Hyper123.net » Piracy http://hyper123.net Sat, 29 Jan 2011 09:47:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sony BMG Busted for Using Warez http://hyper123.net/2008/03/31/sony-bmg-busted-for-using-warez/ http://hyper123.net/2008/03/31/sony-bmg-busted-for-using-warez/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:18:46 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/?p=918 It looks like Sony BMG wants to kill all piracy, except for when they do it. After Sony tried to call PointDev, a company that makes administration software for windows, Sony BMG gave them a pirate license. This prompted PointDev to to mandate a seizure of Sony BMG servers which showed 4 servers containing pirated PointDev software. PointDev also claims that up to 47% of software on Sony BMG computers could be pirated. I wonder if Sony will find a way out of this are have to pay up.

Source: Arstechnica

]]> http://hyper123.net/2008/03/31/sony-bmg-busted-for-using-warez/feed/ 0 Verizon Rejects Hollywood’s Call to Aid Piracy Fight http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/verizon-rejects-hollywood%e2%80%99s-call-to-aid-piracy-fight/ http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/verizon-rejects-hollywood%e2%80%99s-call-to-aid-piracy-fight/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:52:52 +0000 Trevor http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/verizon-rejects-hollywood%e2%80%99s-call-to-aid-piracy-fight/ Unlike AT&T, Verizon won’t monitor its network to block unauthorized copying. That would violate customer privacy, it says, and would be expensive too.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2008/02/06/verizon-rejects-hollywood%e2%80%99s-call-to-aid-piracy-fight/feed/ 0 Think Pirating is free? http://hyper123.net/2008/01/27/think-pirating-is-free/ http://hyper123.net/2008/01/27/think-pirating-is-free/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:59:50 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2008/01/27/think-pirating-is-free/ pirate_small.jpg

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2008/01/27/think-pirating-is-free/feed/ 0 World Trade Organization says piracy is ok in the Caribbean http://hyper123.net/2007/12/29/world-trade-organization-says-piracy-is-ok-in-the-caribbean/ http://hyper123.net/2007/12/29/world-trade-organization-says-piracy-is-ok-in-the-caribbean/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:29:11 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/12/29/world-trade-organization-says-piracy-is-ok-in-the-caribbean/ The WTO has decided that the United States was wrong in preventing Antigua and Barbuda from operating their online gambling sites to the US while also allowing online betting on horse racing–a dual standard. The ruling will allow the two the right to pirate copyrighted US properties up to a value of $21 million in return.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/12/29/world-trade-organization-says-piracy-is-ok-in-the-caribbean/feed/ 0 Piracy, Morals and The Need for Change http://hyper123.net/2007/12/23/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change/ http://hyper123.net/2007/12/23/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:08:42 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/12/23/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change/ Morals are often defined by what the general public sees as right or wrong. Most people don’t feel that they’re doing wrong when they download an MP3 or share a movie, but in most countries they are actually breaking laws, laws which do not reflect what the general public considers to be legal, fair use, or even moral.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/12/23/piracy-morals-and-the-need-for-change/feed/ 0 Stop Downloading Fakes and Junk From BitTorrent http://hyper123.net/2007/12/05/stop-downloading-fakes-and-junk-from-bittorrent/ http://hyper123.net/2007/12/05/stop-downloading-fakes-and-junk-from-bittorrent/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:16:10 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/12/05/stop-downloading-fakes-and-junk-from-bittorrent/ Many experienced file-sharers can’t understand why relative novices manage to download so much junk from BitTorrent. Fake downloads that never finish, video files which refuse to play, movies that require special players and unwatchable video are easily avoided. But how do they do it?

