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June 2010

Marketing

P2P File Sharing and The Hurt Locker

Here’s something that could have far-reaching effects on Internet usage behavior in general. In one of the biggest anti-piracy efforts yet leveled at individual users, the producers of Oscar winner The Hurt Locker are laying down a legal gauntlet for illegal file sharers, seeking damages against 5,000 people in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C.  (more…)
June 1, 2010
Marketing

The Pakistan Unban

As the dressed up trucks rumble their way down the Pakistani roads, a Pakistani court lifted its ban, since May 19, on Facebook after company officials apologized for maintaining a page “offensive to Muslims.” The ban had been in effect for more than 2 weeks after users posted competing "Everyone Draw Mohammad Day" pages, wherein the sites encouraged users to post images of the prophet to protest threats made by a radical Muslim group against the creators of Comedy Central's…
June 1, 2010