Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom was granted bail and released from a New Zealand jail today after a judge determined no significant income was found and his ability to leave the country was “highly unlikely,” adding “The suspicion that Mr Dotcom is very wealthy is not evidence of further assets and cannot be used against [...]
Eric Holder wants to the American people to shell out 5 Million more dollars next year so the Dept. of Justice can continue to violate the Constitutional Rights of American citizens, attempt to extradite UK teenagers who run legal websites in their home country, save the jobs of 9 year olds in Asian sweatshops, protect [...]
Jumpin’ shoeless Jesus on a hot plate, a single music blog costs the music industry £15 Million per year according to UK Police. I wish I was making that up, but that’s what the UK Police has told the BBC in a statement about the shut down of Rnbxclusive.com. “”Much of the music offered for download by the [...]
It’s no secret that The Pirate Bay is public enemy number one to big content’s position on copyright infringement. Over the years it has become increasingly clear they do not care who they hurt, what rights are taken away, nor what collateral damage occurs to individuals, businesses, and technology as long as they get their way. [...]
Holy Hypocrisy. You can’t make this shit up. Really? Spotted: Techdirt
Double Fine has bypassed the corporate middle men and gone straight to the fans to fund their newest project. Industry veteran Tim Schafer (Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango), has a thing for Adventure games – specifically point and click graphic adventure games, however getting funding from publishers is next to impossible since [...]
I honestly don’t know which is worse so I’m just going to file them both under grossly inappropriate and offensive. Senate Candidate Pete Hoekstra for some reason thought it might be a good idea to make the above video and create the website DebbieSpendItNow.com. By itself that’s incredibly offensive, but this moron isn’t your typical [...]
70 groups have sent a letter to the US House of Representatives and The Senate asking Congress to slow down on bills and negotiations that expand intellectual property. The letter, signed by many large companies such as Twitpic, Mozilla, Reddit, and WordPress Foundation, lists us (Dajaz1) along with Veoh as examples of the abuses that [...]
Firstrowsports.tv, Firstrowsports.com, Firstrowsports.net and Soccertvlive.net are just some of the domains who woke up this morning to one of those pretty little seizure graphics this site wore for a year. Continuing with their ‘We work as the private police force for Hollywood not the people‘ policy the Dept of Justice (Who is already under investigation [...]
At Visionary Monday artists, industry leaders, consumers, marketing & technology experts will share their insights and discoveries on new innovative ways to reach, engage and monetise audiences. The conference is occurring right now in Cannes, France.
It’s been one heck of a month for free speech all over the world as technology companies and politics start to wake up to the censorship war being waged on the open internet. The latest story comes out of the Netherlands where two Dutch ISP’s have stated they will not be blocking access to The [...]
The Washington Post is reporting speculating that Apple is on track to release the next iPhone this summer. Going off of a report by an unnamed employee from Foxconn (Foxconn Technology Group makes motherboards), there are supposedly prototypes of the next generation iPhone out being tested right now. What does this mean? According to 9 to [...]
Uploaded.to and FileSonic have both reacted to the recent MegaUpload seizure. Uploaded.to has now blocked all US traffic, while Filesonic has disabled sharing and only allows you to access files you’ve uploaded yourself. This is tragic since file lockers are legit businesses and provide legit services. The fractured internet that the “nerds” warned about seems [...]
Fuck “At a meeting of Polish Government officials with Polish NGOs and business representatives it was confirmed that the European Union is poised to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement as soon as January 26th.” – Slashdot
The Internet gave the public their voice back. Think the Internet Blackout didn’t work? Think again. Senator Reid just released a statement regarding the planned vote next week regarding the Protect-IP Act. “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT I.P. Act. There is no reason that the [...]
The internet has been waiting with baited breath for Jon Stewart to take on SOPA. Last night he delivered. The only thing that could have made it better was if he was informed what this site went through the last year and watching him rip into ICE and the Dept of Homeland Security/DOJ. Can someone [...]
Why can’t all Congressmen be this cool? Spotted at TechDirt
Luda showcases his headphones at this years CES in Las Vegas, walking us through for a behind the scenes look.
As you may be aware some very large internet sites are planning a full blackout on Jan 18th to coincide with hearings in opposition of the Internet Blacklist bills SOPA and PIPA. Blacking out your entire website can be a chore but now it’s really easy with the creation of an Anti Censorship plugin. “This [...]
Community news sharing site Reddit has announced via a blog post they will be instituting a site wide black out for 12 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. The blackout will occur on Jan 18th, from 8am to 8pm EST to coincide with a Congressional Hearing scheduled by SOPA opponent Rep Darrell Issa to allow [...]