Feds seize $5 million in counterfeit NFL gear, Comstock Park man accused of online piracy
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GRAND RAPIDS – A Comstock Park man has been charged with criminal copyright infringement for allegedly streaming live sporting events and pay-per-view events on the Internet.
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 12:53:18 PM
Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer
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Exciting times, friends. While we’ve been cleaning up the proverbial ticker tape left behind by jubilant celebration over the recently-stalled antipiracy bills, the Pirate Bay – arguably the premier resource for pirating digital content – has already moved on to the next big thing. The site has announced a new category called “Physibles” that houses digital files that can be downloaded and used in conjunction with 3D printers to print out actual, physical objects: We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided...
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 12:53:18 PM
Judge: Accused pirate's interrogation was lawful
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Norfolk, Va. (AP) -- Prosecutors in a piracy trial will be allowed to use a Somali man's statements that he had been asked to negotiate the release of four American hostages who were later shot and killed aboard a yacht off the coast of Africa, a federal judge in Virginia has ruled. Mohammad Saaili Shibin's attorney wanted the comments suppressed because they were made aboard a U.S. Justice Department airplane en route from Africa to Virginia after Shibin had requested an attorney. Shibin faces piracy, hostage-taking and kidnapping charges for his role in the February hijacking of the Quest as...
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 12:53:18 PM
US government hits Megaupload with mega piracy indictment
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Seven executives charged as filesharing site shut down over accusations they cheated copyright holders out of $500m
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 12:53:18 PM
Exclusive: Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of Administration’s Piracy Stand
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EXCLUSIVE: Internet sites on their SOPAStrike may be conducting a blackout but Hollywood studios are conducting a boycott. I’ve learned that Hollywood studio chiefs individually and as a group are drawing a line in the sand on the piracy issue with the Obama re-election campaign and refusing to give any more donations. The blowup came after President Obama on Saturday dashed moguls’ hopes that he would remain on the sidelines in the dispute over the U.S. House Of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act and the U.S. Senate’s Protect IP Act.
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 12:53:18 PM
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