No fucking duh, I started downloading music in 2000 when I heard about Napster on the news, good job recording industry…I realized you could download movies when I seen…ummm, the I think it was Dateline report of these high school kids downloading movies, did a few Googles, and it led me to , decss, divx, ripping, encoding, and I think you know the rest of the story, its 2008 ~Peilo

Last week a court ruled that Israel
’s largest ISPs should block access to HttpShare, a BitTorrent and http hyperlink site. Thanks to what the owners call “IFPI advertising”, the site is now so busy they’ve had to upgrade their hardware. TorrentFreak caught up with them as they cracked open the champagne.

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At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

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The Michigan state agency charged with licensing private investigators has indicated that the RIAA’s investigative firm, MediaSentry, needs a PI license to operate in the state. Operating without such a license can be a felony under Michigan state law.

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In the past, I’ve always felt that Blu-ray would win the high-def format war. After that, I wasn’t necessarily sure what the future would hold for the format. Would it be the success DVD was? Would it flop worse than LaserDisc? Would it cater to a slightly more advanced crowd but never reach the mainstream? Would it be a downright loser?

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Not such a bright idea? ~Peilo

 When Steve Tucker emerged from prison a year ago, he was a 50-year-old man starting over from scratch, as reflected by his modestly furnished apartment.

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The MPAA claims that piracy is causing dire harm to the movie business, but the combination of a record $9.63billion box office take in 2007 and overheated piracy rhetoric lead us to wonder how bad off the motion picture industry really is.

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Your mind:

 it’s just another piece of hardware. Make sure you download the latest patch and upgrade to the newest operating system. That, in so many words, is the fate of humankind described by David Pescovitz, co-editor of the BoingBoing.net blog and research director with the Institute for the Future.

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Crotch-grabbing is a common habit among superstitious Italian males, who believe the gesture wards off bad luck. What does the crotch have to do with luck? Because it’s the seat of fertility. The crotch grab goes back at least to the pre-Christian Roman era and is closely associated with another superstition called the “evil eye”

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Is this the face of a woman you want protecting out interests? Did you ever stop to think why she stuck by her husbands infidelity’s we’ll he was president, then moves to New York in Jumps into politics herself ? Would you want a woman that forgave her husband for more or less “family treason” during their marriage representing you in our Global Affairs or National Security? Closed-door interests perhaps, a flashback to Whitewater that about sums it up! No Experience, and definitely the wrong experience ~Peilo

 According to estimates cited in the Washington Post today, Clinton still needs 60% in every remaining primary state — difficult math, even for a Clinton.

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