‘Copyright Troll’ Porn Company ‘Makes Millions By Shaming Porn Consumers’

In 1999 Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik co-authored a Pulitzer Prize-winning story. Now a business columnist for the Times, he writes that a Southern California maker of pornographic films named Strike 3 Holdings is also “a copyright troll,”… Continue reading ‘Copyright Troll’ Porn Company ‘Makes Millions By Shaming Porn Consumers’

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Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them

Hackers unbricked a train in Poland that had been deliberately disabled by its manufacturer. Now the manufacturer is threatening legal action against the hackers despite evidence it sabotaged the trains. From a report: The manufacturer is also now dema… Continue reading Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them

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Cory Doctorow: Apple Sabotages Right-to-Repair Using ‘Parts-Pairing’ and the DMCA

From science fiction author/blogger/technology activist Cory Doctorow:

Right to repair has no cannier, more dedicated adversary than Apple, a company whose most innovative work is dreaming up new ways to sneakily sabotage electronics repair while clai… Continue reading Cory Doctorow: Apple Sabotages Right-to-Repair Using ‘Parts-Pairing’ and the DMCA

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