The Best and the Worst Tech of the Decade
With only a few weeks left until we close out the 'naughts and move into the teens, it's almost obligatory to take a look back at the best and not-so-best of the last decade. With that in mind, I polled the O'Reilly editors, authors, Friends, and a...

The Best and the Worst Tech of the Decade
With only a few weeks left until we close out the 'naughts and move into the teens, it's almost obligatory to take a look back at the best and not-so-best of the last decade. With that in mind, I polled the O'Reilly editors, authors, Friends, and a...

The Best and the Worst Tech of the Decade
With only a few weeks left until we close out the 'naughts and move into the teens, it's almost obligatory to take a look back at the best and not-so-best of the last decade. With that in mind, I polled the O'Reilly editors, authors, Friends, and a...

http://www.theitjuggler.com/14227/mpaa-releases-new-piracy-loss-data/ MPAA releases new piracy loss data :P

#mpaafail Edition 1,138
Did It’s Complicated, the new film from writer/director Nancy Myers and starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, get an R rating because it features copious extra-marital sex?No.Did It’s Complicated get an R rating because it shows...

FTC still not happy with marketing of “violent” entertainment
It shouldn’t be at all surprising that the Federal Trade Commission is still not happy (Variety, 12/3/09) at all with the marketing of violent entertainment – be it video-games, music or movies – to children who are deemed to be too young for those...

Copyright Owners Fight Plan to Release E-Books for the Blind
A broad swath of American enterprise ranging from major software makers to motion picture and music companies are joining forces to oppose a new international treaty that would make books more accessible to the blind.Dan Burke, a Montana blind man,...

RT @tpb: MPAA Enjoys Record Breaking Profits – Again!: BO ticket sales up more than an astounding 9% over last yea... http://bit.ly/7S873S

@ryanwagner That would circumvent copyright law. It's equally bad as torrenting, if the RIAA and MPAA are to be believed.

New Moon Pirate Camming Farce Comes To An End
On 2nd November, 22 year-old Samantha Tumpach was out with family celebrating her sister’s 29th birthday. Like many, they chose a movie theater for the happy occasion, specifically the Muvico Theater in Rosemont, United States.Watching ‘Twilight:...

the mpaa's arguments are now *obviously* invalid http://torrentfreak.com/damned-pirates-hollywood-sets-10-billion-box-office-record-091211/

http://img.ly/gKa Did you know Avatar has scenes of people SMOKING!?! The MPAA has your back on this one.

Shared From GReader: RIAA, MPAA and US Chamber of Commerce declare war on blind and disable.. http://bit.ly/5Za681

Charges dropped in 'New Moon' incident http://bit.ly/5Miwco // the MPAA is pure evil, thanks to Chris Weitz for being sensible!

It's Complicated: Why the MPAA prefers smoking guns to smoking pot http://bit.ly/5qSqrl via @AddToAny

Woman jailed, charged with felony camcordering after recording 4 mins of sister's birthday party in a movie theater
A woman who tried out her new pocket camera by video-recording a few minutes of her sister's surprise birthday party at a showing of "New Moon" has been charged with a felony -- "camcordering" a movie. Penalties for camcordering have been...

Woman jailed, charged with felony camcordering after recording 4 mins of sister's birthday party in a movie theater
A woman who tried out her new pocket camera by video-recording a few minutes of her sister's surprise birthday party at a showing of "New Moon" has been charged with a felony -- "camcordering" a movie. Penalties for camcordering have been...

Dane who ripped his DVDs demands to be arrested under DRM law
In Denmark, it's legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It's also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100...

Last yr Ars Technica attempted to source piracy loss claims being made by RIAA & MPAA. Turns out there was no source. http://bit.ly/4sLPq7

RT @tomsguide MPAA has town free WiFi shut down due to one offender http://bit.ly/13jH6o (special dedicace @gchampeau)

have to love the MPAA - they are getting so strict that Pixar flicks are rated PG these days...finishing up tomorrow's Retail Scoop!

RT @tiinpa This #ACTA proposal is literally insane. How did the MPAA/RIAA get to set international policy? http://tinyurl.com/yktb8uh

Mob Mentality Series = Crash mixed wt Pulp Fiction + programmers cyberpunks, violent rebels, desperate housewives, the MPAA, & Norwegians