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RuPaul is fighting the pirating of her new album, Born Naked, by posting fake versions to BitTorrent in which she disses music stealers with hilarious rants. Via Gizmodo: Every single track on the album features RuPaul admonishing would-be pirates for not paying up. The decoy version of “Freaky Money” starts off with 30 seconds of what sounds like the build-up …

Details. (Via Towleroad)

The British government has ordered the nation’s internet service providers to block access to Pirate Bay, which is arguably the most notorious site for trading bootlegged copies of movies, music, and television shows. The block, starting within weeks, will mean millions of Britons will no longer be able to access one of the biggest and longest-running global filesharing sites. The …

As you’ve no doubt noticed by now, many major websites have gone dark today in protest of a proposed bill which would hold social media, search engine, and other sites financially responsible for piracy committed by users. Google is taking part by blocking its logo and offering a link to information about the bill.

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Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Eugene Delgaudio, the self-titled Public Advocate of the United States, writes us today with the news that radical homosexual pirates were running amok at last month’s annual Gasparilla Festival in Tampa. The event is a full two weeks of seemingly family oriented events, with parades and treasure hunts around the city. But in recent years Radical Homosexuals have been intent …

An unusual plea from Wolfe Video.

A: They just arrrrrrrrr. You’re. Welcome. September 19th: International Talk Like A Pirate Day.

As part of the industry’s continuing crackdown on piracy, gay porn outfit Lucas Entertainment has filed lawsuits against 53 users of the peer-to-peer file-swapping network BitTorrent. Lucas is asking the users’ ISPs to disclose their names and addresses. The time between the alleged infringement and the filing of the federal lawsuit was amazingly short: three or four days. The infringements …

Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Let the bad jokes fly. And since it’s also Rosh Hashanah, points for the talking like a Jewish pirate. Happy New Yarrrrr. Commence. (This post appeared briefly yesterday because I misdated it.)

A few years ago the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster proved conclusively that global warming was being caused by a decrease in the number of pirates. Since pirates are back in strong numbers now, I guess we can all go back to our planet-destroying ways. Bless his Noodley Appendage!