Mediagazer: Canadian court issues temporary injunction banning the sales of some Android-based set-top boxes with piracy software pending a full trial (Andy/TorrentFreak)

5:30 PM ET, June 10, 2016

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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

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Brian Fung / Washington Post:

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Andy / TorrentFreak:

Canadian court issues temporary injunction banning the sales of some Android-based set-top boxes with piracy software pending a full trial — For years Internet piracy was the preserve of desktop machines running various flavors of peer-to-peer file-sharing software.

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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:

Digital-rights advocates file complaints with the FCC and FTC about the use of consumers' set-top box data by AT&T, Comcast, and Cablevision — Cable companies have spent the better part of five months arguing that the FCC's proposed new set-top rules won't protect people's privacy.

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Robert Cookson / Financial Times:

Time Out raises £90M ahead of listing London junior stock market with plans to expand into e-commerce and build food markets in London, Miami, and Berlin — Time Out, publisher of city guides from New York to Beijing, has raised £90m ahead of a listing on London's junior stock market …