Topic: MUSIK - on July 1, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
GROLL GEGEN DIE GEMA - 80.000 Kreative proben den Aufstand
Geht's der Gema an die Wäsche? Mehr als 80.000 Musiker, Konzertveranstalter und andere Kulturschaffende haben eine Petition unterzeichnet, die den Bundestag auffordert, den als bürokratisch und gierig gescholtenen Musikrechteverwerter endlich zu maßregeln.
Die muss sich ganz schön was anhören: "Arrogant" sei sie, mindestens "weltfremd" und "undemokratisch", eine "Mafia mit staatlicher Legitimation", ein "Apartheidsregime für Musiker", das "Rechtsbruch" betreibt und mit "immenser Bürokratie" und "Stempel-Stempel-Bullshit" Kultur "vernichtet und verhindert".
spiegel.de zeit.de Petition: Bürgerliches Recht - Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on July 1, 2009 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
Podcast-Interview zum Pirate Bay-Verkauf
Hier gibts ein Podcast-Interview mit Peter Sunde von The Pirate Bay zum heute angekündigten Verkauf der Plattform und der Hintergründe: Podcast with Peter Sunde on the GGF’s acquisition of The Pirate Bay.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 30, 2009 at 2:59:00 PM CEST
Press conference Global Gaming Factory
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 30, 2009 at 2:55:00 PM CEST
The Pirate Bay Will Close Its Tracker and Remove Torrents (Updated)
Alongside the news that The Pirate Bay will sell shares on the Swedish stock market come some other significant changes. The site itself will decentralize and stop hosting and tracking torrents. Instead, The Pirate Bay will use a third party tracker and torrent hosting service to serve its users.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 30, 2009 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Schwedische IT-Firma kauft The Pirate Bay
Die schwedische IT-Firma Global Gaming Factory hat angekündigt, die Website The Pirate Bay zum Preis von umgerechnet 5,5 Millionen Euro übernehmen zu wollen. Auf der alten Piraten-Domain soll ein neues Vertriebssystem für digitale Medieninhalte entstehen. Die alte Pirate Bay ist damit wohl Geschichte.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 30, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM CEST
The Pirate Bay Sold For $7.8 Million
Today, Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has announced it has acquired The Pirate Bay website for 60 million SEK, which is roughly the equivalent of 7.8 million dollars.
This was almost immediately confirmed by The Pirate Bay. Although the title of their post is entitled “TPB might change owner,” from the text of the post it is obvious that the site has indeed been sold.
techcrunch.com mashable.com thepiratebay.org The Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company, Goes Legal wired.com theregister.co.uk
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Topic: WEB - on June 30, 2009 at 11:47:00 AM CEST
Animated PNG files
In late 2007, PHUG, an open source community had the opportunity to meet Andrew Smith one of the key developers of APNG. Eager to get involved and expand on the open source community, PHUG placed it's initiative into the contribution of the APNG open source project. Our goal is to educate both open source commercial developers and designers on the beneficial aspects of using the APNG specification.
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Topic: Phone - on June 30, 2009 at 11:44:00 AM CEST
Your Future Is Calling: 15 Cool Cell Phone Concepts
Cell phone technology and styling continue to progress by leaps and bounds bu that still leaves a lot of wiggle room for creative engineers eager to answer the call for ever odder phones. Here are 15 of the hottest cellphone concepts around. Your future’s calling!
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 30, 2009 at 11:37:00 AM CEST
Glastonbury 2009 - The Big Picture
Over the weekend, appoximately 190,000 people made their way to Worthy Farm in western England to attend the 2009 Glastonbury Festival. Attendees came to see performances at what is billed as "Europe's largest open-air music festival" on many stages over four days - headliners included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and a reunited Blur.
Blur Live @ Glastonbury 2009
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Topic: MUSIK - on June 30, 2009 at 11:32:00 AM CEST
U2 360° Tour Preview
On June 30th, in Barcelona, Spain, the U2 360° Tour will open to a sold out audience of 90,000 people. Here's a behind the scenes preview of the tour.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on June 30, 2009 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Thieves 'using Google Earth to steal koi carp'
They are believed to be using Internet mapping systems to identify gardens with ponds so they can take the sought-after specimens.
Twelve thefts of the exotic fish and pond equipment, some of which are worth hundreds of pounds, have been reported over a three-week period across Hull, East Yorks.
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Topic: WAR - on June 30, 2009 at 11:29:00 AM CEST
Hot chilli grenades
Indian scientists are to put one of the world's hottest chilli powders into hand grenades.
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