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Coldplay Accused of plagiarism by American band www.independent.co.uk — Yesterday, the band was forced to issue a categorical denial of allegations that they copied the title track to their new record, Viva La Vida Or Death and All His Friends from a little-known US group, Creaky Boards. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Category: Entertainment |
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The Vatican Bans Filming of "Angels & Demons" www.dailygalaxy.com — Father Marco Fibbi, a spokesman for the Diocese of Rome, said: “Normally we read the script but this time it was not necessary. The name Dan Brown was enough.” More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Politics, Religion |
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Hulk Hogan receives threats - "Your kid's gonna bleed" www.tmz.com — The voicemail threats made against Hulk Hogan and his family -- calling them "whores" and threatening to "piss on you and your family's grave" -- have been released ... and, man, are they disturbing. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Humanity |
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Recording Industry Now Making Up Facts To Support Having ISPs Police File Sharing techdirt.com — A whole bunch of folks have sent in the "debate" that was held on the BBC website last week, starting with regular columnist Bill Thompson trashing Virgin Media, a UK-based broadband provider, for agreeing to send out warning "notices" to folks that the entertainment industry claims are file sharing. Thompson explains that he's been known to use BitTorrent to get a copy of a TV show he missed on TV and forgot to record on his DVR, wondering why this should be a problem. He also mentions: "Evidence that heavy downloaders are also heavy music purchasers doesn't seem to have made any difference to the BPI's approach either, and instead of finding new business models they hold on to the old ways of working." More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |
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Sessler's Soapbox is Tired of the Bigots on Xbox Live news.filefront.com — For this week’s Sessler’s Soapbox, Adam Sessler brings up an issue that’s old, but still unfortunately valid. That is, he, like many people, is fed up with the amount of racist and homophobic talk on Xbox Live. As he points out, the situation is just getting uglier all the time. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Humanity, Technology |
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RIAA doubles settlement cost for students fighting subpoenas arstechnica.com — Ars has the details on an RIAA strategy to double the cost of settling copyright infringement suits for students who try to quash the group's subpoenas in court. In a nutshell: settle early, pay $3,000; try to quash the subpoena and the settlement cost rises to $8,000. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Entertainment, Humanity, Technology |
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Football gamers sue EA - "blatantly anticompetitive conduct" www.bizjournals.com — "Electronic Arts could have continued to compete by offering a lower price and/or a higher quality product," the suit said. "Instead, Electronic Arts quickly entered into a series of exclusive agreements with the only viable sports football associations in the United States: the National Football League, the Arena Football League, and NCAA Football More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Sports, Technology |
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Viacom Demands YouTube Take Down Viral Video Made By Viacom techdirt.com — We know that Viacom really dislikes YouTube, but it seems to have taken that hatred a bit beyond reasonable (assuming you don't already consider its $1 billion lawsuit unreasonable). For the MTV Movie Awards (MTV being a Viacom property), Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. made a "spoof" viral video to try to get attention for their upcoming comedy movie, Tropic Thunder. The clip was well done, and clearly recognized all the key ingredients to make a viral video a winner. So what happens with a viral video? Well, it gets sent around and, most likely, gets placed on YouTube. So, what does Viacom do? Well, thanks to reader Cannen for pointing out the news that Viacom sent a takedown notice to YouTube. MIT's YouTomb project is tracking the takedown. It makes you wonder if Viacom is so blinded by its hatred of YouTube that it missed the point of a viral video being that it be allowed to be... you know... viral. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Technology |
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Metallica to bloggers: don't review our music arstechnica.com — Metallica demands that early reviews of six tracks from its new album be removed... after the band invites journalists to come listen to them. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment |
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Tell Bill O'Reilly: Stop Pretending to be a Journalist secure.freepress.net — Rupert Murdoch and his on-air bully Bill O'Reilly launched a laughable attack against the media reform movement, and quality journalism everywhere. Take action! More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Entertainment, Other |