The Canadian animation series Odd Job Jack releases every episode plus additional resources for free. The content is released under a Creative Commons license, and distibuted over BitTorrent.
What do they offer?
Master flash files and bitmaps of every piece of art used in this season of Odd Job Jack. Every character, prop, and background from every [...]
August 4th, 2006
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A New Zealand woman was busted recording an anti-piracy commercial that was playing ahead of the popular Disney movie “Cars”.
August 4th, 2006
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It’s been almost one year since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the MGM v Grokster case, determining that Grokster and Streamcast can be held legally liable for what it calls “inducing” copyright infringement by users if they market their filesharing programs “with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright.”
Although [...]
August 1st, 2006
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Done the impossible is the story behind the rise, fall, and rebirth of the cult TV show Firefly. Firefly was ressurected thanks to efforts of the fans of this popular sci-fi show.
In the documentary “done the impossible” the fans tell their part of this success story. They explain why and how they managed to get [...]
July 21st, 2006
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A heartbreaking tale about a pig that invents his very own DRM to protect the powers of the magic box he found. Inspired by the harsh Anti-Piracy campaigns targeted at kids.
The Pig and the Box is about a pig who finds a magic box that can replicate anything you put into it. The pig [...]
July 14th, 2006
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Is the MPAA is losing the “war on piracy”? Hollywood lost 6.1 billion according to reasearch by the MPAA, 75% higher than they expected.
Although The DVD sniffin Dogs “Lucky and Flo” help a little bit, the pirates are on the loose. The MPAA claimes “major victories” in their war against piracy but if you [...]
June 27th, 2006
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Sealand is on fire. The self-proclaimed safe haven for everything that’s forbidden elsewhere suffered from a fire, probably caused by a generator.
Firefighters attacked the fire from a ship, but it is unknown if they succeeded and what the damage is.
Sealand and it’s hosting company havenco have no regulations concerning copyright, patents, libel, restrictions on [...]
June 26th, 2006
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The Pirate leaders are quite talkative today. First the US Pirate leader, now the leader of Sweden’s piratpartiet.
June 20th, 2006
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Two weeks ago, in the aftermath of the Piratebay raid, the US equivalent of the Swedish pirate party “piratpartiet” was founded.
June 20th, 2006
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Sweden again. The Filesharing debate continues, and the Pirate’s vote might be an important one in the upcoming election. Justice minister Thomas Bodström is flirting openly with filesharers, while the Pirate Party is getting bigger and bigger.
Lars Ilshammar, an information-technology historian who recently suggested Sweden to impose a fee similar to the one proposed in [...]
June 19th, 2006
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75% of the young voters in Sweden support filesharing, even if it’s illegal, according to a recent survey. This indicates that filesharing is going to be a hot topic in the coming elections.
Over 75 percent of those asked said it was OK to download illegally from the Internet, said the survey.
These figures indicate that the [...]
June 11th, 2006
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