Anonymous Hackers Hit DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA And RIAA After MegaUpload Takedown
Just minutes after the U.S. Department of Justice repossessed the domains of Megaupload, Megavideo, Megaporn and a collection of other popular filesharing sites, the hacker collective Anonymous got to work on a few takedowns of its own.
Anonymous Hackers Hit DOJ, Universal Music, MPAA And RIAA After MegaUpload Takedown
Just minutes after the U.S. Department of Justice repossessed the domains of Megaupload, Megavideo, Megaporn and a collection of other popular filesharing sites, the hacker collective Anonymous got to work on a few takedowns of its own. On Thursday afternoon, Anonymous claimed credit for cyberattacks that knocked offline the websites of the U.S. Department of ...
US Embassy Sanctioned Lawsuit Against Aussie ISP iiNet
New submitter Elenor writes with this story (excerpted) from TorrentFreak, another nugget gleaned from the cables made public by WikiLeaks: "The Canberra Wikileaks cables have revealed that the U.S. Embassy sanctioned a conspiracy by Hollywood studios to target Australian communications company iiNet through the local court-system, with the aim of establishing a binding common-law precedent ...
MPAA Chief Is Not Impressed With Your Anti-SOPA Blackout
Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), who now runs the Motion Picture Association of America, is dismissive toward the blackout many websites are conducting today in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act. [ more › ]
After Megaupload Shutdown, Anonymous Hits DOJ, Universal Sites
Anonymous shut down the Web sites for the Department of Justice, Universal Music Group, the RIAA, and the MPAA in response to the Megaupload indictments.
Hollywood's gentler post-SOPA strategy: A charm offensive
In a new charm offensive, Paramount Pictures says it's "humbled" by last month's protests over the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP--and wants to talk.
Megaupload Drops Universal Suit, Details Emerge Around Founder’s Arrest
As we reported last month, popular file hosting site Megaupload filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group over claims that UMG abused YouTube’s automated copyright infringement reporting system to take down a video posted and owned by Megaupload. Our own …
SOPA Defeat Is Not the End Of Hollywood's Ramped-Up Fight Against Piracy (Analysis)
Eriq Gardner Hollywood still needs Obama. SOPA and the Protect-IP Act could be red herrings. And bigger fights lie ahead. Time to examine the much larger picture... read more
Sex Tech: Grindr Hacker, Digital Dating Disrupt, ICANN .XXX Defense, Filesharing Lawyer: Contempt
Digital dating conference report, Grindr hacker unpunished, ICANN responds to .XXX antitrust suit, porn's filesharing lawyer busted.