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Banning Cartoons in the Maritimes
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http://hereticallibrarian.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_hereticall...
Here is how UPEI's president justified his decision to ban the cartoon issue of the newspaper: university president Wade MacLaughlan says publishing the cartoons is "an invitation to trouble. "We still run the property," MacLaughlan says, "and we're not in the business of deliberately inviting people to be insulted to the point of causing an outrage."
This has to be one of the most pathetic examples of craven capitulation I have ever heard of. What a great way to tell Islamists that rioting and
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Submitted by Tamara
62 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours agoTags: student journalism, University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI
Amazon's persists on suiing independent developer of statsaholic
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http://mashable.com/2007/04/19/petition-against-alexas-stats...
Alexa is suing Ron Hornbaker, the independent developer of Statsaholic, a popular service that allowed you to compare different sites based on their Alexa rankings. Damages may amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars, essentially “suing him into oblivion”, according to ZDNet. We think the lawsuit is ridiculous and could be settled without going to court. READ ON....
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RIAA: RIAA claims rights to all artists' royalties
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/24/141326/870
The RIAA is looking more and more like the Mafia. Not only is it trying to kill Internet radio, but its royalty-collecting subsidiary, SoundExchange, is now claiming the right to collect royalties for ALL artists, even those who want nothing to do with the RIAA and its jackbooted henchmen.
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A win for DRM activists - Musicload to get rid of DRM
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http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MjQ4MzksLCwsLCwx
European digital music giant Musicload has opted to no longer use to DRM when selling music online. Their reasoning is that they’d sell more music if it were easier for the...
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Jamming against Forced Prostitution
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http://things.co.il/blog/258
There many ways to demonstrate. A mass jam session is surely a unique way. I attended such a demonstration on today’s sunny afternoon in Tel Aviv.
Hundreds of women are held against their will in central cities in Israel, and “employed” as prostitutes. The authorities know where they are, and don’t act to release them. The media usually ignores these cases.
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Submitted by Yohay
62 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 10 hours agoTags: forced prostitution, women trafficking, protest, demonstration
Top Bloggers Reveal Their Death Threats
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http://blog.outer-court.com/forum/90057.html
Two more blogs, the very popular Scoble and Creating Passionate Users - unveil the graphic, non provoked death threats against them and their families.
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UPEI student newspaper opposes takeover
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http://www.stockhouse.com/mediascan/news.asp?newsid=8307361
Staff at The Cadre, the UPEI student newspaper, are fighting a plan to be taken over by a campus group, the Independent Student Media Society.
'They're going to essentially just take the Cadre name and the money.'- Cadre editor Rob Walker
The UPEI student union, which currently owns and operates the paper, will hear a proposal on Sunday to move responsibility to the Independent Student Media Society, a committee appointed by the student union. The society, which already controls the student rad
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Submitted by Tamara
62 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours agoTags: student journalism, University of Prince Edward Island, UPEI
RIAA and MPAA: Copyright holders should be allowed to use pretexting
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070410-riaa-and-mpaa-...
The RIAA and MPAA are lobbying once again against an anti-pretexting law in California that would make it illegal for anyone to lie in order to gain access to someone else's personal information. This time, the industries' want an amendment to the bill that would allow them to continue the practice for the purpose of catching pirates.
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American ACLU Defends Nazis, Again!
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http://themoderatevoice.com/society/law-legal-matters/12155/...
Not knowing too much about ACLU, as im from sydney australia, this article was an interesting read especially the comments. Apparently the ACLU, because of there stance on free speech, are forced to support the NAZI's and there right for voice. CORank what's your opinion of such things?
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RIAA gives student 24 hours
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http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=5921
RIAA are at it again... Texas high school student Nicholas Hightower, 17, his mother, June, and her sister, Rochelle, 58, are all potentially massive distributors of copyrighted online music, Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG claim...
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