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• Effect of BitTorrent downloads on Box Office returns

  thewall.com.au | 4:54 am Feb 11, 2012

  • The link between BitTorrent download and box office success has been examined by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Wellesley College.
  • Researchers have concluded that downloads at BitTorrent have no effect on the Box Office returns
  • Hollywood has expressed its support for SOPA, PIPA and ACTA laws

• Europeans Plan Widespread Protests Against Internet Censorship

  mashable.com | 1:11 am Feb 11, 2012

  Protests against Internet censorship will blanket Europe this weekend, while Germany and Latvia announced Friday they would put the brakes on signing a copyright treaty that has sparked controversy across the continent. More than 200,000 people have…

• ACTA: The Global Attempt At Anti-Piracy

  1stwebdesigner.com | 3:53 am Feb 11, 2012

  A lot of thoughts should be running through your head right now, especially considering the consistently negative feedback similar items have received in the past. However little to the knowledge of everyone, the past legislations aimed at targeting the…

• TorrentFreak

  torrentfreak.com | 3:42 am Feb 11, 2012

  A new academic paper by researchers from the University of Minnesota and Wellesley College has examined the link between BitTorrent downloads and box office returns. Contrary to what’s often claimed by the movie industry, the researchers conclude that…

• WTF-FuckSOPA

  pastebin.com | 3:53 am Feb 11, 2012

  Regardless of our protest, many goverments had started to implement the law that is world wide hated. We do not need the #SOPA law, your only interest are the economic and forgetting the demands that the people are asking for through the years and you only…

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