Pay-What-You-Want Game Sale Closes Totaling $1.8 Million Drew Wilson | December 31, 2010 The Humble Indie Bundle 2, a sequel to the overwhelmingly successful Humble Indie Bundle pay-what-you-want model for selling games closed earlier this week. The sale by independent video-game developer Wolfire earned a total of $1,824,476.16, easily surpassing the previous total of $1.27 Million.
Spanish Web Censorship Supporter Calls Opponents Dictators, Cowards and Likens Them to Terrorists Drew Wilson | December 29, 2010 There are very few times we see someone who supports restricting copyright laws that are so direct, but Alejandro Sanz probably should win an award for most direct and honest opinion (and maybe rather asinine as well) of those who don’t agree with his point of view on matters. Still, it appears to be quite …
Report: Spanish Minister Vows to Pass Site Blocking Anyway Drew Wilson | December 27, 2010 A few days ago, we reported on the defeat of web censorship in Spain where ISPs would be mandated to block websites if the government ordered them to block them over copyright infringement. The law was brought forth due to US industry threats, lobbying and pressure. Now, news is surfacing that the defeat won’t be …
Exclusive: MegaUpload Issues Response to RIAA Over Mastercard Cutoff Drew Wilson | December 23, 2010 Yesterday, we reported on the RIAAs efforts to get Mastercard to cut off payments to MegaUpload. Today, we have received an exclusive response from MegaUpload on this news.
RIAA Wants Mastercard to Cut Off MegaUpload Drew Wilson | December 22, 2010 In a move seemingly inspired by the US government pressuring credit card companies and online payment services to cut off Wikileaks, the MPAA and RIAA are reportedly trying to get Mastercard, and presumably other credit card companies, to cut off sites like MegaUpload and other file-sharing and streaming sites. Some observers suggest that this is …
US Pressure Backfires as Site Blocking is Voted Down in Spain Drew Wilson | December 21, 2010 There’s been a major development in Spain recently. The Ley de Economia Sostenible (Sustainable Economy Act) in Spain now no longer has the highly controversial provision of mandating ISPs to block websites suspected of facilitating copyright infringing activities. While the war is not over yet over the so-called “Sinde Act”, it seems to be a …
Wikileaks: US Threatened Spain to Implement Three Strikes Law Drew Wilson | December 19, 2010 Earlier, we reported that the MPAA, RIAA and the BSA had influenced the push for HADOPI in France according to the Wikileaks ever-present cablegate story. It now turns out that US influence has also been directed at Spain as well. The threat? Implement a three strikes law or be put on the watch list.
Wikileaks: MPAA, RIAA and BSA Lobbied for HADOPI Drew Wilson | December 19, 2010 Wikileaks has been releasing plenty of new details on how the US views the world. Amongst the interesting tidbits of information buried inside Cablegate was what role the MPAA, the RIAA and the BSA has in France’s new HADOPI law.
Editorial: A UN Controlled Internet Should Never Happen Drew Wilson | December 18, 2010 Earlier today, ZeroPaid reported on the development that some members of the United Nations are demanding that the UN should have the power to control the internet. Drew Wilson is giving his assessment on whether or not this should even happen.
Pay-What-You-Want Videogame Sale Rakes in Over $800,000 in 3 Days Drew Wilson | December 17, 2010 It’s called the “Humble Indie Bundle 2” where people can pay what they want and have the money go to whoever they choose. The famous video game sale by Wolfire is back and already, the sale has become hugely successful.
