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Crime

Comment Spam

I noticed upon my return to the blog after not posting for 12 days that the amount of Spam that was put on the site while I was away was staggering. I had nearly 500 comments that where purely spam. What is interesting is as soon as I put my blacklist tool to work cleaning up that mess the spam

321Studio’s sued by Gaming Industry

Seems like 321Studio's has a target on their forehead. No company in recent time has had to defend it's product line as much as they have. I want everyone to really think about what has been happening over there. They have been attacked again and again for one reason only, companies, organizations do not want you the consumer to have

Movie File traders going underground

Sneaker Net seems to be growing in popularity with those that share movies. Seems Movie trading is down on the P2P networks and people are going underground and only trading with people they can trust. Portable hard-drives have made it more easier to sneaker net movies and music alike. [USA Today]

DirecTV changes Smart Card Stance

DirecTV will no longer prosecute people who simply own smart card devices. This comes as major change after an significant number of people have had money extorted from them by DirecTV for simply owning Smart Card devices. They have not stated the exact criteria they will use to go after people pirating there service with the devices. [EFF]

321 Studios Resellers being taken to court

The MPAA was not happy enough with getting a injunction against 321 Studio's to stop selling a version of it's software, it is now going after 321 Studio's resellers in a bid to rid the marketplace of the software. Their continued actions will result in the software becoming widely available on the Internet as more and more people will wonder

RIAA Fat Cats prosecute Single Mom

A Single mom who makes 21,000 a year who doesn't even know how to use a computer is being financially raped by the RIAA. Her teenage daughter seems to have shared some music and mom not any wiser is now faced with hiring a lawyer after she could not come up the the $4000.00 extortion money the RIAA said she