Topic: LOST - on August 1, 2014 at 4:18:00 PM CEST
Making a parody will soon become legal in the UK
When it comes to the right to take the mickey out of famous songs, movies or books, the UK has always cast envious eyes toward the US. That's because a Brit couldn't parody something unless they'd been given direct permission from the creator or paid for a license. That meant for most people, making a parody was legally impossible, and saw several famous instances of works being pulled from YouTube. Thankfully, that's all set to change on October 1st, when the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Quotation and Parody) Regulations 2014 are set to come into force.
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Topic: LOST - on January 18, 2012 at 1:45:00 PM CET
10 reasons the U.S. is no longer the land of the free
Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized for denying fair public trials and limiting privacy, while Russia has been taken to task for undermining due process. Other countries have been condemned for the use of secret evidence and torture.
Even as we pass judgment on countries we consider unfree, Americans remain confident that any definition of a free nation must include their own — the land of free. Yet, the laws and practices of the land should shake that confidence. In the decade since Sept. 11, 2001, this country has comprehensively reduced civil liberties in the name of an expanded security state. The most recent example of this was the National Defense Authorization Act, signed Dec. 31, which allows for the indefinite detention of citizens. At what point does the reduction of individual rights in our country change how we define ourselves?
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Topic: LOST - on September 18, 2008 at 11:00:00 AM CEST
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Loses 418 Laptops
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (now, with Explosives!) LOST 418 LAPTOPS and 76 weapons during a five year period ending in 2007. Sounds like they need to focus more on the tobacco and firearms, and lay off the alcohol.
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Topic: LOST - on November 3, 2007 at 4:28:00 PM CET
Wilhelm Reich - Vor 50 Jahren starb der Mann, der sexuelle und soziale Revolution einen wollte
Er wurde verehrt, verachtet, verfolgt, verlacht und und wurde dennoch zum Idol einer ganzen Studentengeneration. Zehn Jahre nach seinem Herztod in einem amerikanischen Gefängnis wurde der Psychoanalytiker Wilhelm Reich von der europäischen Studentenbewegung der späten 60er und 70er Jahre zum Vordenker gekürt. Seine Abhandlungen über «Die Funktion des Orgasmus» oder zur «Massenpsychologie des Faschismus» fehlten in kaum einem Bücherregal der Linken. Doch seither ist es wieder still geworden um Wilhelm Reich, der am 3. November 1957 gestorben ist. Ein halbes Jahrhundert nach seinem Tod erinnern Wissenschaftler in aller Welt in diesen Tagen an den Mann, der zu den umstrittensten seines Faches gehörte, und dessen grundlegende Arbeiten im Bereich der Psychoanalyse dennoch bis heute Gültigkeit behalten haben.
mz-web.de diepresse.com fr-online.de orf.at
"Die Lösung der Blockierung ist die Lösung"
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Topic: LOST - on November 3, 2007 at 4:15:00 PM CET
50th anniversary of Wilhelm Reich’s death
It was 50 years ago that physician-scientist Wilhelm Reich, best known for his discovery of a purported cosmic life force associated with sexual orgasm, died in federal prison, his books burned and his equipment destroyed by the government.
Ridiculed at the time, the European-born psychiatrist is today largely forgotten and his work on what he called orgone energy remains outside the scientific mainstream.
But a small number of scientists and other believers are working to advance his studies -- and resurrect his reputation.
boston.comprlog.org(USA vs WILHELM REICH) 1956 NEWSPAPER ARTICLESFreedom of Information Privacy Act courierpostonline.com communalism.blogspot.com
Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word FREEDOM should ever be more than an empty political slogan. ~ Wilhelm Reich
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Topic: LOST - on September 25, 2007 at 11:54:00 AM CEST
The ten best agroturismos in Ibiza
Across the island, traditional farmhouses are being converted into stylish rural hotels. October, when the summer crowds have departed and the pace of life slows, is the perfect time to explore them.
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Topic: LOST - on September 5, 2007 at 1:34:00 PM CEST
Lottery Winner Loses $114 Million In Four Years - Plus A Look At The The Biggest Winners Of All Time
Just four and half years ago, Andrew Jackson "Jack" Whittaker, Jr. was the president of of a successful contracting firm called Diversified Enterprises Construction. At 55 years old, Whittaker was living a successfully comfortable American life complete with a a net worth of over one million dollars, a well rounded family, great job and healthy grandkids. On December 25, 2002, Whittaker's life changed forever when he stopped at a supermarket to fuel his Lincoln Navigator and purchased a deli breakfast sandwich and a Powerball Ticket worth US$315 million. The jackpot won by Whittaker was the highest ever in the United States at the time and Whittaker chose the cash payment option receiving a check after taxes for about US$113.4 million. Little did Whittaker know, the devastation that ticket would cause on his life.
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Topic: LOST - on September 5, 2007 at 1:29:00 PM CEST
Steve Fossett missing in Nevada
Rescue teams are scouring tracts of Nevada in the hope of locating missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fosset, who took off on Monday in a single-engined aircraft to scout possible locations for a planned attempt on the world land-speed record, AP reports.
Fosset took off at 8.45am on Monday from hotelier Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch, roughly 70 miles southeast of Reno. He hadn't filed flight plan for the trip aboard a Bellanca Citabria Super Decathalon, and was later reported missing by a friend. According to U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials, Fossett has "an application pending for a permit to attempt the land-speed record on federal land in north-central Nevada's Eureka County, more than 150 miles away", but they were unsure if he was considering other sites.
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Topic: LOST - on August 24, 2007 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
China searches for 8 kg of "missing" uranium
Eight kg (17 lb) of radioactive uranium has gone missing in China, delaying the verdict in a trial of four men charged with attempting to sell it on the black market, state media said on Friday.
A court in Guangzhou, capital of China's southern province of Guangdong, heard the four tried to sell the material, which can be used in making nuclear weapons, between 2005 and January 2007, the China Daily said.
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Topic: LOST - on August 16, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
3D Animations In Mid-Air Using Plasma Balls
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a device that uses lasers to project real three-dimensional images in mid-air.
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Topic: LOST - on July 7, 2007 at 2:35:00 PM CEST
Ten amazing facts about the earth
Did you know that gravity is not the same over all the earth? That the moon is moving away from Earth? That the moon pulls at our air like it pulls the seas? Fogonazos has more fascinating facts, with links to further information on each.
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Topic: LOST - on February 7, 2007 at 1:26:00 PM CET
The Island of California
One of the most famous misconceptions in cartographic history is of California as an island. The origin of this error is Las Sergas de Esplandian, a romantic novel written in 1510 by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo, stating
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