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  The Magnet Bay: file sharing site does away with .torrent files today

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 29, 2012 08:21 am + 22 comments

  Today is the big day — popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay is no longer hosting .torrent files, Continue reading…

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  The Free Internet Act is Reddit's crowdsourced SOPA alternative

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 27, 2012 10:11 am + 35 comments

  If you’re fed up with the way the debate about online piracy is going, perhaps you should draft Continue reading…

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  Sony Music CEO loves the internet, wishes he could put music videos on YouTube in Germany

  By Ryan Heise on February 25, 2012 08:11 am + 33 comments

  In a world where most content holders are so quick to blame piracy for all their problems, it's a Continue reading…

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  Flickr implements 'nopin' code to block Pinterest from private photos (update)

  By T.C. Sottek on February 24, 2012 09:10 pm + 36 comments

  Popular photo sharing site Pinterest has recently been the subject of copyright concern over its Continue reading…

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  Pinterest's uneasy relationship with copyright law: what happens next

  By Nilay Patel on February 22, 2012 03:13 pm + 74 comments

  Pinterest is unquestionably among today's hottest new startups — the social networking service Continue reading…

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  DVD Association says taping DVDs with smartphones is good enough for educational use

  By Nilay Patel on February 22, 2012 09:06 am + 34 comments

  How should schools and universities make copies of DVDs for use in the classroom and scholarship? If Continue reading…

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  Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail in New Zealand, not allowed to use the internet

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 21, 2012 06:14 pm + 30 comments

  A little over a month has passed since Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was jailed in New Zealand on c Continue reading…

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  'Everything is a Remix Part 4' looks at social evolution and patent law

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 17, 2012 07:56 am + 18 comments

  The long-awaited conclusion to Kirby Ferguson's Everything is a Remix series has finally been posted Continue reading…

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  Music blog RnBXclusive shut down by Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 15, 2012 05:02 am + 20 comments

  Great Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency shut down music site RnBXclusive.com yesterday and Continue reading…

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  Chrysler's 'Halftime in America' Super Bowl commercial taken down from YouTube by NFL (update: back online)

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 6, 2012 09:05 am + 60 comments

  One of the undisputed winners of last night's Super Bowl commercial competition had to be Chrysler's Continue reading…