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Links

• Microsoft pulls some Windows Phone web ‘apps’ following complaint
• YouTube MP3 Converter Loses Court Battle But The Music Plays On
• MPAA Keeps Wanting To ‘Educate’ Others, But Why Does It Never Learn Anything Itself?
• Gov’t Contractor Uses Copyright, Fear Of Hackers To Get Restraining Order Against Open Source Developer
• Pirate Bay Downloaders Trolled By Movie Director’s Shaven Balls
• Bank Calls Customer Over Detected Bitcoin Transactions, Asking What They Were For
• Game Devs Abuse Copyright to Censor Negative YouTube Review
• Samsung fined $340,000 for faking online comments
• File-Sharing Site Was A Year-Long Pirate Honeypot

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• Fair Use(r) Survey on Fair Use practices

Tunes

1. And I think to your eyes by Marco Sciortino
2. Rise Above by Steven Presmyk

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Links

• Argos launches own-brand budget tablet for ‘tweenies’
• Police Dramatize ‘$445 Million’ Pirate Movie Site Raid
• Here’s why it’s legal for Google and Facebook to use your face in ads
• Protests follow Google ‘endorsed advert’ change
• Twitter’s new feature lets you receive direct messages from users you don’t follow
• Backdoor found in D-Link home routers
• Are Hollywood’s Artificial Release Delays Driving Piracy?
• In furor over rape and incest porn, ebook retailers aren’t the only ones to blame
• Kobo pulls self-published books after abuse row
• WH Smith takes website offline after porn e-book scandal

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• Oracle Opens Both Barrels On Open Source Software In Military Whitepaper

Tunes

1. Psychosomatic Heart Failure by The Gasoline Brothers
2. blahblahblah by The Fumes

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Links

• California bans ‘revenge porn,’ could punish offenders with fines and jail time
• YIFY: Hollywood Nemesis Becomes Iconic Piracy Brand
• Nielsen to measure Twitter chatter about TV shows
• Tablet buyers aren’t ditching their laptops, studies show
• GNU Hurd reaches milestone: Version 0.5 released – Bangor free software
• DOJ Hasn’t Actually Found Silk Road Founder’s Bitcoin Yet
• StopFileLockers Anti-Piracy Outfit Announces Imminent Shutdown
• Lavabit vs. the FBI: the fight for the soul of American software
• European Cloud Users Could Shun U.S. Cloud Services Altogether

Also Worth A Read

• 5 Wi-Fi security myths you must abandon now

Tunes

1. Green Eyes by Life On Standby
2. Predator by The Buddhist Punks

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Discussion

• The announcement from Valve, of the SteamOS and Steam Box, and it’s impact on Linux

Links

• Firefox and Chrome give browser plug-ins the cold shoulder
• Proxy.sh VPN Provider Sniffed Server Traffic to Catch Hacker
• LA School Gives iPads To Students; Students Hack Protection; School Freaks Out And Halts iPad Program
• Microsoft Ditches Anti-Piracy Partner After Embarrassing DMCA Takedowns
• Mozilla working on a second-screen solution that may rival Chromecast
• Underground black market Atlantis disappears along with users’ money
• 8 Reasons Valve’s Steam Machines Conquer the Living Room and 5 They Don’t
• AMD, Nvidia ramp up Linux driver support after Valve’s SteamOS announcement

Also Worth A Read

• The DOJ’s Insane Argument Against Weev: He’s A Felon Because He Broke The Rules We Made Up

Tunes

1. Brand New Life by The Soultravelers
2. Autumn Song by Townwalkers

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Discussion

• The difference between the vanilla Windows or Android experience and what people generally get is vast, we discuss the issues.
• Open source Android fork Cyanogen becomes $7m company
• Taking Android fragmentation to the next level

Links

• Powerful New Ubuntu PC Unveiled By System76
• HP to Stock Ubuntu Laptops in 1,500 China Stores
• Microsoft Cries Google Monopoly, Irony Meters Spike
• Google ready to toss cookies as ground shifts for online ad rules
• MPAA and RIAA Teach Copyright at Kindergartens
• Labels allowed to pursue Vimeo for copyright-infringement in court
• And Here Comes The NSA-Themed Ransomware
• Goodreads’ growing pains: Attempt to curtail author bullying angers many users

Also Worth A Read

• Pirate Bay Blocking Orders Should Be Overturned Under EU Law, ISPs Argue
• NSA seeks tighter ties to tech despite issues of data-sharing
• The Virtual Path To Freezing Malware
• Pirate Party Crashes Spy Drone in Front of German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Tunes

1. Pirates by Boxing Fox
2. 5 Stars ReVolution by The Jaygles

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