to MegaUpload.

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FileSonic and Uploaded.to forced to make changes after MegaUpload shutdown

After the MegaUpload FBI shut down last week, it seems other file sharing sites have been left shaking in their boots. Just today, two sites have made huge changes to their services.

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Jan 20

A snapshot of the attacks during the Anon Megaupload retaliation

It’s been a crazy week for the Internet to say the least. First there were nationwide protests and blackouts against SOPA, with citizens of the web uniting as one to keep an open and free Internet. Then yesterday, things really popped off after major file sharing website MegaUpload was shut down by the FBI, after a 2-yr long investigation.

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Jan 19

FBI shuts down MegaUpload file sharing service

Wow, on the heels of the SOPA protest which is heavily related to online piracy, today come to find out the FBI has just shut down the major file sharing service MegaUpload. Seven people from the online service have been charged by the FBI, and as of this writing, the entire website is offline.

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