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• in Technology
  Blog Focus on Tech Lawsuits Aplenty
  Kindles get skipped by colleges, a town gets stripped of WiFi, and your Web content may get ripped down.
  by tuffyr / on Nov 13, 2009
• in Technology
  Blog Focus on New Media Consumption the Old-Fashioned Way
  Consume your media lazily from anywhere: the blogs tell you how!
  by tuffyr / on Nov 2, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “MPAA”

• MPAA/Sony Pictures Realizes That Shutting Down Muni-WiFi Over Si...

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  Last week, we wrote about the ridiculous situation, whereby the MPAA had an entire muni-WiFi network shut down because one person using that system had downloaded a single film. The story ended up getting a fair amount of press, and it looks like the MPAA and Sony Pictures in particular, quickly realized that this ...
  7 hours ago

• Middle-Aged Grump

  
  Extra Criticum — Authority: 114
  Ever since my parents took me to see "Angel in my Pocket" starring Andy Griffith back when I was, oh, about four years old at the Mosinee Theatre in my hometown, Ive been a fan of being in a theatre...
  14 hours ago

• Guess what you don’t need?

  
  SeriouslyGuys — Authority: 438
  No one likes a jerk. Now, I’m not talking about a Denis Leary or Martin Lawrence type of jerk, but more of a “someone stole the teacher’s favorite ruler, so now everyone has to pay” type of jerk. Of course, no one hates these types of jerks more than Sony or the MPAA. And so, they decided to display their ...
  15 hours ago

• MPAA shuts down entire towns muni WiFi over a single download

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 159
  The MPAA has successfully shut down an entire towns municipal WiFi because a single user was found to be downloading a copyrighted movie.
  1 day ago

• Following Up for the Week Ending 11/15/2009

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 133
  Global reactions to ACTA A call for action against ACTA More ways to take action against ACTA Public letter against ACTA BBC DRM scheme overturned due to public interest Explanation about SOC and why is is a problem Take action, file a comment against MPAA’s request for SOC Part of Andersen ...
  1 day ago

• MPAA Joins IRS As An Entity Above the Law

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 577
  In an amazing turn of events, the MPAA has managed to shut down the municipal wi-fi network in a small city in Ohio. In what might be called  the most outrageous event in that state since Kent State in 1970, another egregious miscarriage of justice has occurred. The slashdot article references another article in ...
  3 days ago

• Wi-Fi Network Shuttered By MPAA Re-Opens – After week of bad press, Sony suddenly feels cooperative

  
  remove the labels | Gadgets and Life — Authority: 137
  Earlier this week a free, tiny (1,000 feet total) municipal Wi-Fi network in Ohio was forced to shut down after an MPAA legal warning. A network user had apparently transferred a file copyrighted by Sony Pictures, and instead of risking a costly legal fight, the network decided to simply shut down . The news quickly ...
  3 days ago

• Oh Hollywood!: Coshocton

  
  Public Knowledge - Blogging, Events, and Action Alerts — Authority: 132
  Channel Oh Hollywood Click thumbnail above for video A new PKTV series, “Oh Hollywood!” focusses on … well, it’s kind of self explanatory. In this ...
  3 days ago

• MPAA has entire town’s municipal Wi-Fi shut down over single piracy allegation

  
  CrunchGear — Authority: 794
  It’s getting harder and harder to be surprised about the MPAA ’s silly tactics. So, surprise! The MPAA has successfully shut down an Ohio town’s municipal Wi-Fi network because one person was caught illegally downloading a movie. You know, peers and seeders and all that. The Wi-Fi network was set up around ...
  3 days ago

• Coshocton, Ohio and the MPAA are really pissed at some pirate

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 581
  1movie-downloading bastard ruined the free wi-fi for EVERYBODY! SOURCERelated posts:MPAA: Lock the doors, kick the public out. Judge: OK!The Pirate Bay + trial + fans = “Spectrial”Related posts: MPAA: Lock the doors, kick the public out. Judge: OK! The Pirate Bay + trial + fans = “Spectrial”
  3 days ago

• City WiFi Shut Down Over ONE MPAA Complaint

  
  The OSM Blog — Authority: 119
  Dont play games with Criminals or youll cry. The MPAA got seriously bent out of shape over a movie being downloaded on a Ohio town’s public (and free) WiFi. Sony Entertainment Group’s evil eye gazed down upon the sleeply little town of Coshocton, Ohio when it found out that some lone miscreant may have been ...
  3 days ago

• MPAA shuts down towns entire Wi-Fi over one download

  
  The Knight Shift — Authority: 139
  Coshocton, Ohio is a town without free Internet. Thank the Motion Picture Association of America, which successfully turned off Coshoctons Wi-Fi connection to the world because, allegedly, one person used the wireless access to download a copyrighted movie.In addition to being of great benefit to out-of-town tourists ...
  3 days ago

• MPAA has town’s free WiFi cut off

  
  p2pnet news — Authority: 618
  p2pnet news view MPAA | P2P:- Hollywood and Big Music consumer attack units are now completely out of control, quite literally running rampant. And no one in any government anywhere gives a damn. In the US, the RIAA and MPAA are laws unto themselves with ex-staff with clearly vested interests working in the ...
  3 days ago

• When copyright rules, towns fall off the net

  
  No Rock And Roll Fun — Authority: 447
  Here we are, worrying about what would happen if the record labels forced a household off the internet. In Ohio, an entire town has been disconnected at the behest of Sony Pictures. Because one user of the muncipal wi-fi allegedly downloaded a movie. [via Boing Boing ]
  3 days ago

• MPAA shuts down entire towns muni WiFi over a single DL!

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  The MPAA has successfully shut down an entire towns municipal WiFi because a single user was found to be downloading a copyrighted movie.
  3 days ago

• Motion Picture Association of America Shuts Down Entire Town’s Wifi Over Single Download

  
  The Internet Patrol — Authority: 123
  The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has managed to shut down the public Internet system for the entire town of Coschocton, Ohio, over a single downloading incident.
  4 days ago

• booooooooooo hisssssssssssssss

  
  ravings of a semi-sane madwoman — Authority: 150
  MPAA Shuts Down Entire Towns Wi-Fi Over Single Illegal Download The citizens of Coshocton, Ohio are without their free Internet after a single download prompted the Motion Picture Association of America to shut down the towns municipal Wi-Fi network. This is by no means the first time the MPAA has stepped ...
  4 days ago

• MPAA Shuts Down Entire Town’s Wi-Fi Over Single Illegal Download [Mpaa]

  
  F-Default — Authority: 544
    The citizens of Coshocton, Ohio are without their free Internet after a single download prompted the Motion Picture Association of America to shut down the town’s municipal Wi-Fi network. This is by no means the first time the MPAA has stepped on the little guy in their crusade to eradicate piracy , but it is ...
  4 days ago

• MPAA Shuts Down Entire Towns Wi-Fi Over Single Illegal Download [Mpaa]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 896
  The citizens of Coshocton, Ohio are without their free Internet after a single download prompted the Motion Picture Association of America to shut down the towns municipal Wi-Fi network. This is by no means the first time the MPAA has stepped on the little guy in their crusade to eradicate piracy , but it is a ...
  4 days ago

• MPAA Shuts Down Entire Town’s Wi-Fi Over Single Illegal Download [Mpaa]

  
  RSS fabriek — Authority: 463
  The citizens of Coshocton, Ohio are without their free Internet after a single download prompted the Motion Picture Association of America to shut down the town’s municipal Wi-Fi network. This is by no means the first time the MPAA has stepped on the little guy in their crusade to eradicate piracy , but it is a ...
  4 days ago

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