piracy
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Google Chrome Is Blocking uTorrent Client Downloads Citing A ‘Malicious’ Software Issue
It might be worth holding off on updating your version of light-as-air torrent client uTorrent this week, given that Google’s Chrome browser has been instructed to block .exe downloads from uTorrent’s website following a malware warning.
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Huge Scam Sends 30,000 Fake Copyright Notices Containing Trojans
TorrentFreak reports that in recent days some 30,000 fake copyright infringement notices demanding cash settlements have been circulating in Germany. In addition to defrauding unwitting folks out of cash, the notices also come bundled with malicious software designed to steal personal info.
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iiNet’s Steve Dalby: ‘Foxtel Is On Borrowed Time’
For the uninitiated, Steve Dalby is iiNet’s chief regulatory officer and enemy number one according to the content industry. He took to Reddit yesterday for a public Q&A, and lashed studios and distributors for their resistance towards online distribution.
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Site Blocking: Does It Work To Stop Piracy?
To preface this blog, let me point out, yet again, that we think piracy is wrong. This blog is not a ‘how to’ session on copyright infringement, we don’t do that. This is more of an attempt to educate people that think in sentences that start with the word ‘just’.