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Audubon's First Engraving Discovered...

Swedish Pirate Party Launches Own Pirate ISP...

Subterranean Living May Await Moon and Mars Colonists Analysis by Ray Villard...

For Your Eyes Only… Or Not – ACTA Leaks Again Written by Drew Wilso...

New Rule Aids Veterans With PTSD By Patricia Pooladi July 14, 2010 - A new rule announced by the government this week makes it easier for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability benefits. This change could affect hundreds of...

Report on controlling NASA mission costs WASHINGTON — NASA should develop a broad, integrated strategy to contain costs and maintain schedules as earth and space science missions are planned and designed, says a new report by the National Research Council. The report also calls on NASA...

NinjaVideo Dispels Rumors of Its Death Written by Jared Moya...

Canadian Composer: “Pirates Killing Musicians, Popcorn Vendors” Written by Jared Moya...

uTorrent Releases 1.0 Stable for Mac Posted: 05 Jul 2010 01:13 AM PDT Mac BitTorrent users can now enjoy the same engine that powers the popular Windows version. uTorrent has been working on a Mac version for some time now. An alpha build leaked way back in September of 2008 and a beta...

Pirate Bay to Move to Swedish Parliament Server Posted: 05 Jul 2010 12:32 PM PDT Swedish Pirate Party escalates the war between the entertainment industry and the BitTorrent tracker site by taking advantage of a part of the Swedish Constitution that gives MPs immunity from lawsuits or...

College Anti-Piracy Law Goes Into Effect Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:09 PM PDT Provision of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 requires that colleges and universities put in place plans “to effectively combat the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material by users of the...

Finland Makes Internet Access a Fundamental Right Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:42 PM PDT Country’s communication minister Suvi Linden says that “Internet services are no longer just for entertainment,” and that his govt has no plans for a “three-strikes” regime to punish illegal file-sharers...

Mass BitTorrent Lawsuit Judge Orders “User-Friendly” Notices Posted: 01 Jul 2010 08:37 AM PDT Judge Rosemary M. Collyer orders US Copyright Group, Time Warner Cable, and the EFF to create notices for the ISPs accused subscribers that will help educate them about the case and their legal...

Feds Seize 7 Linking Websites, 1 Cyberlocker for Infringement Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:13 PM PDT Accuse TVSHACK.NET, MOVIES-LINKS.TV, FILESPUMP.COM, NOW-MOVIES.COM, PLANETMOVIEZ.COM, and THEPIRATECITY.OR of providing links to other sites where copyrighted material can be found, and accuses...

Aussie Minister Reaffirms Plans for Mandatory Net Filter Posted: 30 Jun 2010 03:25 AM PDT Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says recent change in Prime Minister will have little effect on mandatory net filtering proposal, and criticizes those proposing an opt in amendment with the odd...

Hulu “Plus” is Official, $10p/mo for Extra Ad-Supported Content Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:21 AM PDT For $9.95 p/mo the plan offers subscribers more content – including some in 720p HD – like full runs of some of the more popular TV series like Arrested Development. The only downside is that it’s...

EFF Comments on the ASCAP Letter Posted: 28 Jun 2010 10:47 PM PDT Ever since the story broke that ASCAP was accusing organizations like Creative Commons, EFF and Public Knowledge, of undermining copyright, it set off a firestorm both in creative circles, copyright observation circles and even...

Watch TV Online for Free With Clicker Posted: 29 Jun 2010 01:48 AM PDT Clicker lets you watch TV online for free and on-demand as well as watch movies online for free and on-demand. Even lets you share links to content with Facebook friends or tweet about on Twitter. Sites that let you stream...

Tomorrow EFF Fights Mass BitTorrent Lawsuits in Court Posted: 29 Jun 2010 11:13 AM PDT Will ask judge to divide up mass copyright infringement lawsuits so that accused file-sharers can be guaranteed fair access to individual justice, arguing that each has no relationship with the others...

Public Knowledge Weighs in on ASCAP Letter Posted: 29 Jun 2010 04:31 PM PDT We’ve been following the story of the ASCAP letter for a while and getting reaction from groups mentioned. Today, we’ve received comments from Public Knowledge. Last week, ASCAP sent letters to all of their members...