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Submission + - Potentially huge legal boost for EU file-shareres (businessweek.com)

Submitted by Mishtara2001 on Saturday July 21, 2007 @02:08PM

Mishtara2001 writes: BusinessWeek reports that: "An EU high court adviser says Internet service providers are not required to disclose data on people suspected of music piracy". If this is adopted across the EU then it can potentially spell doom for the IFPI's (the global RIAA) efforts to litigate against European P2P users.

More here: http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2 007/gb20070720_372166.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+in dex+page_top+stories
http://torrentfreak.com/major-victory-within-reach -for-european-file-sharers/

Comment Re:The human race starts to decline (Score 1) 146

by Mishtara2001 on Monday January 01, 2007 @06:49PM (#17425802) Attached to: What Are You Optimistic About?

Right, YOu have some wierd ideas about the meaning of the word: "Optimism".

Extortion Virus Code Cracked 371

Posted by Zonk on Thursday June 01, 2006 @03:47PM from the unlock-your-stuff dept.

Billosaur writes "BBC News is reporting that the password to the dreaded Archiveus virus has been discovered and is now available to anyone who needs it. Archiveus is a 'ransomware' virus, which combines files from the My Documents folder on Windows machines and exchanges them for a single, password-protected file, which it will not unlock unless a password is given. The user would normally be required to pay the extortionist money in order to receive the password, but apparently the virus writer made one small, critical error in coding: placing the password in the code. BTW, the 30-digit password locking the files is mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw."

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