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Brazillian Government is Reportedly Hitting Service Providers with Domain Takedown Notices

February 9, 2012 — – The Ministry of Tourism of Brazil has sent a letter to domain marketplace Sedo, demanding it takes down an .EU domain whose name suggests it involves Brazilian-related porn content, according to a report by TechDirt. This appears to be a clear case of a country’s government overstepping their boundaries, and a situation that any hosting company – large or small – could potentially find themselves in.

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Trustwave Re-Ignites SSL Policy Debate with Cert Revocation, Rule Change

February 8, 2012 — Digital certificate authority Trustwave admitted via a blog post on Saturday that it issued a SSL certificate to a private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network. This move has caused some in the Mozilla community to suggest Trustwave’s root certificate be removed from Firefox.

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How the EFF, Carpathia are Helping Legit Megaupload Users Recover their Data

February 8, 2012 — Julie Samuels, a laywer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation talks to the WHIR about the organization’s work to help legitimate Megaupload users recover data lost when the company’s servers were seized last month.

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Web Host Go Daddy Sees Record Mobile Traffic on Super Bowl Sunday

February 6, 2012 — Web hosting provider Go Daddy broke its own records for sales on during Super Bowl and for its best mobile website traffic ever, according to an announcement on Monday. The ads, “Body Paint” and “Cloud”, helped Go Daddy pass the 10 million customer mark during the Super Bowl broadcast.

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Carpathia and Electronic Frontier Foundation Aim to Help Megaupload Users Retrieve Legal Data

January 31, 2012 — As users scramble to recover their data from Megaupload servers before it is deleted by federal authorities, Carpathia Hosting and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have created a website to help lawful users retrieve legitimate files from Megaupload.

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Netcraft: Attacks Against DOJ Resume in Apparent ACTA Protest

January 25, 2012 — According to an item posted Wednesday by Internet research firm Netcraft, attacks against the Internet operations of the US Department of Justice – which first began following the takedown of file-sharing site Megaupload last week, and were led by the hacktivist and mischief-making group Anonymous – have resumed, this time in apparently protest of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

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Righthaven Domain Buyers Launch Web Hosting Service

January 24, 2012 — According to a notice posted at Righthaven.com, the former domain of the notorious copyright troll Righthaven, a Swiss company that acquired the domain at auction intends to launch a “spineful hosting” business using the domain, designed to protect publishers from the sort of litigation pursued by the previous company.

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Congress Postpones PIPA and SOPA Votes

January 20, 2012 — The US Congress has postponed on Friday its decision on Protect Intellectual Property Act and Stop Online Piracy Act, the controversial bills that are aimed at blocking access to websites that contain pirated content and counterfeit material. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said he would delay a critical vote that was originally set to take place on January 24.

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Anonymous Attacks FBI, Entertainment Sites After Megaupload Takedown

January 20, 2012 — After federal officials brought down the file-sharing website Megaupload and charged several individuals allegedly responsible for online piracy generating more than $175 million, hacking group Anonymous attacked several entertainment and government websites on Thursday.

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18 Senators Withdraw PIPA Support After Widespread Online Protest

January 19, 2012 — Amidst the widespread online protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act Wednesday, at least 18 senators have backed down from supporting PIPA, according to a report by Ars Technica. Of the 18 senators that withdrew their support, seven are former co-sponsors of PIPA.