France Passes “3 Strikes” Illegal Downloading Law

France’s “three strikes” illegal downloading law passed the French Senate earlier this week. The contentious law will give downloaders of copyrighted works two warnings before cutting off their Internet service for a year. The law sets up a special government anti-piracy agency who will police the net with Web Sheriffs, dubbed Internauts. Though the new law still faces a court battle and may rub against current...

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Power To The People: Apple Approves NIN iPhone App

Trent Reznor has triumphantly announced via Twitter that their controversal NIN iPhone application has suddenly been approved by Apple without any changes. Reznor went ballistic when Apple rejected his App just before the launch of his world tour. The controversy spread throughout the Internet like wildfire generating a whole lot of bad press for the computer maker. Apple approval process for Apps has been mired in problems since the...

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