p2pnet roundup: July 23, 2007
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Computer science club, University of Waterloo (Canada)
The global corporations that profit from copyright are lobbying for draconian punishments, and to increase their copyright powers, while suppressing public access to technology. But if we seriously hope to serve the only legitimate purpose of copyright — to promote progress, for the benefit of the public — then we must make changes in the other direction. (Talk by Richard Stallman)
Canada seeks digital cops to catch digital thieves
Hoping to attract technology-savvy candidates to their unit, Canadian cops created online personas or avatars with the help of local university students, and held their first recruiting session on Second Life.
Tajik MPs approve internet curbs
Tajikistan’s parliament has approved legislation making it a criminal offence to publish false or offensive information on the internet.
Rap star “50 Cent” files lawsuit for using his image in banner ad
Rap star, 50 Cent, has filed a million dollar lawsuit against an Internet ad agency in New York which used his image in a banner ad that invites web surfers to try and shoot his image and win a free ring tone. The banner ad, which depicts 50 Cent with the words “Shoot the Rap Star” for a chance at winning $5,000 or five ring tones was run by Internet ad agency Traffix.
‘$100 laptop’ production begins
Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.
Mobiles to become tracking devices
In Australia, ASIO and law enforcement agencies will be able to track the movement of people through their mobile phones secretly, without obtaining a court warrant, under new laws, legal and civil liberty groups are warning. Agencies will also be able to monitor the sending of emails, trace where people browse on the internet and check the destination of mobile telephone calls without warrants, under planned changes to telecommunication interception legislation.
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