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[Link] Prosecution gets Elizabeth Holmes to admit she was in control of Theranos

Read: 2/12/2021 arstechnica.com

At this point in her criminal trial, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' best chance for acquittal is for the jury to believe that she was a puppet being controlled by her boyfriend, company president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. Yesterday, the prosecution attempted to pick apart that defense.

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[Link] Tolkien estate vanquishes Lord of the Rings themed cryptocurrency

Read: 25/11/2021 arstechnica.com

The estate of JRR Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings, has successfully vanquished a cryptocurrency that styled itself as “The One Token That Rules Them All.

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[Link] RIAA Takes Down Popular Music Piracy Discord Over Adele ’30’ Leak

Read: 24/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

A popular Discord server specializing in music piracy has been taken down by the RIAA. Sources inside the RipRequests community suggest the problem stemmed from a pre-release leak of Adele's new '30' album.

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[Link] Miramax Is Suing Quentin Tarantino Over 'Pulp Fiction' NFTs

Read: 17/11/2021 www.vice.com

Quentin Tarantino’s plans to sell a collection of Pulp Fiction NFTs may be thwarted by a lawsuit from the film’s studio Miramax.

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[Link] Facebook bans, sends cease-and-desist letter to developer of Unfollow Everything extension

Read: 12/10/2021 www.techspot.com

What just happened? Given the rough couple of weeks Facebook has been through, the company could definitely use some good PR right now, so here's exactly the opposite: it's been revealed that the social network has permanently banned the creator of a tool that unfollows all connections automatically

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[Link] Hollywood Wins Injunction To Shut Down Pirate IPTV Operations, Disable Domain Names

Read: 22/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

A coalition of Hollywood studios, with the addition of Amazon and Netflix, has obtained an injunction to restrain Jason Tusa, the alleged operator of Altered Carbon, Area 51, and several other pirate IPTV services.

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[Link] Police Visit Pirate IPTV Suppliers’ Homes to Serve Cease-and-Desist Notices

Read: 15/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

Police officers across the UK have visited the homes of people reportedly involved in the supply of pirate IPTV services. The operation, which involved the organized crime-focused Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, was carried out in conjunction with the Federation Against Copyright Theft.

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[Link] Instagram Shuts Down Fake Likes Factory

Read: 9/8/2021 www.vice.com

Instagram recently sent a cease and desist demand to a site that sold fake likes and engagement on the platform, prompting the site to shut down in response, according to a person involved in the site and confirmation from Instagram.

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