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4:00PM Angus Kidman | Amazon has begun shipping the international version of the Kindle this week, and the local market is already responding nervously. But if the device does succeed in making e-books more palatable, will it also lead to a rise in piracy? More »
Will The Kindle Increase E-Book Piracy?
4:00PM Angus Kidman | Amazon has begun shipping the international version of the Kindle this week, and the local market is already responding nervously. But if the device does succeed in making e-books more palatable, will it also lead to a rise in piracy? More » 
Pirate Windows 7 RC Used To Build Botnet
10:00AM Angus Kidman | If you were too impatient to wait for the official release of Windows 7 RC and grabbed an early unauthorised copy via BitTorrent, there’s a nasty sting in the tale: your PC might well be part of a botnet. More »
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Mac Trojan Horse Used In Denial-of-Service Attacks
8:30AM Adam Pash | When iWork ‘09 was released this January, a pirated version of the application spread a trojan horse named iWorkServices. Now it seems that the trojan in question is being used in denial-of-service attacks on various web sites. (In short, the virus is controlling unwitting zombie computers, sending them to specific sites with such persistence that the sites crumble under the non-stop requests.) The takeaway: Macs can get viruses the same way Windows computers more often than not do—though careless downloading practices. Photo by marcopako . [ZDNet]
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10:02AM Angus Kidman | The news that a consortium of seven movie studios has sued Australian ISP iiNet for not responding to takedown notices represents an interesting new local chapter in the ongoing Hollywood-versus-BitTorrent debate. Suing individuals has generated lots of bad publicity for studios in the past, but it remains to be seen whether attacking providers will create the same degree of controversy. Dan Warne at APC has comprehensively analysed the case, and concludes that iiNet may have a hard time winning — which in turn might have a knock-on effect for most other ISPs. Until the case returns to the courts in December, nothing is certain, but it’s something to contemplate while you watch your downloads trickle in.
Why iiNet will probably lose the piracy lawsuit [APC]
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Inside The iiNet Piracy Lawsuit
10:02AM Angus Kidman | The news that a consortium of seven movie studios has sued Australian ISP iiNet for not responding to takedown notices represents an interesting new local chapter in the ongoing Hollywood-versus-BitTorrent debate. Suing individuals has generated lots of bad publicity for studios in the past, but it remains to be seen whether attacking providers will create the same degree of controversy. Dan Warne at APC has comprehensively analysed the case, and concludes that iiNet may have a hard time winning — which in turn might have a knock-on effect for most other ISPs. Until the case returns to the courts in December, nothing is certain, but it’s something to contemplate while you watch your downloads trickle in.
Why iiNet will probably lose the piracy lawsuit [APC]
More » Piracy raid in Sydney
6:01PM Sarah Stokely | ZDNet has reported that the Interville internet cafe in World Square in Sydney’s CBD has been raided today by the Australian Federal Police. It’s alleged the cafe provided “extensive” access to pirated material including illegally downloaded music and movies. At least 10 AFP agents and officers were reported to be involved in the raid, which involved the execution of a search warrant and interviews with employees. More » 