Megaupload collateral damages, now hits France. On the other hand, Sony’s music and movie catalog was made available for free on the internet last Sunday. We all have heard it : the popular file-sharing platform megaupload.com has been brought down, a ripost from a group called The Anonymous meant to attack major French websites as a [...]
If you have missed the season One of Project Octopus, you have probably missed a very exciting polar that involves politics, big companies, and internet users. I guess this will turn out to be one of those movies where a conspiracy to control the world is on the way. While I started writing this movie scenario, [...]
You all heard it by now as SOPA is everywhere. Today is a special day, when big sites like Wikipedia, Reddit and others protest against SOPA & PIPA. Since last few weeks it is a very hot topic for everyone and when Obama administration said it will not sign this legislation I thought – the [...]
This SOPA deal is bringing high politics to the face of lambda internet users. Hadn’t it been for real, the scenario could (or is it already?) inspire some hollywood film producer – or not, since Hollywood is one of the major stakeholder in this SOPA battle. So let me try to be a film writer [...]
So the SOPA bill (AKA H.R 3261) will go for voting on January 24th 2012. The debate and discussions are getting hotter; an increased number of people and organisations raise their voice and mobilize U.S citizens for or against the passing of that bill. I know some of how-to-hide-ip.info readers may wonder why I continue [...]
According to TorrentFreak a the new Spanish government has now fully approved the Sustainable Economy Law (LES) which enables rights holders to have infringing websites shut down within 10 days after a complaint is filed: After holding energy in mid-December, Spain’s incoming Partido Popular (People’s Party) supervision has now entirely authorized their tentative Sustainable Economy Law (LES), [...]
Privacy on the internet has been threatened multiple times during this year 2011. Indeed, at multiple occasions, and from different parts of the world, the internet has been used to spread some information that aren’t necessarily reported on the mainstream media. Social media has made it that citizen media became more and more popular.Combined to [...]
You have surely heard about this SOPA thing on the news lately. SOPA stands for “Stop Online Piracy Act”, and it’s an effort made in the US for fighting against piracy on the internet. You can guess that Hollywood big guys are actively supporting this act. However, this act has generated a lot of outcry [...]
