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The latest MPAA tax filing shows that the revenue generated by the anti-piracy group has started growing again after several years of decline. As a result the MPAA was able to double its legal spending and increase wages. After some earlier speculation, the filing reveals that MPAA boss and former Senator Chris Dodd earns a healthy income of more than $2.4 million a year.

Source: MPAA Revenue Grows, Chris Dodd Gets $2.4 Million

Happy Internet Freedom Day! – But Was SOPA Really Defeated?

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Today is Internet Freedom Day. After historic protests last year SOPA was shelved and the anti-piracy proposal eventually died completely, a big victory for the millions who protested. However, a year later we see that several of SOPA’s provisions are being executed nonetheless, without any oversight or complaint from the public.

Source: Happy Internet Freedom Day! – But Was SOPA Really Defeated?

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Hacking Politics: How we beat SOPA and saved the Internet

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RESERVE AN EARLY COPY OF HACKING POLITICS Help us finish producing the book and keep on working to defend Internet freedom The book Hacking Politics tells the story of how suits, geeks, artists, Occupy, the Tea Party and millions of other Americans came together to save the Internet (for now).  We’re honored to get to include [...]

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SPREAD THE WORD! You’ve been owned!

ACT NOW: DON’T LET BIG BUSINESS STEAL OUR RIGHT TO RESELL WHAT WE OWN! Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether you have the right to sell your stuff on eBay. Do you really own the smartphone or computer you’re using to read this? If you sold your books, would you be breaking [...]

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SOPA Is Back! … As a Ransomware Virus

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After historic Internet protests in January the SOPA anti-piracy bill was defeated. However, this week several reports have pointed to a rather unfortunate SOPA comeback. Not in Congress, but as a nasty cryptovirus that locks up people’s computers and accuses them of distributing copyright infringing files. Infected users can get their data back after a payment of $200 – at least, that’s what the virus makers promise.

Source: SOPA Is Back! … As a Ransomware Virus

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Coincidence Control Network: File #009

This week: The death of Megaupload, Legislation that could kill Internet privacy, Has George Lucas really retired?, History being made by blackouts, Jim Henson avant garde, Sega Toylets, How the US lost out on iPhone production, and shooting nails into your brain. Personnel - Joseph Matheny, Nicholas Pell, Kim Monaghan, and Ken Eakins. Email us with stories you think [...]

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Coincidence Control Network: File #008

This week: Mexico’s Grand Warlock Predicts Obama’s loss, Space-Station Debris Crisis, Russia: “It’s Not Our Fault”, Steve Jobs: The Comic, SOPA-Smack-down, Occupy Updates, Kim Monaghan Pimps Opera, Japanese Princess Communicates with UFOs, RAW Week, and Home Invasion Survivors. Personnel – Joe Nolan, Kim Monaghan, Joseph Matheny, and Ken Eakins. Email us with stories you think we should discuss here. Show [...]

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The Sopa blackout protest makes history

Websites protest against SOPA and PIPA on JAnuary 17 2012

Websites protest against Sopa and Pipa on 18 January 2012. Photograph: ars technica/ minecraft/mozilla/ reddit/ wired Wednesday 18 January marked the largest online protest in the history of the internet. Websites from large to small “went dark” in protest of proposed legislation before the US House and Senate that could profoundly change the internet. The [...]

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Anonymous hacks Sony website over SOPA support

Anonymous threatened to hack Sony’s website and executives’ private information in the latest iteration of their OpSony campaign, rising out of Sony’s support of the internet blacklisting bill Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Now it seems a few Anonymous hackers have followed through on the hack by hitting Sony Pictures’ website and Facebook account. The hack was announced [...]

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Robo-Justice For All

The power mongers are at it again; their electric eyes are scanning every nook and cranny of American lifestyles, looking for any crack in which to instigate themselves.  They are chipping away at the nation’s freedoms in the name of security, in hopes that American citizens won’t notice the slow erosion of our rights and [...]

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Coincidence Control Network: File #006

Personnel - Joe Nolan, Joseph Matheny, Nicholas Pell, and Ken Eakins. This week we discuss the demise of Vaclav Havel, Christoper Hitchens, and ronery old Kim JI. We also take a look at SOPA, NDAA, the Gingrich judge fiasco, look at some books and films, and announce our first contest. Oh Schnaps! We forgot to put Nicholas in the [...]

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Coincidence Control Network: File #002

This week – Weird invasion of bestseller lists, Will SOPA destroy the Internet, Louis Farrakhan turns Fox Mulder, What is the LRAD sound cannon?, Matheny does Hollywood…sort of, Making space travel boring, and Occupy updates.

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