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/12/05/stop-downloading-fakes-and-junk-from-bittorrent/feed/ 0 RIAA tells Universities to stop P2P downloads or “lose all federal funding” http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/ http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:33:40 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/ The new Higher Education Bill (HEA §494) requires that the Universities stop all P2P downloads that RIAA doesn’t like AND buy Napster or Rhapsody subscriptions for every student on the campus or lose all federal financial aid.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/11/13/riaa-tells-universities-to-stop-p2p-downloads-or-lose-all-federal-funding/feed/ 0 The Pirate Bay Sees a Future Without BitTorrent http://hyper123.net/2007/10/30/the-pirate-bay-sees-a-future-without-bittorrent/ http://hyper123.net/2007/10/30/the-pirate-bay-sees-a-future-without-bittorrent/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:22:07 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/10/30/the-pirate-bay-sees-a-future-without-bittorrent/ The guys from The Pirate Bay are always working on interesting side-projects, but there is one in particular that’s so significant, it might be the future of filesharing. For a while now, they have been working on a brand new protocol – which may come to replace BitTorrent in the near future.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/10/30/the-pirate-bay-sees-a-future-without-bittorrent/feed/ 1 Illegal music downloads hit record high http://hyper123.net/2007/08/02/illegal-music-downloads-hit-record-high/ http://hyper123.net/2007/08/02/illegal-music-downloads-hit-record-high/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:24:06 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/08/02/illegal-music-downloads-hit-record-high/ Illegal music downloads have reached an all time high just as the growth of online social networking has shifted the epicentre of the music industry away from the major record labels, according to a new study.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/08/02/illegal-music-downloads-hit-record-high/feed/ 0 MPAA Tries to Trick Users into Downloading Movies Illegally http://hyper123.net/2007/07/04/gotcha-mpaa-tries-to-trick-users-into-downloading-movies-illegally/ http://hyper123.net/2007/07/04/gotcha-mpaa-tries-to-trick-users-into-downloading-movies-illegally/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:39:49 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/07/04/gotcha-mpaa-tries-to-trick-users-into-downloading-movies-illegally/ New video download site busts you for illegally downloading video content as well as offers the ability to download video content using a custom client which also scans a users PC to see if the user has already downloaded copyrighted files.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/07/04/gotcha-mpaa-tries-to-trick-users-into-downloading-movies-illegally/feed/ 0 MPAA Lies About Movie Piracy! http://hyper123.net/2007/05/12/mpaa-lies-about-movie-piracy/ http://hyper123.net/2007/05/12/mpaa-lies-about-movie-piracy/#comments Sat, 12 May 2007 14:55:22 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/05/12/mpaa-lies-about-movie-piracy/ The Piracy Nazis have been lying in their quest to strong-arm foreign countries into adopting their short-sighted anti-piracy laws. But they have finally been caught. They claim Canada is supposedly responsible for 70% of all world piracy, while recently they claimed that New York is responsible for 40% of world piracy; something doesn’t add up.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/05/12/mpaa-lies-about-movie-piracy/feed/ 0 Do P2P Blocklists Keep you Safe? http://hyper123.net/2007/04/16/do-p2p-blocklists-keep-you-safe/ http://hyper123.net/2007/04/16/do-p2p-blocklists-keep-you-safe/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:46:25 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/04/16/do-p2p-blocklists-keep-you-safe/ Recent findings by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, show that 15% of the IPs people connect to on the Gnutella P2P network are blocked by blocklist applications such as PeerGuardian. Statistics like this do not prove anything about the effectiveness of these lists, however, according to an insider…

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/04/16/do-p2p-blocklists-keep-you-safe/feed/ 0 University of Nebraska Will Bill RIAA $11 For Each Threatening Letter http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:16:26 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/ Basically the RIAA wants all of the colleges to do their dirty work, saving them money and giving them more time to just find the ‘general area’ where these music pirates may be. Nebraska realizes the follies in this attempt and tries to get the RIAA to at least reimburse them, as the search was conducted with tax payers dollars…..

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/26/university-of-nebraska-will-bill-riaa-11-for-each-threatening-letter/feed/ 0 U of Nebraska to RIAA: here’s a bill for the time you’re wasting http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:41:53 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/ The University of Nebraska is so pissed off with the RIAA’s outrageous requests to help rat out students who file-share that it has sent the RIAA a bill for the time the University has wasted dealing with the RIAA’s demands.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/22/u-of-nebraska-to-riaa-heres-a-bill-for-the-time-youre-wasting/feed/ 0 79% of Americans would rather download movies illegally http://hyper123.net/2007/03/17/79-of-americans-would-rather-download-movies-illegally/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/17/79-of-americans-would-rather-download-movies-illegally/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:55:21 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/17/79-of-americans-would-rather-download-movies-illegally/ US consumers are still downloading movies illegally despite the growing availability of subscription based movie download services according to a study conducted by Advanis Inc. “The industry can respond to this stubborn core of piracy in one of two ways: “It can spend its time and resources pursuing pirates, and…”

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/17/79-of-americans-would-rather-download-movies-illegally/feed/ 0 Piracy Documentary: On Piracy & the Future of Media http://hyper123.net/2007/03/05/piracy-documentary-on-piracy-the-future-of-media/ http://hyper123.net/2007/03/05/piracy-documentary-on-piracy-the-future-of-media/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:18:59 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2007/03/05/piracy-documentary-on-piracy-the-future-of-media/ “On Piracy” is a detailed and insightful documentary about picacy, DRM, copyright law, and digital media, with views from both sides of the fence. And the good thing is, the DVD can be downloaded for free.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2007/03/05/piracy-documentary-on-piracy-the-future-of-media/feed/ 0 MPAA Is Helping Their Users Pirate Movies! http://hyper123.net/2006/12/17/mpaa-is-helping-their-users-pirate-movies/ http://hyper123.net/2006/12/17/mpaa-is-helping-their-users-pirate-movies/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:58:11 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/12/17/mpaa-is-helping-their-users-pirate-movies/ MPAA tells readers of their website what clients to use to pirate software and movies. They also tell you the advantages of pirated movies. They include no DRM, no region locking, they are cheaper, and come out before the actual release. Thanks for the tips!

