Topic: MUSIK - on April 17, 2009 at 1:10:00 PM CEST
Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
... Link
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 17, 2009 at 1:00:00 PM CEST
Pirate Bay defendants found guilty
A Swedish court on Friday found the four defendants in the high-profile Pirate Bay case guilty, sentencing each to a year in jail. The defendants were also ordered to pay a total of $3.6 million in damages to copyright holders, among them a number of American media giants.
The four men--Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik Neij, and Carl Lundström--were found guilty of having made 33 copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing via the Piratebay.org Web site.
cnet.com torrentfreak.com Pirate Bay Loses - Courtroom Leak from “Trustworthy” Source
... Link
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 17, 2009 at 12:58:00 PM CEST
Gericht verurteilt Pirate-Bay-Betreiber
Den Betreibern von The Pirate Bay drohen nach einem Spruch des Stockholmer Bezirksgerichts Gefängnisstrafen und Zahlung von Schadenersatz in Millionenhöhe. Die Betreiber haben angekündigt, in Berufung gehen zu wollen.
Am Freitag wurden die vier Betreiber des BitTorrent-Trackers The Pirate Bay zu je einem Jahr Gefängnishaft verurteilt. Das Urteil betrifft Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij und Karl Lundstrom.
... Link
Topic: POLITIK - on April 17, 2009 at 12:41:00 PM CEST
Wien: Unterlagen zu e-Voting aufgetaucht
Aus unbekannten Kreisen ist das Handbuch zur Administration der „e-Voting“-Plattform (Wählen von zuhause aus mit Chipkarte und Lesegerät) für die Wahlen der Österreichischen Hochschülerinnen- und Hochschülerschaft (ÖH-Wahl) an die Öffentlichkeit geraten. Die 67-seitige Dokumentation ist nur für Mitglieder der Wahlkommissionen gedacht und beschreibt wie eine Wahl erstellt, der Zeitraum von e-Voting und Papierwahl festgelegt, die Wählerverzeichnisse konfiguriert, Kandidaten und Fraktionen eingetragen und die Unterkommissionen definiert werden. Darüber hinaus wird die gesamte Wählerevidenz online geführt.
... Link
Topic: NATURE - on April 17, 2009 at 12:40:00 PM CEST
Bär war im Zentrum von Laibach unterwegs
Ein Braunbär hat am Donnerstag im Zentrum der slowenischen Hauptstadt Ljubljana (Laibach) für Aufsehen gesorgt. Im Stadtpark Tivoli wurde gegen drei Uhr ein Bär gesichtet, der es über den Autobahnring in die Hauptstadt geschafft hatte. Die Polizei riegelte den Park großräumig ab. Am frühen Nachmittag gab es Entwarnung: Der Braunbär hat das Stadtgebiet offenbar von selbst wieder verlassen.
... Link
Topic: FUN - on April 17, 2009 at 12:37:00 PM CEST
Deleting cookies
... Link
Topic: WEB - on April 17, 2009 at 12:28:00 PM CEST
Every crisis is just an opportunity in disguise?
Feeling a little down?
Leo Burnett has created a Firefox plug-in that replaces every online instance of the word “Crisis” that you browse across with the word “Opportunity” so that you can start to see the glass as half full instead of half empty all the time.
... Link
Topic: ART - on April 17, 2009 at 12:27:00 PM CEST
Pirate Bay server becomes museum artefact
A server used by notorious BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay that was seized by police has been added to Sweden’s National Museum of Science and Technology’s collection.
The museum said today it has bought the server from The Pirate Bay for 2,000 kronor ($243). It’s understood the artefact has been added to the Stockholm-based museum’s “Inspiration Imitation” display, which aims to to stimulate interest in finding out more about the area of intellectual propety rights."
... Link
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 17, 2009 at 12:23:00 PM CEST
A Pirate's Code of Conduct for BitTorrent
n the 17th century, when groups of men plundered the seas in ships filled with rats and scurvy, they agreed on a code to keep themselves civilly uncivil. I propose the same for BitTorrent.
My code isn't necessarily the code for everyone. But it is the code for my ship, my computer, my slow-ass DSL connection that can't steal anything worth a damn anyway. Here is the code that I live by.
... Link
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on April 17, 2009 at 12:19:00 PM CEST
Pirate Bay Verdict: Pirates Win Either Way
A win-win situation. That's what author Anders Rydell, who wrote a book about the Swedish piracy movement, calls the pending verdict in The Pirate Bay trial, due in on Friday. Four men associated with the defiant BitTorrent tracking site are on trial for contributory copyright infringement. Medel Sam Sundberg and Anders Rydell (right) wrote the book, The Pirates - The Swedish File Sharers Who Plundered Hollywood. Courtesy Anders Rydell
Rydell followed The Pirate Bay for two years and he's certain that no matter what, the pirates will come out on top. If they win, it will be a sign that file sharing is not illegal. If they lose, they'll be martyrs. Wired.com spoke to Rydell about the trial outcome.
wired.com Pirate Bay awaits trial verdict Pirate Bay co-founder claims 'we lost' Court Nears Decision on File-Sharing Web Site
... Link
Topic: SPAM - on April 17, 2009 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Spam 'produces 17m tons of CO2'
A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes.
The Carbon Footprint of e-mail Spam report estimated that 62 trillion spam emails are sent globally every year.
This amounted to emissions of more than 17 million tons of CO2, the research by climate
... Link
Topic: NATURE - on April 17, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
Polish zoo visitors flock to catch glimpse of 'gay' elephant
The ten-year-old African Bush elephant, Nino, has had to change zoos three times in the past five years because of his aggressive behavior toward female elephants, including pushing them into the pool. However his attitude to male elephants is described as "affectionate."
... Link
