Showing posts with label copyright thieves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label copyright thieves. Show all posts

Monday, April 6, 2009

Fox Censors News Amid 'X-Men' Piracy Imbroglio -- Reporter in Hot Water, Wired.com Threat Level, 4/6/09

Via Wired.com Threat Level: Fox Censors News Amid 'X-Men' Piracy Imbroglio -- Reporter in Hot Water:

"Fox News, owned by News Corp., announced Sunday it had "terminated" the popular freelance writer because he wrote a review of a pirated copy of the flick that began making the rounds on BitTorrent sites lasts week. The firing, which is now in dispute, came days after News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch called Yahoo and Google copyright thieves.

The X-Men review has also been removed from the site. (Copies of the review are linked here.)"

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/fox-censors-new.html