Six Democrats in the Senate say the Trump administration will have a major fight on its hands if Republicans try to dismantle net neutrality protections. At a press conference Tuesday, Ed Markey of Massachusetts led a group of senators that included Charles Schumer of New York, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Al …
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Now playing: Watch this: Silly Australia, you can’t block The Pirate Bay 1:12 The Pirate Bay The Pirate Bay has been blocked in Australia for a matter of hours, but that won’t stop many people from accessing it. Why? Because despite a long-running legal battle, an official Federal Court order and ISP-level blocks by the likes of Telstra, Vodafone and …
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At first, Australia’s data retention laws were about terrorism. Then, they were about capturing paedophiles and terrible criminals. Now, just five days before Christmas, the Federal Government has quietly announced that it might just see about using all that metadata in civil lawsuits. That means two years worth of data on every Australian with a phone or an internet connection …
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The round-the-world chase of The Pirate Bay continues, with Australian internet service providers now being told they must block the site by the end of the year. The Federal Court of Australia has ordered a number of Australia’s largest ISPs to block The Pirate Bay, along with a number of other torrent sites including TorrentHound, Torrentz, IsoHunt and SolarMovie. The …
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They say that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. But if you’re Village Roadshow, the studio behind the wildly popular Lego Movie franchise and one of the most vocal critics of film piracy, you’re quite happy to make “one hell of a mistake” all over again. On March 30 next year, Australians will be able to see …
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Jay Z’s Roc Nation entertainment company and Prince’s estate are showing a lack of harmony over the streaming rights to the late singer’s music catalog. Both sides have laid claim to the catalog in court documents filed in the past couple of months in Minnesota, Rolling Stone reports. On Friday, Roc Nation filed a petition asking the court to enforce …
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How much does it cost to block a website like Kickass Torrents? According to Australia’s internet service providers, AU$50 per domain. That’s the price tag TPG has put on blocking individual domains that live in the darker corners of the internet, offering pirates access to torrents of recent movies and TV shows. TPG, Optus, Telstra and Foxtel (with its ISP …
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Taking a selfie in front of the Eiffel Tower at night is illegal. Sound ridiculous? Perhaps you’re not familiar with an outdated European Union copyright law. To help you protest the law, should you wish to protest, Mozilla released a web app called Post Crimes. Simply upload a picture and the app will superimpose it onto a photo of a …
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If you’ve dabbling in the torrents lately, it’s unlikely you’ll receive a letter from your ISP in the post any time soon, after the peak body representing Australia’s Internet service providers revealed that the industry’s proposed scheme has been quietly shelved. Communications Alliance joined forces with Foxtel to notify the Australian Media and Communications Authority of the news in a …
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Sure, Australia might still be the world leader when it comes to pirating Game of Thrones, but we’re also doing a pretty decent job of paying for it as well. Or at least that’s what it looks like thanks to the latest viewership figures from Foxtel. The pay TV service says that the premiere episode of season 6 managed to …
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