Topic: COPYRIGHT - on February 24, 2009 at 10:43:00 AM CET
Techcrunch are full of shit
On Friday night a technology blog called Techcrunch posted a vicious and completely false rumour about us: that Last.fm handed data to the RIAA so they could track who’s been listening to the “leaked” U2 album.
I denied it vehemently on the Techcrunch article, as did several other Last.fm staffers. We denied it in the Last.fm forums, on twitter, via email – basically we denied it to anyone that would listen, and now we’re denying it on our blog.
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Topic: ART - on February 23, 2009 at 12:49:00 PM CET
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci discovered in Basilicata
What may be a hitherto unknown portrait of Leonardo da Vinci in middle age shows that the Renaissance genius had piercing blue eyes, a long nose and long greying hair with a droopy moustache.
The damaged oil-on-panel portrait was discovered by Nicola Barbatelli, a medieval historian, while he was researching the archive and picture collection of an aristocratic family at Acerenza (population 3,000), an ancient village perched on a rock above the river Bradano near Potenza in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. The family has asked to remain anonymous.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on February 23, 2009 at 12:47:00 PM CET
RIAA denies rumors that Last.fm turned over user data
Contrary to recent rumors, Last.fm did not hand over user data to the RIAA after U2's yet-to-be-released album leaked online last week. In fact, no such request was even made, according to both the RIAA and Last.fm.
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Topic: FUN - on February 23, 2009 at 10:25:00 AM CET
38 Stupid and Funny Sign Boards
I have got a compilation of 38 Funny sign boards for you all. Check them out. Some are silly and some are wicked. You will surely enjoy them.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on February 23, 2009 at 10:23:00 AM CET
Dutch prepare for Maya apocalypse
Thousands of Dutch people are buying boats and rations and building bunkers to await an apocalypse predicted by the Maya of South America.
On December 21 2012, the "Long Count" calendar of the Maya people clicks over to year zero, marking the end of a 5,000-year era.
Belying their country's rational and laid back image, thousands of Dutch people are convinced the date coincides with a world catastrophe, the Volkskrant newspaper reports.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 23, 2009 at 9:39:00 AM CET
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on February 23, 2009 at 9:38:00 AM CET
Oscars 2009: the interactive results
Keep up with the 81st annual Academy Awards as they are presented, and vote via Twitter for who should have won
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on February 22, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM CET
Church of Scientology blames Pearl Harbor, 9/11 on psychiatry
In an interview on a television show called the No Drug Show, hosted by Larry Byrnes, the Church of Scientology blamed both the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and the attack on Pearl Harbor on psychiatrists and the drugs they prescribe their patients. Scientology considers psychiatry to be barbaric and a violation of human rights.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 22, 2009 at 12:07:00 PM CET
Plattenfirma stellt neues U2-Album zu früh ins Netz
Oooops! Gut eine Woche vor dem Veröffentlichungstermin stellt Universal Music das neue U2-Album versehentlich zum Download ins Web. Zwei Stunden später ist das Angebot wieder offline, doch die Dateien kursieren seitdem in Tauschbörsen.
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Topic: WEB - on February 22, 2009 at 12:05:00 PM CET
Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA?
That leaked U2 album is causing all sorts of trouble. The unreleased album, which is due out on March 3, found its way onto BitTorrent and was downloaded hundreds of thousands of times. That, apparently, sent music industry lawyers over at the Recording Industry Association of America into a fit. As a result, word is going around that the RIAA asked social music service Last.fm for data about its user’s listening habits to find people with unreleased tracks on their computers. And Last.fm, which is owned by CBS, actually handed the data over to the RIAA.
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Topic: WEB - on February 22, 2009 at 12:03:00 PM CET
Trackt die RIAA Raubkopierer mit Last.FM Scrobble-Daten?
Das neue U2-Album, das Anfang März erscheint, ist ins Internet geleakt. So weit, so langweilig. Nun haben die Anwälte der RIAA anscheinend bei Last.FM Daten aus ihrem Scrobble-Service, mit dem man auf dem Rechner gehörte Songs automatisch ins Profil eintragen kann, angefragt (und nach Insider-Infos auch bekommen).
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 22, 2009 at 11:59:00 AM CET
Nebraska Teen Turns in Mom For Smoking Pot in Front of Her - video
Shannon Kramer admits she smokes weed but is not happy that her 15-year-old daughter went to school on Wednesday and told on her. "Yes I do. Yes I do smoke it in my home. No, I do not smoke it around her," says Kramer.
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