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ICE federal agency to buy iPhones for 17,600 employees, snubbing BlackBerry
ICE federal agency to buy iPhones for 17,600 employees, snubbing BlackBerry
Research in Motion has lost another important contract, with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) dumping its BlackBerry devices for Apple's iPhones. 22 Oct 2012 - 5 comments
Members of IMAGiNE release group get indicted
Members of IMAGiNE release group get indicted
Four members of the popular IMAGiNE scene release group are facing up to thirty years in prison for criminal copyright infringement. The ...... 27 Apr 2012 - 11 comments
British former owner of TVShack to be extradited to U.S.
British former owner of TVShack to be extradited to U.S.
23-year-old British student Richard O'Dwyer will be extradited to the U.S. to face multiple copyright infringement charges, despite never having ...... 24 Mar 2012 - 30 comments
UK judge okays extradition of college student for copyright infringement case
UK judge okays extradition of college student for copyright infringement case
A US request for extradition of a UK college student accused of criminal copyright infringement over linking to third party websites has been approved by a judge. 14 Jan 2012 - 24 comments
RIAA and Homeland Security the latest organizations accused of illegal downloading
RIAA and Homeland Security the latest organizations accused of illegal downloading
The RIAA and Department of Homeland Security are the latest organizations accused of downloading pirated content via BitTorrent by TorrentFreak. 21 Dec 2011 - 16 comments
Members of Congress start digging for details of blog seizure
Members of Congress start digging for details of blog seizure
Momentum may be building for a full scale investigation of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's apparently illegal seizure of domain names. 12 Dec 2011 - 3 comments
ICE: Oops, sorry for taking down Dajaz1.com
ICE: Oops, sorry for taking down Dajaz1.com
Earlier in the year, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) took down the popular hip-hop music blog Dajaz1.com, claiming it was a "rogue ...... 09 Dec 2011 - 5 comments
ICE seizes more domains
ICE seizes more domains
DoJ and ICE seize domain names of movie portals offering illegal downloads in Korea 04 Dec 2011 - 7 comments
Five indicted in NinjaVideo illegal downloading case
Five indicted in NinjaVideo illegal downloading case
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announces five operators have been charged with conspiracy and copyright infringement crimes. ...... 10 Sep 2011
Man facing jail time for embedding video
Man facing jail time for embedding video
Brian McCarthy, the owner of channelsurfing.net, is now facing up to five years in prison after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused ...... 14 Mar 2011 - 15 comments
U.S. government takes down Torrent-Finder, others
U.S. government takes down Torrent-Finder, others
The U.S. government has taken down Torrent-Finder.com today, among others, seizing the sites without any prior warnings. A number of other ...... 27 Nov 2010 - 29 comments
     

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