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Journalist association criticizes Google’s behavior in Thailand - Heise Online
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says it is “dismayed” about US search engine provider Google’s cooperation with the government of Thailand. Now that the US firm has installed a filter to prevent videos portraying the Thai monarchy in a bad light from being displayed, the Thai government has lifted the block on YouTube, a Google subsidiary. In a press release, the IFJ’s Asia-Pacific Director Jacqueline Park says the event will set a global precedent for the freedom of expression. The IFJ says it represents half a million journalists in more than 115 countries.
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Are Technology Limits In MP3s and iPods Ruining Pop Music? - Wall Street Journal
If it seems like you are listening to music more but enjoying it less, some people in the recording industry say they know why. They blame that iPod that you can’t live without, along with all the compressed MP3 music files you’ve loaded on it. Those who work behind-the-mic in the music industry — producers, engineers, mixers and the like — say they increasingly assume their recordings will be heard as MP3s on an iPod music player. That combination is thus becoming the “reference platform” used as a test of how a track should sound. (Movie makers make much the same complaint when they see their filmed images in low-quality digital form.)
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Chinese web filtering ‘erratic’ - BBC
China’s firewall that tries to sanitise web browsing is much more porous than previously thought, says a study. Carried out by US researchers outside China, it found that the firewall often failed to block what the Chinese government finds objectionable. The firewall was least effective when lots of Chinese web users were online.
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L’Oreal sues eBay over counterfeit goods - OUT-LAW News
EBay is being sued across Europe by the world’s biggest cosmetics firm for not trying hard enough to battle counterfeiting. L’Oreal is taking the action in five European countries, including the UK. The cosmetics giant claims that eBay is profiting from the sale of counterfeit goods and is not doing enough to combat fakes. EBay has argued in the past that it always acts in such cases when notified of the sale of counterfeits.
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Harry Potter and the Order of Film Franchises - IMDb
The five Harry Potter films together have now out-grossed all 22 James Bond films to become the top-grossing franchise worldwide in history, Warner Bros announced Monday. The Potter films have now earned $4.47 billion, topping the combined Bond flicks by $30 million, the studio said. (The six Star Wars movies are in third place with $4.23 billion.)
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