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RIAA, MPAA Recruit MasterCard As Internet Police 421

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 22, 2010 @05:41PM from the new-low-interest-sheriff-in-town dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two weeks ago, MasterCard felt the wrath of Anonymous Operation Payback-style DDoS attacks after refusing to process payments that were intended to fund WikiLeaks, the website which began leaking confidential US diplomatic cables last month. Now, the company is preparing to head down another controversial path by pledging to deny transactions which support websites that host pirated movies, music, games, or other copyrighted content. MasterCard lobbyists have also been in talks with entertainment industry trade groups, including the RIAA and the MPAA, and have made it clear that the company will support the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), sources close to the talks have said."

Comment Re: Is Your Laptop Cooking Your Testicles? (Score 1) 293

by kp5b68802 on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @10:27AM (#34185616) Attached to: Is Your Laptop Cooking Your Testicles?

If a guy has something hot on his lap and he doesn't do anything about it, perhaps he shouldn't reproduce.

Comment Re:Organized crime (Score 1) 1016

by kp5b68802 on Tuesday August 04, 2009 @06:51PM (#28948935) Attached to: California Student Arrested For Console Hacking

Hmm, except organized crime doesn't owe China $billions and what the government does is sometimes legal.

Comment Re:A change is gonna come... (Score 1) 162

by kp5b68802 on Sunday May 31, 2009 @05:59PM (#28161533) Attached to: Time Warner ToS Changes Could Mean Tiered Pricing, Throttling

When you talk to any business and ask about increased pricing and they say "no we are not going to charge more and we have no plans for such". What they mean is "Thanks for the heads-up and you can expect increases as soon as I pass this idea along."

Tesla Roadster Runs For 241 Miles In E-Rally 294

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Friday April 10, 2009 @06:22PM from the squeezing-a-battery-until-it-cries dept.

N!NJA writes with the mention of a recent alternative energies rally where the Tesla Roadster managed to cover 241 miles on a single charge, with another 38 miles of juice still left in the battery. "That would give the Roadster a theoretical maximum touring range of nearly 280 miles — 36 miles more than Tesla itself reckons the car will cover on a charge. If the numbers stand up to official scrutiny, Tesla will hold the world record for the longest distance traveled by a production electric car on a single charge. Of course, it should be pointed out that the Tesla was driven by a company staffer doubtless practiced in eking out every last mile from a charge, and that the speeds averaged on the run were hardly blistering — 90kph (56mph) on the motorways, 60kph (37mph) on trunk roads and 30kph (19) in the mountain roads. Tesla reckon the average speed for the entire journey was 45kph (28mph)."

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