Archive for October, 2008

Kevin Bermeister (and Truenames) ride again

P2P:- Below are five bad things that have happened to P2P: Kevin Bermeister Sharman Networks Kevin Bermeister Brilliant Digital Entertainment Kevin Bermeister.

Original post by P2pnet.net and provided by Limewire

ISPs / mobile networks: top speeds, “unlimited” usage - & consumer rights

Many ISPs in the UK try to win customers by claiming to offer: Broadband speeds - “up to” Mbps download speeds, and Usage allowance / bandwidth - “unlimited” usage of their service i.e. downloads and uploads.

Original post by A Consuming Experience and provided by Limewire

The DMCA: 10 years of the good, bad, and ugly

DMCA. Four letters. Ten years. Countless frustrated consumers. Passed ten years ago today, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has been arguably, for better or worse, one of the most influential pieces of U.S. …

Original post by MacUser and provided by Limewire

Kazaa foes join up to fight pirates and porn

Kevin Bermeister, left, and Michael Speck, bitter rivals in the Kazaa legal battle, have joined forces to stamp out piracy.

Original post by The Age and provided by Limewire

Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube gain traction at work

Use of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube is widespread in business today, along with instant messaging, peer-to-peer file-sharing and media streaming, according to new research.

Original post by NetworkWorld and provided by Limewire

Piracy sparks uni threat to axe net

The University of NSW has threatened to axe its free wireless internet service because students are bringing in their laptops and using them to download pirated music, movies and games.

Original post by The Sydney Morning Herald and provided by Limewire

Belgian ISP scores first victory in P2P case

Belgian ISP Scarlet has scored its first victory in an important case that has been dragging on for years.

Original post by The Daily Irrelevant and provided by Limewire

What Are the Costs of P2P Compliance?

With the signing into law of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 back in August, colleges and universities now face the prospect of providing pro-bono enforcement services for the RIAA and MPAA in …

Original post by Campus Technology and provided by Limewire

P2P legislation forcing university IT to get tough on piracy

Compliance with new P2P legislation proving costly for IT teams at the nation’s colleges and universities Whitepapers Zones Computerworld newsletters! New legislation is putting pressure on US colleges and …

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Kid-Safe Mac: Beyond Parental Controls

Configured correctly, Parental Controls are remarkably effective. But you may want to do more.

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Legal P2P growing 10 times faster than illegal P2P?

The music industry, movie industry, game industry and just about any other that can have content distributed online wants nothing more than for the world to believe peer to peer file sharing is a devil that …

Original post by TechSpot and provided by Limewire

Half of Businesses Unaware if Staff Are Running Virtual Desktops

IT security and control firm Sophos has announced that the application control feature of Sophos Endpoint Security and Control has been extended to give businesses the option to block virtualization …

Original post by Kansas City InfoZine and provided by Limewire

Report: 400 Percent Growth Ahead for P2P Internet Traffic

Peer-to-peer Internet traffic, despite having grown at a torrid pace for years, will grow almost 400 percent on a compound basis over the next five years, according to researchers at MultiMedia Intelligence.

Original post by TMCnet and provided by Limewire

P2P Traffic to Grow 400% in 5 Years

In the see-saw battle of P2P statistics, there’s yet another entry, this time from MultiMedia Intelligence .

Original post by Slyck.com File-Sharing News And Information and provided by Limewire

P2P explodes by 400 per cent - and it’s not all illegal

Peer-to-peer traffic is set to skyrocket over the next five years - and the activity won’t just be confined to music pirates and file sharers.

Original post by Silicon.com and provided by Limewire

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