Archive for 'Mafias, Gangs and Virtual Governments'

Mike Godwin Falls Victim to Nazi Tactics! Can’t Say so for Fear of Violating Own Law.

Why did Mike Godwin resign his position as General Counsel of Wikipedia? the speculation in the Hall of Mirrors™ is that Godwin has been pushed out because of his smack talking the FBI over the use of the FBI seal on Wikipedia.

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This is for you Gene! Pat the Rat and Uri Out Anonymous!

Special to the Herald by Pat the Rat and Urizenus Sklar Anonymous feebly attempts to out-tongue the leader of the Kiss army. Pat the Rat and I were sitting around doing shots of cough syrup with whippet chasers when Gene Simons called: "Uri baby, I need you to do a solid for me". "Sure thing [...]

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MPAA’s Copyprotected.com p0wned by Anonymous

Hactivists use MPAA web site to spread anti-copyright message The cyberwar between the Anonymous hactivists and recording and motion picture industry interests heated up earlier today when the www.copyprotected.com site was hijacked to display an anti-MPAA message in support of the embattled Pirate Bay bittorrent tracker site, then redirected viewers to the piratebay.org site. As [...]

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Operation Payback is a Bitch: Hactivism at the dawn of Copyright Controversies

As operation Payback is a Bitch finished up its second week, things seem to be winding down. For those unaware of what went down, here’s a recap: The operation is launched by Anonymous against the entertainment companies, in particular MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (The Recording Industry Association of America) and their [...]

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Urizenus Sklar’s Real Life Avatar Appears on The Aloyna Show

Hactivism hard to stop — chances of Lakers / Celtics rematch unclear Earlier this week, Herald founder Urizenus Sklar sent his real life avatar – Peter Ludlow – into the television studio to chat up Alyona Minkovski on RT. Ms. Minkovski – who was born in Moscow but raised in California – took time away [...]

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Hacktivism, Governance, and Copyright Debates 4chan Style

Operation Payback follows The Wrong Hands vs Justice League Unlimited script Terra Nova is the term used to describe our weird existence in the digital realm that we call virtual worlds. Edward Castronova claims that we are in the process of exodus to these worlds. Equally interesting to note is that, as new worlds, our [...]

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“Punk Ass Pranksta” p0wns Digital Worlds Sim

Prokofy Neva Suspended – The Wrong Hands Banned – Rancor Sim Trashed By Linden Lab? Friday afternoon, all homes in the Digital Worlds sim were destroyed, the Digital Worlds group membership was decimated, and Chainsword Audion gifted  L$103,000 – his entire account balance – to the ever-popular Prokofy Neva. How was this possible? According to [...]

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Ban Hammer Smashes Emerald – Phox Threatens Linden Tell-All

Eshi Otawara Creates Protest Nazi Deathcamp — Soviet Woodbury Celebrates Linden Lab’s ban hammer struck the Emerald Second Life viewer Wednesday, as all versions of the formerly popular client were locked out of Philip Linden’s user-generated-content cyber paradise. Meanwhile, two high profile members of the Emerald gang – Lonely Bluebird and Arabella Steadham – discovered [...]

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Emerald Gang Implodes – Viewer Ban Hammer Next?

Jessica Lyon has resigned from the Emerald viewer team and published the formerly secret requirements Linden Lab made of the group – which include the expulsion of Skills Hak, Discrete Dreamscape, and Lonely Bluebird (a.k.a. Phox) from the development team – previously Fractured Crystal resigned from the group. Emerald meeting M Linden, Marty Linden, Joe [...]

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Was Vivox Chat p0wned by Emerald Developers?

LindenWorld staff meetings an open book to ban-proof Fractured Crystal, Lonely Bluebird? Did two Emerald developers – Fractured Crystal and Lonely Bluebird – taunt Emerald critic Hazim Gazov after using the Vivox voice chat admin portal disable Gazov’s Second Life voice? Were the rogue developers able to track Lab staff on private Linden-only islands? It [...]

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