Saturday, 8. May 2010
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on May 8, 2010 at 11:27:00 AM CEST
U.S. Lets Hollywood Disable Home TV Outputs to Prevent Piracy
The film industry can block outputs on home television equipment so studios can offer first-run movies while preventing viewers from making illicit copies, U.S. regulators said.
Temporarily disabling the outputs will “enable a new business model” that wouldn’t develop in the absence of such anti-piracy protection, the Federal Communications Commission said today in an order.
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Topic: POLITIK - on May 8, 2010 at 9:44:00 AM CEST
ENDLICH IN SICHERHEIT!
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Topic: CARS - on May 8, 2010 at 9:40:00 AM CEST
Rare 1936 Bugatti Atlantic sets record in automobile auction
While many consider the 1936 Bugatti Atlantic as one of the most bizarre yet expensive cars ever made, for the Bugatti enthusiasts this first ever supercar is the masterpiece with exceptional originality. This is the reason why it came as least surprise, when a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic traded hands for $30- $40 million, thereby setting the record for the highest sum ever paid for a single automobile.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on May 8, 2010 at 9:37:00 AM CEST
Naughty T-shirt landed woman in jail
A Round Lake Park woman was held in contempt and jailed for two days for the message on her T-shirt. The message was: "I own the (female body part), so I make the rules." Jennifer LaPenta, 19, was released from the Lake County Jail on Tuesday. "They should be out looking for people who are breaking the law, not arresting someone wearing a T-shirt," LaPenta said.
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