Category: General

Comcast Targets Unlicensed Anime Torrenters

Paul

SailorSpork writes
“According to a thread on the forums of AnimeSuki, a popular anime bittorent index site, Comcast has begun sending DCMA letters to customers downloading unlicensed fan-subtitled anime shows via bittorrent. By ‘unlicensed’, they mean that no english language company has the rights to it. The letters are claiming that the copyright holder or an authorized agent are making the infringement claims, though usually these requests are also sent to the site itself rather that individual downloaders. My question is have they really been in contact with Japanese anime companies, or is this another scare tactic by Comcast to try and reduce the bandwidth use of their heavier customers now that their previous tactics have come under legal fire?“

Can comcast do this if they get these from outside of the US. He ask the same question as do I, Have they been in contact with the Anime Companies because wouldn’t it be better for them to do it then Comcast?

PayPal To Offer Virtual Credit Card Payment Product

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Paypal will launch a new virtual credit card payment product Tuesday.

The new service “PayPal Secure Card” generates a one use unique Mastercard number that Paypal users can utilize to make payments on sites that don’t take Paypal. According to Reuters, the software package with PayPal Secure Card automatically recognizes an e-commerce checkout page and fills out the payment information for the user.

The move is said to be in response to Google’s Checkout service (launched June 06) that also stores financial details for secure online payments.

It’s a great idea; not only does this open up Paypal accounts to shopping on sites that don’t take Paypal, it also provides credit card access to folks who don’t have a credit card (or similar credit style debit card), either by choice or because they are unable to obtain one. On the security front it also provides an alternative to using your actual credit card online, a secure way of using your credit card (if linked to your Paypal account) without the risk of your real details being disclosed.

RIAA told to show cause why .edu subpoenas shouldn’t be quashed

Paul

A federal judge in Washington, DC, has handed the RIAA another setback in its campaign against on-campus file-sharing. In Arista v. Does 1-19, a case brought against 19 George Washington University students by the Big Four record labels, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has ordered the RIAA to show cause why the ex parte subpoenas issued to GWU shouldn’t be quashed.

Judge Kollar-Kotelly’s order comes in response to a motion filed by Doe number three last week. In that motion, the unnamed student asked the judge to quash the subpoena, arguing that the RIAA was relying on the wrong law to obtain the subpoena, and furthermore, that there was no applicable law that authorized the issue of ex parte subpoenas to colleges and universities.

Oh brother is the RIAA really getting into trouble now. Since they seem to think they have to do it for everyone. I hope the judge does quash this right now. It would be a real victory to defeat the RIAA!

CBS Launches A Massive Wi-Fi Hotspot In Midtown Manhattan

Paul

Midtown Manhattan is getting a massive Wi-Fi hotspot from the CBS that will deliver news, sports, and entertainment free of charge to users of cell phones, laptops, and other devices.

The “CBS Mobile Zone” will cover a 20-block area from Times Square to Central Park and from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue. Users will also be able to surf the Internet on the system.

“It already is up and running along Broadway,” said Shannon Jacobs, a CBS spokesperson. “We expect it to be fully running within a month.” CBS is giving out routers to local businesses, including restaurants and coffee shops, to help in the rapid deployment of the network.

Go read the full article it really sounds cool!! Maybe they will expand this to other areas!!

Gmail’s Best New Keyboard Shortcut

Paul

We already mentioned that the recent Gmail revamp includes new keyboard shortcuts, but this one deserves an individual shout: when you’re viewing a Gmail message, you can archive it AND move to the next or previous message in one keystroke. Use the square brackets:

  • [ to archive and go to the previous message
  • ] to archive and go to the next message

Alternately, you can press y, then o to archive a message and go to the next one. You must have the keyboard shortcuts enabled in your account (visit Settings to do so) for this to work.

Nice little shortcut for GMAIL I will have to try to remember that when I use it.