Plus d'une centaine de propriétaires d'automobiles d'Austin, au Texas, ont eu une mauvaise surprise....

Following a court case initiated by the IFPI, in February 2008 a Danish judge ruled that ISP Tele2 had to block its customers from accessing The Pirate Bay. The music group had successfully argued that that Tele2 was assisting in mass copyright infringement by providing its subscribers access to the tracker.

Sebastian Gjerding, spokesperson for Piratgruppen, a pro-piracy lobby whose goals include the reformation of copyright law, was outraged by the news.

“The verdict is absurd. It will block access for Danish users to the world’s largest distributor of culture and knowledge – copyrighted or not,” he told TorrentFreak. “It’s true that you can access copyrighted material through The Pirate Bay, as you can with Google or Rapidshare. Should they be blocked as well?”

Very quickly controversy hit the ruling when it was revealed that Kristian Løkkegaard, the only expert witness in the case, was previously employed by the Johan Schlüter Law Firm who worked with the IFPI on anti-piracy cases.

Nevertheless, later in 2008 the Eastern High Court upheld the ruling. Tele2 said they would fight on and in April 2009 a Danish appeals body accepted a petition from Telenor to take the case to the Supreme Court.

“We are pleased that we now have the opportunity to find out whether it is Internet Service Providers’ responsibility to ensure the closure of a website,” said Telenor’s regulatory chief Nicholai Kramer Pfeiffer.

The same question has just been clarified to the north of Denmark in Norway, where the courts gave two clear decisions that there is no legal basis under Norwegian law for ISPs to block The Pirate Bay.

The answer to the Danish question is not far away now, as a date has just been tabled for the Supreme Court hearing. Three hours have been set aside to hear the case on 20 May 2010 starting at 9:00am.

Unusually for this type of hearing both sides will be present in person and the public will be allowed to view proceedings although seating is limited.

A final decision is expected to be handed down around a week later.

Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits.

Why isn't there an ongoing about a person in the French Foreign Legion? That would rock. Dang, I hope no one steals that from me before I can pitch it to Vertigo!

The second volume of Chris Schweizer's Crogan Adventures is out! It's called Crogan's March, it's published by Oni Press, and it costs $14.95. That's fifteen bucks for over 200 pages of early twentieth-century Foreign Legion action! How can you resist???

Well, you shouldn't resist. Much like the first volume, Crogan's Vengeance, the latest is pretty danged excellent. It's a bit darker than the first, which is, as a pirate tale, more swashbuckling. In this book, Schweizer tackles some more pertinent issues to current events, as the debate throughout the book is whether the French are doing any actual good in north Africa. It's nice that in what is something that teenagers can read (the book is "rated" for people 13 and up), we get some interesting geopolitical debate. It's far more interesting than we usually get in comics, I'll tell you that much!

The set-up of the book is the same as the first, as will probably remain for the series. In the present, Dr. Crogan discovers his sons, Cory and Eric, doing something that requires a life lesson. In this case, Eric (the older brother) is trying to tell Cory what he can do with his money, because his parents told him he needed to "watch out for him." Cory claims he can make his own decisions, while Eric disagrees. Dr. Crogan tells them that this idea - whether someone can take away someone else's choices - has a long history, especially with regard to colonialism. Schweizer's conceit in this series is that the Crogan family has an impossibly impressive pedigree - we see the family tree at the beginning of each book, and it's full of stereotypical "action" heroes, from "Catfoot" Crogan the pirate to a Japanese ninja (yes, really) to a Wild West gunfighter to a diamond miner to a secret agent to Peter Crogan, the hero of this book. And they all live stories that help teach life lessons! Fancy that! Dr. Crogan explains to his sons that the French Foreign Legion was a group of soldiers from different countries (which isn't totally true, as many French natives fought in it) who fought for France, always in colonial adventures (Dr. Crogan uses the past tense, but the Foreign Legion still exists). In 1912, Peter Crogan was in the Legion, stationed in north Africa. And so the adventure begins!

