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August 16, 2012 06:39 am PDT
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How Hollywood-funded corporate vigilantes in the UK shut down SURF THE CHANNEL and sent its owner to jail
Anton Vickerman is a British entrepreneur who operated a search-engine called "Surf the Channel," indexed links to online video content. After an estranged former business-partner filed a complaint, he was targetted by FACT, the UK branch of the Motion Picture Association of America (a shadowy enforcement organization staffed with former police offers), who played every [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2Dvm-XChrAc/how-hollywood-funded-corporate.html
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