Topic: COPYRIGHT - on December 17, 2013 at 4:58:00 PM CET
59 Bootleg Beatles Tracks Released Officially -- For All The Wrong Reasons
On Tuesday Apple [Records] will release the downloads of Beatles recordings which have long been bootlegged but never been made legally available. They include outtakes, demos and live BBC radio performances. A spokeswoman for Apple would only confirm that the 59 tracks are being released. As to the company's motivation: "No comment." Is it because of the copyright laws? "No comment."
One reason for that, says Beatles blogger Roger Stormo, is that the record company does not really want to release the material in the first place -- its hand is being forced. "The only reason why they are doing this is to retain the copyright of this material," he said.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 17, 2013 at 4:57:00 PM CET
The Beginning of the End of the Drug War: Top 10 Stories of 2013
2013 will go down in history as the beginning of the end of our disastrous war on drugs. 58% of Americans nationally support marijuana legalization. World leaders like former UN head Kofi Annan are calling for an end to the drug war. US Attorney General Erik Holder is speaking out against racist mandatory minimum drug laws and mass incarceration. Celebrities like Will Smith, Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Hudson joined 175 other celebrities saying No More Drug War in a letter to the President. Just last week, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize marijuana. Below are some of the top stories that made 2013 a watershed year in the fight to end America’s longest failed war.
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Topic: Drone - on December 17, 2013 at 4:56:00 PM CET
Keine Macht den Drohnen
Der US-Drohnenkrieg fordert nach wie vor viele unschuldige Opfer—selbst nachdem Osama bin Laden und weitere Tausende vermeintliche Terroristen getötet wurden. Auch Deutschlands Komplizenschaft in diesem geheimen Krieg wurde vor kurzem aufgedeckt. Doch der ungezügelten Kriegsmaschinerie stellt sich mittlerweile ein wachsender weltweiter Widerstand entgegen. In Stuttgart demonstrieren heute hunderte Aktivisten vor dem dortigen Afrikakommando der US-Streitkräfte (AFRICOM), welches verantwortlich ist für die Koordination zahlreicher Angriffe der unbemannten Flugobjekte.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 17, 2013 at 4:54:00 PM CET
Snowden will Asyl-Deal mit Brasilien
Whistleblower Edward Snowden verspricht Brasilien Aufklärung über die Spionage der NSA, im Gegenzug will er dauerhaft Asyl. Das hatte die Regierung im Sommer abgelehnt.
Der Enthüller der groß angelegten Datenspionage der USA, Edward Snowden, will Brasilien erneut um Asyl bitten. Als Gegenleistung könne er dem Land neue Informationen über die Spionage-Aktivitäten des US-Geheimdiensts NSA geben. Das teilte Snowden der Zeitung Folha de São Paulo zufolge in einem offenen Brief mit.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 17, 2013 at 4:51:00 PM CET
Judge Questions Legality of N.S.A. Phone Records
A federal district judge ruled on Monday that the National Security Agency program that is systematically keeping records of all Americans’ phone calls most likely violates the Constitution, describing its technology as “almost Orwellian” and suggesting that James Madison would be “aghast” to learn that the government was encroaching on liberty in such a way.
nytimes.com NSA's bulk phone data collection ruled unconstitutional, 'almost Orwellian,' by federal judge
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 17, 2013 at 4:49:00 PM CET
Wer weiß, ob die Deutschen nicht Obama abhören?
General Keith Alexander, der Direktor der National Security Agency, hat den Verdacht geäußert, dass deutsche Geheimdienste den Telefonverkehr des Weißen Hauses mitschneiden. In einem am Sonntagabend ausgestrahlten Interview mit John Miller von „60 Minutes“, dem politischen Magazin des Fernsehsenders CBS, äußerte sich Alexander unter anderem zu den Aussichten einer Begrenzung der Spionageaktivitäten der NSA durch bilaterale Verträge der Vereinigten Staaten mit einzelnen ihrer Verbündeten.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 16, 2013 at 4:26:00 PM CET
The Sad Decline of ‘60 Minutes’ Continues With This Week’s NSA Whitewash
The sad decline and fall of 60 Minutes has been a long time coming, but now it is nearly complete. Just in recent months: the horrid hit on Americans with disabilities, the Lara Logan affair, and now tonight’s whitewash of NSA (and bonus slam vs. Edward Snowden), hosted by longtime FBI/police/NSA propagandist John Miller. Good night and good luck!
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 16, 2013 at 4:05:00 PM CET
Bundesregierung arbeitet an Masterplan zur Förderung der Überwachungsindustrie
Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium bereitet eine „Strategie zur Förderung der deutschen Sicherheitswirtschaft“ vor, genannt „Masterplan Zivile Sicherheitswirtschaft“. Ziel ist der Verkauf von möglichst viel deutscher Überwachungs- und Kontrolltechnik in In- und Ausland. Ob die Überwachung und Kontrolle gesellschaftlich erwünscht und ethisch vertretbar ist, spielt bei den Planungen keine Rolle.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 16, 2013 at 4:04:00 PM CET
Passwort vergessen? 4,7 Mio. Passwörter in 8 Büchern
Der deutsche Künstler Aram Bartholl hat rund 4,7 Millionen Passwörter aus einem Hack von Linkedin in 8 schicke Hardcover-Bücher gedruckt - zum Durchblättern.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 16, 2013 at 4:02:00 PM CET
Knesset passes new cannabis law
Marijuana will now be collected by medical supply company Sarel, and packaged and distributed to approved pharmacies • Marijuana growers and some patients protest centralized distribution, saying it will lead to a monopoly and neglect of patients.
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Topic: FUN - on December 16, 2013 at 3:58:00 PM CET
International guidelines for problem solving
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 15, 2013 at 5:21:00 PM CET
Data Dealer, the gleefully sarcastic game about data privacy
"Privacy? Screw that. Turn the tables! Become a data dealer and get all the dirty details on your friends, neighbors and the rest of the world. Learn how to trick your users and make cash out of their personal info! Legal? Illegal? Whatever."
Data Dealer is an online game about collecting and selling personal data - full of irony and gleeful sarcasm. It´s a browser/serious/edu/impact game about digital culture and surveillance and aims to raise awareness about online privacy in a new and fun way. The English version was released in May 2013. Let's call it a bastard offspring of certain shiny 2010 Facebook Games and the 1990 TV simulation game Mad TV, reborn with the souls of South Park and Bruce Schneier. And it´s also available on Facebook! Oh, the irony.
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