Schweizer acknowledges the debt to Percival Christopher Wren, who wrote Beau Geste and set the standard for fiction about the Legion, and in many ways, this book is extremely old school (I've never read Beau Geste, so I can't say it's like that), with plenty of action and adventure and soldiers awaggering about the Algerian desert. There's a martinet sergeant, a dashing, heroic major, mysterious raiders who swarm out of the hills and besiege a fort, and a desperate trek through the mountains to safety. If you enjoy action, you'll love this. But Schweizer adds plenty of depth to the book, too. The martinet sergeant is certainly tough, but he also understands a great deal about what the Legion is doing in Africa. Captain Roitelet is a hero to the men, but when he first shows up, he has been demoted (from major to captain) for unknown reasons (but it's implied it's because he's too "heroic" for the stodgy officer corps). Peter Crogan is more thoughtful than the rest of the men, but even he admires Roitelet and doesn't understand why Sergeant Ludlow isn't besotted with him. Ludlow explains himself and his objections to Roitelet, and then Roitelet himself tells Crogan his philosophy. It's the principle that Dr. Crogan and his kids were debating at the beginning of the book: Ludlow believes that the rights of the French Revolution - "liberty, equality, fraternity" - shouldn't be exclusive to France, and the common people who live in slavery in north Africa deserve a chance for freedom. Roitelet, on the other hand, believes they're nothing but savages who should be thankful that France is paying them any attention. What's interesting about this argument is that while Ludlow is more enlightened than Roitelet, he still doesn't believe the natives are capable of gaining freedom on their own. Is he any better than Roitelet?

Later on, when Crogan gets separated from the rest of his unit, he ends up in the mountains helping a bunch of native refugees get to the main French fort. One of the natives, an old woman, argues with him constantly about the French presence in north Africa. It's a fascinating argument, and it keeps getting interrupted by events, where the two often find common ground. Schweizer never beats us over the head with it, and just because the old woman has her moments doesn't mean she's going to form a different opinion of Crogan or the French. It's impressive how Schweizer manages to bring up his points while the group moves through dark caves in which lurk dangerous things. The sequence remains tense even as the two characters argue political and cultural points.

Crogan's March is more downbeat than the first book, possibly because Schweizer is dealing with things that are still relevant today. Piracy might still be around, but the idea of colonialism remains a difficult point of contention among colonialists and the colonized. Schweizer does an excellent job of giving us rip-roaring action, but there's always an undercurrent of tragedy (mainly because it's often tragic) that leads us closer and closer to a conclusion that gives us no easy answers. Dr. Crogan ends his tale in a wonderful spot, explaining exactly why he do so but also making sure the readers understand the futility of war without being graphic about it. It's really a tremendous ending to a great book.

Schweizer's the kind of artist who, on the surface, looks a bit cartoony and therefore perhaps lacking in "realistic" details. However, he blends his exaggerated character features with wonderful attention to detail. Check out, for instance, our first glimpse of Tafizet:

We get this throughout the book. The battle scenes are frantic, the scenes in the cave are claustrophobic, and the characters, while they are a bit exaggerated, are still memorably drawn. Each panel gives us plenty of visual information, even the ones that are all black (and there are a few). Schweizer is very good. You know it's true!

If you missed Crogan's Vengeance, you should probably rectify that right away. However, if pirating doesn't sound like your thing but legionairing does, you should definitely check this out. You don't need to have read the first volume, and it's quite excellent.

Peter n'a pas pu sauver la vie de Pan, mais il ne va pas laisser Poteline aux mains des pirates. Il affronte son destin et le capitaine. Un tome 4 fulgurant, plein d'actions et de rebondissements. Les personnages prennent leur place...
Note : 6/6

Hollywood studios together with cable operators launched an ad campaign today aimed at educating consumers about on-demand video rentals available directly through their local cable providers — and making up for the shortfall generated by declining DVD sales.

20th Century Fox, Focus Features, Lionsgate, Rogue, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Entertainment have partnered with cable companies Armstrong, Bend Broadband, Bright House Networks, iO TV, Comcast, Cox, Insight and Time Warner Cable for the national marketing initiative, which will include TV, print and interactive ads, as well as a dedicated web site at www.cablevideostore.com. Altogether, the companies plan to spend $30 million on their “The Video Store Just Moved In” ad campaign.

Hollywood has long relied on DVD sales as its cash cow, but the market for physical media has been shrinking for years. Adams Research estimated that DVD sales dropped 13 percent year-over-year to just $8.73 billion in 2009, down from $10.06 billion in 2008, according to a recent report.

The decline in DVD revenue could continue, as consumers flock to $1 DVD rentals from kiosk vendors like Redbox or increasingly turn to DVD-by-mail subscription services from Netflix. Sony, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount and Warner Bros. have attempted to stem losses in DVD sales by striking deals with Redbox and Netflix to delay the availability of new releases rentals for 28 days. By doing so, they hope that consumers will choose to purchase a DVD or Blu-ray disc rather than wait for the rental.

