• Ernesto
• May 30, 2012
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For the first time Megaupload has filed a motion in response to the U.S. indictment. Kim Dotcom’s legal team has asked a Virginia federal court to dismiss the criminal case the U.S. Government started in January. The defense argues that the U.S. violated Megaupload’s due process rights by destroying its business, without having properly served the company. If granted, this means the Megaupload case will be over.

In January, the U.S. Government announced that it had initiated one of “the largest criminal copyright cases ever …

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In a lecture at the Computer Systems Colloquium at Stanford University, developer Johan Pouwelse has announced the impending release of version 6.0 of the open source Tribler peer-to-peer (P2P) client. Developed at Delft University of Technology, Tribler is a fourth generation P2P system (4G P2P), which enables BitTorrent-compatible downloads, video on demand, and live streaming over a zero-server self-organising platform. Compared to BitTorrent, which is used by millions of people each day, the Tribler community of around 25,000 monthly active users is relatively small.

Originally launched as a pure BitTorrent client with its own social networking extensions …

Still more to read.... http://www.dailybinarynews.com/tribler-a-better-society-with-p2p/ The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Wednesday accused Google of not doing enough to stop Internet users from accessing Websites that carry pirated music and other copyrighted content.

The accusations follow Google’s recent release of a so-called Transparency Report that lists and describes requests that the search firm receives from copyright holders to remove links to sites containing infringing content.

In a blog post, Brad Buckles, executive vice president for anti-piracy at the RIAA, blasted Google for releasing what he called a “misleading” report that lacked adequate transparency.

“Google is routinely directing people to unlawful sources of content” contrary …

Still more to read.... http://www.dailybinarynews.com/riaa-says-google-piracy-policies-are-lacking/ If Google really hated piracy, it would let copyright holders supply takedown lists of unlimited length. That’s the view of the recording industry, which yesterday issued a blog post from a top anti-piracy executive that blasted Google in the wake of the company’s updated Transparency Report tool. That tool made clear that the major music and video copyright holders were not actually using Google’s takedown tools to their full extent; indeed, Microsoft dwarfed any other single rightsholder in using Google’s takedown system.

In the last month, for instance, the infringement detection company Marketly LLC topped the takedown list with …

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, May 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Echoworx, a leading provider of credential management and managed
encryption services for complete email and data protection is
presenting a webinar on Global Privacy Legislation.

Echoworx research shows that organizations with 1,000 employees
distribute confidential data in nearly 30,000 emails annually,
providing nearly 30,000 opportunities for an organizations email to
be intercepted and used against them. Based on these numbers,
organizations who think they can easily survive a data breach may
want to take a closer look at the amount of confidential emails their
organization generates, as the best time to …

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FTC chairman Jon Leibowitz

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Rafe Needleman/CNET)

PALOS VERDES, Calif.–Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, speaking at the D10 conference today, called on technology companies to implement three things to protect consumer privacy.

Acknowledging that tech vendors are doing better today at building privacy into apps, what he called, “privacy by design,” he said that most companies actually want to design with consumer protection in mind.

But, he said, consumers need more transparency. He called for simpler policies for consumers. “They have to be like a nutrition guide on the side of a cereal box,” he said. As a counter-example, …

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ATLANTA, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Dr. Alan F. Westin, an iconic figure in privacy law throughout the world, and Of Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, will receive the first Louis D. Brandeis Hero of Privacy Award at the International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy, June 6-7 at Georgetown Law Center in Washington, DC.

Dr. Westin’s 1967 award winning book Privacy and Freedom is the seminal work in the information privacy field.

In addition to Privacy and Freedom, Dr. Westin has written or edited 21 other books, including Databanks in a …

Still more to read.... http://www.dailybinarynews.com/privacy-law-pioneer-dr-alan-f-westin-of-arnall-golden-gregory-to-be-honored/ from the this-isn’t-the-movies,-ari dept

Famed Hollywood super agent Ari Emanuel (the model for Jeremy Piven’s character in Entourage, and the brother of Chicago mayor/former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel) doesn’t have a particularly good history when it comes to his understanding of how technology and policy will develop. Two years ago, he insisted that he was talking to President Obama about getting a three strikes law in place in the US. Last year, of course, he was excited about new laws like SOPA/PIPA. That was at the AllThingsD conference, in which he chided a reporter at one point …

Still more to read.... http://www.dailybinarynews.com/hollywood-super-agent-ari-emanuel-mystified-that-google-doesnt-just-invent-a/ Megaupload Wins Crucial Evidence Disclosure Battle With US Govt.

• Ernesto
• May 29, 2012
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A New Zealand court has ruled that the U.S. Government must hand over the evidence they have against Megaupload so Kim Dotcom and other employees can properly defend themselves against the pending extradition request. The U.S. refused to comply but Judge Harvey concluded that this would be unfair. He further noted that the entire U.S. case stands or falls on the strength of the alleged copyright infringement charges.

As widely reported, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom and the rest of the “Mega Conspiracy” stand accused …

Still more to read.... http://www.dailybinarynews.com/megaupload-wins-crucial-evidence-disclosure-battle-with-us-govt/ Megaupload Demands Return of Millions of Dollars From U.S. Govt.

• enigmax
• May 31, 2012
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Megaupload is challenging the U.S. Government’s possession of millions of dollars in assets it seized from the company and its operators in January. The newly-filed and eye-opening motion slams the U.S. for holding the defendants liable for alleged offenses that aren’t even a crime, ignoring laws designed to offer them protection, failing to provide any detail whatsoever on alleged infringements, and pushing U.S. law far beyond its borders.

In addition to filing a general motion to dismiss the criminal case on the basis …

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