Archive for September 13th, 2006

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Violent Assault - Tell Newspaper Not Police

I know I’m not the only one that’s just a little sick of user created content. Not so much the quality of content itself, more the whole exploitation model. As someone commented (source forgotten) user created content = unpaid freelancers. Not that I think everything should be compensated, most of it really can just be […]

1 Comment » - Posted in ...Issues, ...Media/Markets by Kitty

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Colonising Culture

Recent changes to Australian law has meant much of this is already illegal. But I guess if it is legal elsewhere than it’s more likely to change here sometime in the future than if it was illegal. Crap crap crap, sick of all this. I’ve thought for years that the current IP rights domain is […]

No Comments » - Posted in ...Issues, ..Stuff, ...IP/Law by Kitty

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Beatles + Beach Boys = Copy Infringement

I really want to listen to the album though.
EMI goes after The Beachles

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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Criminal Sentences for Patent Infringement?

Apparently the European Commission has proposals to make patent infringement criminal. Wow. Fortunately, there is opposition:
Law Society Calls On EU To Rein Back Criminal Sanctions For Intellectual Property
“The Commission has gone too far in bringing forward these measures and it is not clear that they are wholly legal”, said Law Society President Fiona Woolf.
“The […]

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Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

eSnips - 1GB of Cute Free Storage

At some stage, when I get round to making up some productivity templates, I’ll need a place to store then as I don’t want huge hosting bills. Anyway I wanted something free, that allows free public downloads (that’s a paid extra at box.net … stupid! immediately they lose all that free publicity), that doesn’t delete […]

No Comments » - Posted in ...Media/Markets, ..Life/Hacks, ..Stuff, ..Blog Making Etc by Kitty

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Underweight models banned

Apparently you must have a BMI of around 18. I think mine’s currently around 18-20 so I pass! I think this is a good move despite the possibility for discrimination (some people are just naturally v. skinny), maybe if you are naturally v. slim or have Asian heritage, you can get a doctor’s certificate okaying […]

5 Comments » - Posted in ...Issues, ..Stuff by Kitty