Scribd to block uploading of copyrighted material to its site
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Scribd anti-piracy system blocks uploading of content if the text matches material in its system provided by copyright holders.
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The online social network said that it was offering free software tools to let media companies block the uploading of unauthorized video clips.
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People who received MP3 players as holiday gifts may want to steer clear of some Web sites that claim to offer legal music but don&#39;t have licensing agreements with major music labels, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) said.CDT, a consumer rights group, has published a list of more than 30 MP3 download sites that don&#39;t have licensing deals with major U.S. music labels. The sites, which charge between $20 and $35 for subscriptions, say they offer music from artists signed to the major labels, CDT said.Consumers should be aware of the sites on the list because in some cases, they may simply provide subscribers popular peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software that&#39;s otherwise free, said David Sohn, CDT&#39;s senior policy counsel. And customers using P-to-P software to trade unauthorized music files could face lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), he said.&quot;People might get the false impression of what they paid for was legal,&quot; Sohn said. &quot;If you pay $25, you might think that $25 goes to compensate the rights holder.&quot;The CDT tried to contact the operators of each site on its MP3 warning list. In each case, the site operators did not respond.Several of the sites on the list seem to be run by the same people -- they have similar designs and make similar claims. In many cases, the sites are registered outside the U.S., Sohn said.Some of the sites hedge their claims of being legal in small print. For example, AllCoolMusic.com, which says it offers 12 billion files, includes a disclaimer at the bottom of its front page: &quot;Today, there are 240 million users trading MP3s on legal file-sharing networks. Sharing is not illegal as long as you obey all relevant copyright laws. Sharing copyrighted material, without permission to do so, is illegal. Purchasing a membership in AllCoolMusic.com does not give you license to download or upload copyrighted material. AllCoolMusic.com implores you to respect all copyright laws.&quot;AllCoolMusic didn&#39;t respond to CDT&#39;s letter, and there&#39;s no contact information readily available on the site.In March 2005, CDT filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission against two Web sites claiming their music and video downloads were 100 percent legal.The FTC filed a complaint in U.S. court against one of the Web sites, mp3downloadcity.com, obtained an injunction, and eventually reached a settlement with the Web site operator in May 2006. The settlement required the site to refund customers.The RIAA has focused its lawsuits on P-to-P users that share music with others, not those that simply download music from P-to-P networks. However, if subscribers to these sites would opt to share their music on the P-to-P software some of the sites provide, that could expose them to lawsuits, Sohn said.In many cases, users of the sites are &quot;getting less than you pay for,&quot; he said.
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Video site YouTube is launching filtering tools to clamp down on video sharing without permission.
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The FrSIRT site has posted a new advisory for users of the Vivvo Article Management CMS software about potential holes that could allow for some very large-scale damage to be done.    Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Vivvo Article Management CMS, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable server.   The first issue is due to an input validation error in the "pdf_version.php" script that does not validate the "id" parameter before being used in SQL statements, which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.   The second vulnerability is due to an input validation error in the "index.php" script that do not validate the "classified_path" parameter, which may be exploited by remote attackers to include local or remote scripts with the privileges of the web server.    Versions 3.2 and higher of the software are effected, and, unfortunately, there has been no patch issued for the issue.
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One of Harvard University&#39;s Web sites appeared on Monday to have been hacked, with its contents appearing on the BitTorrent file-sharing network.A compressed 125MB file claiming to be the database for the Web site of Harvard&#39;s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is available via the BitTorrent peer to peer network. The file is listed on The Pirate Bay, a Web site that indexes torrents, or small information files that coordinate the download of content from other users on BitTorrent.The Web site for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was offline on Monday.A note attached to the torrent claimed the file contained a backup of the site -- including some contacts files and other files associated with Joomla, an open-source content management system -- along with other various bits. It appears to be legitimate.The note&#39;s writer claims the stunt is intended to demonstrate the insecurity of Harvard&#39;s server. The writer also exposed what purport to be usernames and passwords belonging to two of the site&#39;s system administrators.&quot;Stupid people, you don&#39;t use a secure password,&quot; read a note preceding the sensitive information.As of Monday afternoon, the compromised file was being distributed by 11 users -- known in file-sharing terminology as &quot;seeders&quot; -- and was being downloaded by nine &quot;leechers,&quot; or those downloading the files.Harvard&#39;s media office was closed on Monday due to a national U.S. holiday.
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A Japanese entertainment group has asked the popular video-sharing site YouTube Inc. to implement a system to prevent users from uploading videos that would infringe copyrights, a group spokesman said Tuesday.
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Why do some Web sites make you copy and type in a bunch of hard-to-read twisted letters and numbers when you try to sign up for an account or log in?
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For those who want to get their blogging feet wet quietly, several easy-to-use tools for setting up Web pages, with privacy filters included, are on the market.
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What happened to the guts in mainstream publications? I recall back in the 80s InfoWorld pressured Lotus into ditching its copy protection scheme by docking Lotus 1-2-3 several points in reviews because of the inconvenience. I believe Lotus was the first to buckle, but other vendors jumped on the bandwagon and abandoned copy protection. Fast forward to today. Not only has copy protection come back from the grave, it has risen like a juggernaut zombie bent on eating everyone's brains. Worse, many consumers and writers alike seem to be unscrewing their scalps and willingly offering up the meal. "I want the latest iThing, it's so cool!" Sure, you'll find appropriate outrage in Linux Journal and a handful of renegade publications like the Register. But what happened to the mainstream journals with the guts of yesteryear?
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Industry groups are looking for a way around controversial copyright proposal.
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Publishers of the new Harry Potter novel have been trying to suppress websites featuring extracts apparently taken from the book. By Esther Addley.
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The new software would be used to circumvent restrictive countries who censor access to Western news sites, blogs and other sites.
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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The site attempts to "fingerprint" copyright-protected video content and block users from posting unauthorized clips. By the Associated Press.
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Microsoft Aims to Block AdSense  Don't titles rule! 'Extremely Critical' Flaw Threatens Internet Explorer Users was announced a few days ago. In that article, it tells users that "Microsoft is recommending that users turn off the "Drag and drop or copy and paste files" option in Internet Explorer and set security ...
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Digital Rights technology built onto some My Book drives restricts users from sharing certain files.