Studios also see some competition for DVD sales from new digital entertainment storefronts like Vudu and Roxio CinemaNow, which are increasingly turning up on HDTVs, Blu-ray players and other consumer electronics devices, while also battling free, ad-supported movies available through online video portals like Hulu, YouTube, and Comcast’s Fancast. While studios do get a cut of digital sales and advertising revenues from movies licensed to be sold or appear on these platforms, in most cases it’s not nearly enough to make up for the loss of revenue they would see for a DVD sale of the same title.

To battle these services, studios are increasingly making videos available for rental on demand on the same day and date that they are available for sale on DVD. As part of the new ad campaign, the studios are touting the availability of new releases such as Precious, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Ninja Assassin, Pirate Radio, Astro Boy, Bandslam, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Fourth Kind on cable on-demand menus.

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A person close to the university tells The Associated Press that Seton Hall basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez has been fired.

Un pirate informatique, profitant d'une faille sur Voyages-sncf.com, a réussi à accéder aux données personnelles des clients du site, a révélé le Canard Enchaîné. La faille aurait été réparée dès sa détection, mais les risques avaient déjà été pointés dès 2008 dans une note interne.

Un pirate informatique, profitant d'une faille sur Voyages-sncf.com, a réussi à accéder aux données personnelles des clients du site, a révélé le Canard Enchaîné. La faille aurait été réparée dès sa détection, mais les risques avaient déjà été pointés dès 2008 dans une note interne.

Un pirate informatique, profitant d'une faille sur Voyages-sncf.com, a réussi à accéder aux données personnelles des clients du site, a révélé le Canard Enchaîné. La faille aurait été réparée dès sa détection, mais les risques avaient déjà été pointés dès 2008 dans une note interne.

So, the music press has been busy talking about the accusations from Eddy Grant that the band Gorillaz copied his old tune with one of their recent hits. You can compare the two songs here. There appear to be some similarities, but they're pretty different songs: The timing on this is a bit interesting. Gorillaz is a band from Damon Albarn, and just a couple months ago, the manager of Albarn's musical acts (Blur, Gorillaz) was screaming about how he wanted to give "pirates" who leaked the Gorillaz album a "good kicking." Perhaps he ought to stay away from Eddy Grant for a bit.

Of course, it's a bit silly for Grant to be upset too. He wrote a song that was popular years ago, and now he wants free cash because some other band made a song that has some vague similarities?

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Par manque de preuve, un juge lituanien relaxe un internaute accusé d'avoir diffusé une copie de Windows 7 Ultimate. Au Canada, le pirate MaVen écope de neuf semaines de prison. Deux poids, deux mesures ?

Half a decade ago ‘maVen‘ was one of the most active movie release groups on the Internet, known for distributing high quality ‘Telesync‘ versions of major blockbuster titles. In the summer of 2006 ‘maVen’ releases suddenly halted, and it later became apparent that the FBI had caught one of its key members.

An FBI investigation into ‘maVen’ had been running for some time and was handed to the Canadian Police in April 2006. A few months later Geremi Adam was arrested after he allegedly recorded the movies “How to Eat Fried Worms” and “Invincible” at a Montreal movie theater.

They seized his laptop and other equipment and later released him, only for him to be arrested again at another theater just a month later. According to the police, Adam had been selling copies of movies on the Internet using the alias ‘maVen,’ which were then re-sold on the web and the streets.

Following Adam’s arrest came a 14 month wait as the police combed computer systems and equipment looking for evidence to convict him. The FBI had labeled him the ‘World Leader’ in Internet piracy and his case went before court several months later.

Today the verdict came in, and the Court sentenced Adam to two and a half months in prison – the prosecution had demanded four. The defense lawyer had argued for community service because Adam suffers from depression and a troubled childhood, but despite these arguments, the Court decided to opt for a prison sentence.

As of today there are still dozens of ‘maVen’ releases available on BitTorrent, although most of these files have no active downloaders anymore.

Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits.

Had been trying to force Norwegian ISP Telenor to prevent customer from being able to access BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay.

It’s been a long time coming, but at last TONO, a Norwegian royalty collecting group founded back in 1928, and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) have given up their bid to force Norwegian ISP Telenor to prevent subscribers from being able to access BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay.

The affair first began in earnest last March when Telenor refused to block the Pirate Bay, reminding the copyright holders that “ISPs are not complicit in the actions of its customers on the Internet.”

