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<title>Studies: Android's malware, piracy problem growing</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/15/drives.developers.to.freemium.model.hurts.platform/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368648670_Android-malware-piracy-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[New research from F-Secure Labs on the prevalence of malware on smartphones, along with developer data on game app piracy rates paints a pretty clear -- and damning -- portrait of Android compared to other mobile platforms. The growth in mobile malware on Google's platform is increasing at such a pace that the malware threat is approaching the relative level of compromised Windows systems, while ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Heavy piracy of Game of Thrones a compliment to HBO</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/02/piracy.fails.to.negatively.impact.dvd.sales.of.game.of.thrones/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/gameofthrones.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Game of Thrones may retain its crown of being the most pirated television show, based on reports. Despite the number of downloads of the season premiere entering the millions within 24 hours of its first broadcast, the programming president of HBO appears to be taking the dubious accolade as a compliment....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google takedown requests increase tenfold in six months</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/16/over.25.million.copyright.infringement.notices.received.per.week/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355208934_googlesign-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has seen the number of copyright removal requests increase by a factor of ten since the search giant started to publicize takedown notices. Requests have increased from around 250,000 per week in May to over 2.5 million notices a week, continuing the trend of the number of copyright infringement notices vastly accelerating ever since the service started....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese IP chief says China piracy record distorted, untrue </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/11/statement.claims.china.pays.the.most.for.ip.software/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352657915_tianlipu-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amidst the Chinese 18th Communist Party congress, the State Intellectual Property Office head Tian Lipu claims that there is deliberate distortion of the piracy issue in China by the Western media, caused by the country's bad reputation overseas. Despite the claimed mischaracterization he defended the practice, claiming that  "Speaking honestly, there is a market. People use and buy pirated goods....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ruling: torrent site host liable for copyright infringement</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/24/court.fees.plus.undetermined.copyright.damages.due.from.host/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351125494_hague-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Anti-piracy outfit BREIN has won a prescedent-setting case against web host XS Networks, the previous provider for torrent site SumoTorrent. XS Networks was found to be culpable in facilitation of copyright infringement, and has been acting unlawfully against the interests if the copyright holders represented by BREIN. The landmark ruling at the Court of the Hague has implications worldwide for th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MPAA chief Chris Dodd: SOPA, PIPA gone, not coming back</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/03/comments.also.made.about.google.search.four.strikes.rules/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349312713_chrisdodd-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America and former Senator Christopher Dodd told Wired in an interview that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are not going to return to to the congressional floor. Dodd claimed that "that legislation is gone. Itís over. Itís not coming back" after an appearance at the San Francisco-based Commonwealth Club on Tuesday night....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google to penalize pirates, infringers in search rankings</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/10/will.take.content.complaints.into.account.for.search.results/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1344643136_MPAA-UK-SurfTheChannel-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google is set to become more aggressive against sites hosting allegedpirated material. From next week, the search engine will start to factor in the number of valid copyright notices it receives against a site, penalizing those with high numbers by placing them lower in search results. The ranking will "help users find legitimate, quality sources of content more easily," according to a post in the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast: piracy case 'shaking down' potential infringers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/14/motion.to.suppress.subpoenas.filed.information.not.revealed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339637406_digitalpirate-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Internet provider Comcast historically complies with content owner's requests to name BitTorrent infringers when provided with sufficient data, but a legal skirmish in the Illinois district court is playing out differently. Comcast has asked the court to dismiss the subpoenas for subscriber's information issued in a battle with four adult video purveyors, saying the case is about coercing settleme...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German 'flash drive tax' jumps 2,338 percent</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/06/tax.is.compensation.for.private.copying/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339021251_ZPU-German-Blank-Media-Tax.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[German publication Heise is reporting that the ZPÜ, the German organization responsible for administering a tax on blank media, has announced a sizable increase in the blank media levy. According to the ZPÜ's announcement, the fee on flash drives and similar storage devices up to 4GB will rise from about 10 cents to $1.93. For devices larger than 4GB, the fee will jump from 10 cents to $2.42. For ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study: More than half of computer users pirate software</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/01/survey.finds.piracy.rampant.worldwide.especially.developing.world/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/piratebayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Computer users the world over are engaging in software piracy, according to a new study (pdf) from the Business Software Alliance, an industry group consisting of Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe, among others. The BSA's survey found more than half of all respondents pirating software, up dramatically over last year's findings. Additionally, the study found that piracy is quite popular in the developin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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