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The Fug Girls: What We Read
How do people deal with the torrent of information pouring down on us all? What sources can't they live without? We regularly reach out to prominent figures in media, entertainment, politics, the arts, and the literary world to hear their answers. This is drawn from a conversation with The Fug Girls, Heather Cocks (left) and Jessica Morgan, creators of the blog Go Fug Yourself and authors of ...
news.yahoo.com
Spotify promises local music mix
Free music streaming service Spotify has launched in New Zealand, and the Swedish company is promising Kiwi users access to "pretty much everything there is" - including a wide array of local artists.As was reported by TimeOut...
www.nzherald.co.nz
Google releases data on piracy, takes copyright infringement pretty seriously
Ever wondered what Google does when copyright holders complain their work is being pirated? Now we know. On Thursday, Google released a huge amount of data on how it responds to copyright-related takedown requests.
www.csmonitor.com
Torrents of trouble
On March 29, the Madras High Court issued a “John Doe” order — a comprehensive set of protections against unknown potential offenders — in response to a suit from Chennai-based Copyright Labs. The order named 15 major internet service providers in India, and directed that access be cut off to pirated versions of two recent South Indian movies — the Tamil-language 3, from RK Productions, and the ...
www.business-standard.com
BitTorrent Inc. Sues Germany’s BitTorrent Co. for Infringement
BitTorrent Inc. of San Francisco, the developer of the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol, claims in a federal lawsuit that a German company is ripping off its intellectual property. BitTorrent file sharing, aka torrenting, is a protocol often used by online pirates to obtain free music, games and software.
www.wired.com
‘Crawl’ing Through Ridgewood Art Scene
story and photos by Sam Goldman Taking advantage of a beautiful spring day and the sights of a burgeoning art scene, the Queens Museum of Art (QMA) invited residents on the first Ridgewood Art Crawl last Saturday, May 12, offering a tour of the area’s new creative hot spots. read more
www.timesnewsweekly.com
Oracle, Pirate Bay, Levi Strauss, Gap: Intellectual Property
Jurors deciding whether Google Inc. (GOOG) stole Oracle Inc.’s technology were deadlocked on May 4 on one of three questions about whether the search engine provider infringed copyrights to build Android software.
www.bloomberg.com
The mistake advertisers are making now
Advertisers on "rogue" sites offering illicit, copyrighted material aren't the kind that tend to follow best practices.
tech.fortune.cnn.com
UK Pirate Bay block could be easily circumvented
A UK High Court order to force ISPs to block access to an online file-sharing site may do little to stop illegal downloads
feeds.newscientist.com
British Court Orders ISPs to Block Pirate Bay — Is the U.S. Next?
Britain's High Court — not the highest, but well up the ladder — has officially ordered Internet service providers to block Sweden-based file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. Is the U.S. next?
techland.time.com
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