p2pnet news roundup #2: October 6, 2008
p2pnet news view | P2P:- Today is Day 1 of p2pnet’s Canada elections 2008 special and although I won’t be doing the usual posts (with one or two exceptions) , I promised I’d run headline roundups two or three times a day.
We had server problems for about two hours earlier on, but hopefully, things are now back to normal.
Cheers!
Jon
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RealDVD is currently unavailable – RealNetworks
Due to recent legal action taken by the Hollywood movie studios against us, RealDVD is temporarily unavailable. Rest assured, we will continue to work diligently to provide you with software that allows you to make a legal copy of your DVDs for your own use.
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[OT] 2008 TC3: Small planetoid 8TA9D69 will cross Earth`s atmosphere – Marek Mahut
Small planetoid with name 8TA9D69 (also know as 2008 TC3) can cross Earth`s atmosphere just in few hours, chances of this are about 90%. This big bolide (very bright meteoroid that can be visible even during day) will enter Earth`s atmosphere at about 2h30 2h50 UTC 7th Oct 2008 There`s nothing to worry about, this ~2 meters big rock will burn in atmosphere before reaching Earth, it will just create very pretty light show and it can be your only chance to see such bright bolide in your entire life. His path is not know yet, return here for continuous updates.
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Michael Moore on Slacker Uprising`s Piracy Problem – TorrentFreak
Michael Moore decided to give away his latest film `Slacker Uprising` for free, but only to people in the US and Canada. However, since he chose to use BitTorrent, and open trackers such as The Pirate Bay, it was fairly easy for the rest of the world to download it as well. Was this done on purpose? Moore responds.Like many other filmmakers, Moore wants his film to be seen by as many people as possible. However, the `rights holders` have other interests. They want to sell the movie to as many people as possible, making sure they get every penny they are entitled to. Moore`s latest documentary, Slacker Uprising, is only available for free in Northern America. People who attempt to download the torrent elsewhere get this annoying Sorry message. Since there are no geographical restrictions on the official torrent file, however, it was easy to share the film with the rest of the world. It would only take one person to upload the torrent to another site, and the rest of the world would have access to it. That`s exactly what happened.
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AOL-Yahoo Merger Details Emerge; Deal Could Happen This Month – TechCrunch
Yahoo is continuing its marathon merger discussions with AOL, sources close to the negotiations have whispered to us, and a deal could happen as early as this month. Is this just a rehash of the reported discussions in February and then again in April? Yes and no. It`s clear that AOL`s parent company, Time Warner, wants this deal more than ever. What isn`t clear is whether AOL`s assets will fix any of Yahoo`s problems. The deal structure that is currently being discussed is Yahoo`s acquisition of AOL (content, services and advertising), minus their subscription dial up business. That plus a couple of billion dollars in cash from Time Warner gets them approximately a third of the combined entity. Time Warner`s AOL headache is gone, and they have a stake in the world`s most valuable chess piece in the Google/Microsoft search and advertising war.
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Thunderbird 3.0 beta turns into alpha – Heise Online
The development schedule for Mozilla Messaging’s Thunderbird 3 has been changed as the next beta milestone release is being rescheduled to be a third alpha release. The news came in a blog posting from Dan Mosdale, a Mozilla developer, who said “While we’ve been pretty clear for a while that calling something a beta doesn’t mean that we’re feature complete what we’ve got now feels like it’s pretty far from being representative”.
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Los Angeles Times – , October , 2008
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