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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 12 declined, 9 accepted (21 total, 42.86% accepted)

Networking

Submission + - Time Warner Cable Implements Packet Shaping (dslreports.com)

RFC writes: "Time Warner announces introduction of packet shaping technology.

"Packet shaping" technology has been implemented for newsgroup applications, regardless of the provider, and all peer-to-peer networks and certain other high bandwidth applications not necessarily limited to audio, video, and voice over IP telephony. Road Runner reserves the right to implement network management tools for other applications in the future."

United States

Submission + - U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy

ColinPL writes: "China, Russia and 10 other nations were targeted by the Bush administration for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread piracy. The Bush administration on Monday placed the 12 countries on a "priority watch list" which will subject them to extra scrutiny and could eventually lead to economic sanctions if the administration decides to bring trade cases before the World Trade Organization."
Software

Submission + - BitTorrent, Inc. Acquires uTorrent

ColinPL writes: "BitTorrent, Inc. has taken the next step — the acquisition of uTorrent. In an joint announcement made today, the two firms have publicly solidified the merger.

"Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and uTorrent AB have decided to join forces," a forum post on uTorrent states. "BitTorrent has acquired uTorrent as it recognized the merits of uTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together uTorrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent's expertise in networking protocols will significantly benefit the community with what we envision will be the best BitTorrent client.""
Movies

Submission + - MPAA Sues Company For Selling Pre-loaded iPods

ColinPL writes: "The MPAA has launched yet another "defensive attack", this time on a small business that is pre-loading movie DVDs onto iPods and reselling them. The original DVDs of the movies that are loaded are also given to the customer.

The MPAA is claiming that the service Load 'N Go Video offers is completely illegal because ripping a DVD is against the DMCA. The MPAA is also suing the company for copyright violation."
VA

Submission + - eDonkey Pays $30 Million to the Recording Industry

ColinPL writes: "The firm behind popular online file-sharing software eDonkey has agreed to pay $30 million to avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

The company also agreed to take measures to prevent file-sharing by people using previously downloaded versions of the eDonkey software. eDonkey now displays the message "The eDonkey2000 Network is no longer available. Please see eDonkey.com for more details.". After getting that message the uninstaller is launched automatically."

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