by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, Technical Support, Technicals
Comcast revealed today how it will deal with customers who receive multiple warnings under the newly launched “six-strikes” anti-piracy system. After four alerts the ISP will “hijack” web-browsers of suspected serial pirates with a persistent pop-up notification,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technicals
The launch of new and revised Office 365 software-by-subscription plans for businesses shows that Microsoft realizes its current licensing revenue is threatened by cost-cutting customers, an analyst said yesterday. “Microsoft wants to shift people to...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 4, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY, Technicals
Earlier this week the six strikes anti-piracy system finally launched more than a year later than initially planned. One of the things that stood out most was the lack of information released through official channels. On launch day the Center for Copyright...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, LAW, MONEY
from the horse-head-in-your-bed dept. The new Copyright Alert System, a.k.a. the ‘Six Strikes’ policy, went into effect on Monday. Comcast and Verizon activated it today. Ars Technica asked them and other participating ISPs to see the copyright alerts that...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | HAPPINESS, INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
This week marks the rollout of the long delayed “Copyright Alert System” aka the six strike anti-piracy program. It’s a bit confusing at a glance, but it’s not nearly as powerful as you’d think. Here’s how the system works, how...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 1, 2013 | DATA, HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the no-learning-for-you dept. The Bandwidth Divide is a form of what economists call the Red Queen effect referring to a scene in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass when Alice races the Red Queen. As the Red Queen tells Alice: ‘It takes all the...