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/12/17/mpaa-is-helping-their-users-pirate-movies/feed/ 0 RIAA Legal Ruling Could Shut Down The Internet http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/ http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/#comments Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:06:34 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/ U.S. government supports legal case that would criminalize making any files available on the world wide web.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/11/30/riaa-legal-ruling-could-shut-down-the-internet/feed/ 0 Boy Scouts to Get Merit Badge for Not Downloading Music/Movies http://hyper123.net/2006/10/21/boy-scouts-to-get-merit-badge-for-not-downloading-musicmovies/ http://hyper123.net/2006/10/21/boy-scouts-to-get-merit-badge-for-not-downloading-musicmovies/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:50:05 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/10/21/boy-scouts-to-get-merit-badge-for-not-downloading-musicmovies/ Boy Scouts in the Los Angeles area will now be able to earn a merit patch for learning about the evils of downloading pirated movies and music. The patch shows a film reel, a music CD and the international copyright symbol, a “C” enclosed in a circle. The movie industry has developed the curriculum.
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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/10/21/boy-scouts-to-get-merit-badge-for-not-downloading-musicmovies/feed/ 0 MPAA: Piracy is the outcome of DRM complications http://hyper123.net/2006/10/17/mpaa-piracy-is-the-outcome-of-drm-complications/ http://hyper123.net/2006/10/17/mpaa-piracy-is-the-outcome-of-drm-complications/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:18:03 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/10/17/mpaa-piracy-is-the-outcome-of-drm-complications/ Last week at the Digital Home Developers Conference Brad Hunt, the MPAA’s executive vice president and chief technology officer said that piracy is the inevitable outcome of the music and movie industries’ inability to provide a simple, inter-compatible and non-intrusive DRM solution.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/10/17/mpaa-piracy-is-the-outcome-of-drm-complications/feed/ 0 Disney-ABC: “We understand piracy now as a business model” http://hyper123.net/2006/10/10/disney-abc-we-understand-piracy-now-as-a-business-model/ http://hyper123.net/2006/10/10/disney-abc-we-understand-piracy-now-as-a-business-model/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:52:07 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/10/10/disney-abc-we-understand-piracy-now-as-a-business-model/ After years of clinging to traditional business models, media companies have finally started embracing ad-supported Internet distribution in a big way. Yesterday’s announcement that several major music labels made nice with YouTube may turn out to be a watershed moment for the industry

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/10/10/disney-abc-we-understand-piracy-now-as-a-business-model/feed/ 0 ‘Wag the Dog’: MPAA Embarassment Over Pirated DVD Sniffing Labradors http://hyper123.net/2006/09/28/wag-the-dog-mpaa-embarassment-over-pirated-dvd-sniffing-labradors/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/28/wag-the-dog-mpaa-embarassment-over-pirated-dvd-sniffing-labradors/#comments Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:10:37 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/28/wag-the-dog-mpaa-embarassment-over-pirated-dvd-sniffing-labradors/ The Motion Picture Association of America will stop at nothing to prevent the international trafficking of pirated movies. The film industry lobby is enlisting the help of two Labradors, Lucky and Flo, that have been trained to smell chemicals found in DVDs. The problem: Pirated DVDs smell just like regular ones!

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/28/wag-the-dog-mpaa-embarassment-over-pirated-dvd-sniffing-labradors/feed/ 1 MPAA campaign makes piracy seem totally badass http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/mpaa-campaign-makes-piracy-seem-totally-badass/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/mpaa-campaign-makes-piracy-seem-totally-badass/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:08:10 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/mpaa-campaign-makes-piracy-seem-totally-badass/ “In addition to being able to download songs and movies you will: — become an outlaw — be given free porn (so easy you don’t even have to search for it) — piss off your parents — have access to tons of financial and personal data — and then get to watch a gnarly virus destory everything!! The kid’s face on the poster is priceless.”

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/25/mpaa-campaign-makes-piracy-seem-totally-badass/feed/ 0 No iTunes movies for Asia, Due to Piracy http://hyper123.net/2006/09/15/no-itunes-movies-for-asia-due-to-piracy/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/15/no-itunes-movies-for-asia-due-to-piracy/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:49:17 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/15/no-itunes-movies-for-asia-due-to-piracy/ Due to fears of piracy, Apple has decided to keep most of Asia off-limits for its new movie offering as well as its well-established music store.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/15/no-itunes-movies-for-asia-due-to-piracy/feed/ 0 “Pirate parties” raid Europe, US http://hyper123.net/2006/09/12/pirate-parties-raid-europe-us/ http://hyper123.net/2006/09/12/pirate-parties-raid-europe-us/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:14:48 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/09/12/pirate-parties-raid-europe-us/ The group’s website lays out their goals (no English translation available). Instead of a “transparent citizenry,” the group demands a “transparent government” instead, one that does not monitor the activities of its citizens at all times.

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]]> http://hyper123.net/2006/09/12/pirate-parties-raid-europe-us/feed/ 0 Teenagers don’t think copying CDs is a crime http://hyper123.net/2006/08/19/teenagers-dont-think-copying-cds-is-a-crime/ http://hyper123.net/2006/08/19/teenagers-dont-think-copying-cds-is-a-crime/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2006 09:15:21 +0000 Jordan http://hyper123.net/2006/08/19/teenagers-dont-think-copying-cds-is-a-crime/ The result of a new survey has angered the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America

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