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Submission + - EU parliament group opposes long copyrights (falkvinge.net)

Submitted by the_arrow on Friday October 07, 2011 @03:34PM

the_arrow writes: It seems there are some politicians who "get it". At least it seems that way after reading an entry in Rick Falkvinges (leading Swedish Pirate Party member) blog. To be more specific the ones from the green group in the European parliament who now have adopted a position saying in part:
the copyright monopoly does not extend to what an ordinary person can do with ordinary equipment in their home and spare time.
The group also states in their new policy that:
Net neutrality must be guaranteed.

The actual policy-paper can be found here (PDF warning.)

Submission + - Apple may be taken to court for app rejection (cnn.com)

Submitted by the_arrow on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @09:41AM

the_arrow writes: In Denmark the tabloid newspaper Ekstra Bladet usually have scantily clad ladies on page 9. When making an iPad application, Apple of course rejected it because of that. However, Ekstra Bladet is not happy with that, and many sites (like this one) reports that Ekstra Bladet is thinking about taking Apple to European court for "unfair censorship and anti-competitive behaviour". It have even been reported on the CNN website.

Submission + - AmigaOS twenty-five years of check-ins visualized (hyperion-entertainment.biz)

Submitted by the_arrow on Thursday August 05, 2010 @06:35AM

the_arrow writes: As a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Amiga computer, Hyperion Entertainment has made a video using the Gource CVS visualization software showing a time-compressed version of 25 years of Amiga development, from the early days of AmigaOS 1.0 to the present. Personal commentary added by one of the current core full-time AmigaOS developers, Hans-Joerg Frieden (a.k.a. "Rogue").

Video in a couple of popular formats and resolutions availabe here.

Submission + - Pricne says Internet is over (mirror.co.uk)

Submitted by the_arrow on Tuesday July 06, 2010 @06:33AM

the_arrow writes: According to the artist currently known as Prince, "The internet's completely over." At least that what he says in an interview with the British newspaper Mirror.
Quoting Prince: "The internet's like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."
Full interview found here.

Submission + - Artist not allowed stream his own music (guardian.co.uk)

Submitted by the_arrow on Wednesday October 07, 2009 @04:09AM

the_arrow writes: Scottish artist Edwyn Collins wanted to stream one of his own songs on MySpace, it seems that Warner wont allow him to.
From the article: "Edwyn Collins has been barred from streaming his own song through MySpace. Management for the former Orange Juice frontman have been unable to convince the website that they own the rights to A Girl Like You, despite the fact that they, er, do." Also: "MySpace are not equipped to deal with the notion that anyone other than a major [label] can claim a copyright, complained Grace Maxwell, Collins's wife and manager."

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