Knock, Knock, It's the FBI
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| You're going to be presume your CEO has been involved in some outrageous
| stock manipulation, or maybe your CFO has been cooking the books. But no, the
| agent in charge says: "Someone here clicked on a Web link and we're going to
| find out who did it."
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145174/knock_knock_its_the_fbi.html
Does She Look Like a Music Pirate?
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| Andersen is going after the recording industry under conspiracy laws. She
| argues the Recording Industry Association of America, the industry's trade
| group, and its affiliates worked together on a broad campaign to intimidate
| people into making financial payoffs. The defendants "secretly met and
| conspired" to develop a "litigation enterprise" with the ultimate goal of
| preserving the major record companies' control over the music business.
| Andersen is requesting class action status for her case, seeking at least $5
| million in compensation for the class
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| [...]
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| From her apartment outside Portland, Andersen remains involved in the broader
| case. She collects files on her suit and tracks other disputes with the RIAA
| online. One recent winter day, she sipped a Diet Pepsi and watched Tazz jump
| from the couch and settle on the floor. "You have to find some positive in
| stuff, too," she says. "For whatever reason, I have been given a unique
| opportunity to fight this. I feel a responsibility in a way and want to help
| others. That pushes me along."
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http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/08_18/b4082042959954.htm
Recent:
RIAA boss: Move copyright filtering from ISPs to users’ PCs
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| The issue of encryption "would have to be faced," Sherman admitted after
| talking about the wonders of filtering. "One could have a filter on the end
| user's computer that would actually eliminate any benefit from encryption
| because if you want to hear [the music], you would need to decrypt it, and at
| that point the filter would work."
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080207-riaa-boss-spyware-could-solve-the-encryption-problem.html
NBC to Apple: Build antipiracy into iTunes
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| NBC Universal would like to have its TV shows distributed once again through
| Apple's iTunes service, a top executive said Wednesday, but he called for
| antipiracy measures to help protect his business' revenue.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920399-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Senator: Let's monitor P2P for illegal files
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| The software, dubbed "Operation Fairplay," was developed two years ago by
| Special Agent Flint Waters in the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, who, by
| Biden's description, is considered an expert in the field. The application is
| currently being used by all of the regional Internet Crimes Against Children
| (ICAC) task forces nationwide and internationally, Waters told the panel.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9920665-7.html
Related:
FBI ducks questions about its remotely installed spyware
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| There are plenty of unanswered questions about the FBI spyware that, as we
| reported earlier this week, can be delivered over the Internet and implanted
| in a suspect's computer remotely.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9747666-7.html
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