Then in November the country’s Norway’s Asker and Bærum District Court ruled in favor of Telenor, finding that it is not illegally contributing to any copyright violations by The Pirate Bay and that there is subsequently no legal basis for forcing it to block the site.

“Telenor and other Internet providers, including private companies, may have to do an evaluation on whether an Internet page or service shall be blocked or not,” read the ruling. “This is an evaluation normally assigned to the authorities, and in the court’s view, today’s situation makes it unnatural to assign such responsibility to private companies.”

Fast forward to a few days ago and copyright holders have decided to abandon their plans, opting not to appeal the case before the Supreme Court.

It is “needless to appeal further,” reads a joint press release.

“We wanted to get a legal clarification on whether the under Norwegian law (it) is possible to order the internet providers to block access to The Pirate Bay,” said TONOs Director Cato Strøm. “Now we have two clear decisions that there is no legal authority in the Norwegian law for such blocking requirements. Both of us intend to forward the matter to legislators.”

Now that copyright holders have their legal clarification BitTorrent users in Norway can breathe easier, not that there isn’t a billion ways to circumvent any site blocking technology, but it’s just that who wants the seconds worth of hassle right?

The game of whac-a-mole continues.

Stay tuned.

jared@zeropaid.com

Des chercheurs de la firme Core Security Technologies ont montré qu’une faille dans Virtual PC permettait d’exploiter les vulnérabilités de programmes qui auraient été inoffensifs si le logiciel ne tournait pas dans un environnement virtualisé.

Des chercheurs de la firme Core Security Technologies ont montré qu’une faille dans Virtual PC permettait d’exploiter les vulnérabilités de programmes qui auraient été inoffensifs si le logiciel ne tournait pas dans un environnement virtualisé.

Pour la première fois au Canada, un individu doit passer du temps derrière les barreaux pour avoir piraté un fim....

Exclusif : Nouvelle tentative de filoutage à l´encontre des allocataires de la Caisse des Allocations Familiales.

Exclusif : Le plus important pirate de film, d´après le FBI, écope de deux mois de prison ferme.

The UK's House of Lords has passed a version of the Digital Economy Bill that eliminated one controversial anti-piracy measure but added a new one in its place. The bill, which includes a three-strikes provision that will suspend the service of repeat copyright infringers, will now be considered by the Commons. There are promises that a provision that would require ISPs to block access to sites used for infringement will be revised during the process, but the rush to complete work on the law ahead of the UK's coming elections has left a number of advocacy groups feeling that major changes to copyright enforcement are being rushed through Parliament without proper consideration.

The Digital Economy Bill was first introduced last November, at which point attention focused on a provision that some claimed would turn the UK's Secretary of state into a "Pirate Finder General." Although the government wouldn't specify anti-piracy measures in the bill proper, it reserved the power for the Secretary of State to take unnamed actions in the future, if those actions were likely to reduce infringement.

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China is no stranger to Internet censorship. The country’s Great Firewall includes many well known sites, but up until now BitTorrent sites have never been blocked.

There was a short blocking incident two years ago when Mininova, isoHunt and The Pirate Bay were hijacked and redirected to the leading Chinese search engine, Baidu. However, this issue was solved in a matter of days without an official explanation.

In the years that followed the Chinese government mainly targeted local BitTorrent sites, leaving the previously mentioned sites unharmed. According to reports from isoHunt’s owner Gary Fung, this tolerant stance might have changed as visits from China to isoHunt have plunged dramatically.

The drop in traffic is so significant that any technical difficulties have to be ruled out. Last Saturday, isoHunt had only 1,349 visitors from China compared to 131,362 the week before, a massive 99% decrease.

Despite the signs that this ban of isoHunt is intentional, there hasn’t been any official word from the Chinese authorities on the situation. Whether it has anything to do with the recent P2P site crackdown in China, where the authorities shut down hundreds of local sites including some of the biggest BitTorrent trackers, is unknown.

IsoHunt owner Gary Fung told TorrentFreak that he recommends that Chinese users who want to continue using the site should access it through a foreign proxy. Gary said that China was never a huge source of traffic for his site, but sees the ban as a “big deal” for the ongoing net censorship debate.

Although China’s authorities are not known for their democratic principles, speaking out against the ban might help. “China has flipflopped between site bans, so putting on pressure and people voicing opinions do matter,” Gary added, referring to China’s previous banning and unbanning of websites such as Wikipedia.

The Pirate Bay, BTjunkie and all the other major foreign BitTorrent sites are unaffected and remain accessible in China. For now.

Article from: TorrentFreak, check out our new blog at FreakBits.

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