p2pnet World Headlines â Sept 14, 2009
Internet group will protest George W. Bush speech in Saskatoon next month Canoe
A group on Facebook is planning a protest when former U.S. president George W. Bush arrives next month for a speech in Saskatoon. More than 400 people have joined an Internet group calling itself the George W. Bush Welcoming Committee. Sandra Finley, former leader of the Saskatchewan Green Party, has sent Saskatoon Police Chief Clive Weighill a letter asking him to arrest Bush when he steps off the plane. I believe very firmly that laws must apply equally to people, said Finley, referring to Bush as a war criminal after his government set up prison camps at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Abu Ghraib in Iraq. And if George Bush is not arrested, then laws are not being applied equally.
BS to Launch Last.fm HD Radio Stations in Top 4 U.S. Markets Wired
Last.fm’s radio station will outsource programming to its online community by reflecting charts indicating what they like the most. CBS is set to roll out over-the-air HD radio channels in the nation`s top four markets powered by the crowdsourced programming of Last.fm â apparently the first time a streaming site has morphed into a commercial radio station. CBS purchased interactive streaming site Last.fm a couple of years go for $280 million with the goal of integrating it across its CBS Radio properties. Starting Oct. 5 it makes good on the initiative with the launch of an over-the-air Last.fm HD Radio channel in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco.
Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry UK Guardian
Coalition of artists says moves to suspend offenders` broadband connections are like `cracking a nut with a sledgehammer` — A growing rift is developing in the music industry over proposals by business secretary Lord Mandelson to crack down on persistent filesharers by suspending their broadband connections. The row has pitted big names such as Billy Bragg and Annie Lennox against record labels and the Musicians` Union ahead of an approaching government deadline for comments in its illegal filesharing consultation.
Joost jettisons chairman The Register
Joost, the struggling web telly firm started by the men behind Skype, has sacked its chairman, Mike Volpi, who was bumped from his position as chief executive at the end of June. The company is also investigating exactly what he’s been up to in the last few months. The probe is believed to centre on the company’s peer-to-peer technology – the same technology used by Skype under license from Joltid – owned by Skype’s founders. Joost told the Times: “Mr Volpi was removed from the board of directors and from his position as chairman of Joost by shareholder vote. The company and its board of directors [are] conducting an investigation into Mr Volpi’s actions during his tenure as CEO and as chairman.”
Pentagon computer hacker Gary McKinnon seeks Supreme Court appeal The Guardian
Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker with Asperger`s syndrome who broke into the Pentagon`s computer systems in his search for proof of UFOs, is likely to discover this week whether his appeal against extradition to the US will be heard by the UK`s highest court. His legal team claim the new supreme court of England and Wales must hear the appeal under the European convention on human rights.
Canadians being misinformed, say broadcasters as they get together to fight back Cartt
CTV, Canwest Global and CBC officially announced late Sunday they have joined together to launch a national campaign, dubbed Local TV Matters, aimed at striking back at Canadian BDUs and putting pressure on politicians and the CRTC in advance of the November Commission hearings which will again analyze the challenges facing Canadian broadcasters, including the contentious fee-for-carriage issue. The Local TV Matters campaign includes an official web site http://www.localtvmatters.ca and advertising across Canada on the dozens of channels owned by the companies involved. Along with informing Canadians about the issues, the campaign is also aimed at setting the record straight about misinformation cable and satellite companies are telling their customers, reads the release. Cable and satellite companies are attempting to disguise their own self interests as our viewers` interest, says Charlotte Bell, Global`s senior vice-president of regulatory and government affairs. We are concerned that Canadians are being misinformed by cable and satellite companies, specifically about the additional costs these companies are choosing to unnecessarily pass onto our viewers.
FTC forces Sears, Kmart out of the spyware business Ars Technica
When Sears and Kmart offered visitors the chance to earn $10 by participating in some research, few realized that they would be sending even secure session browsing information to the big retailers. Now, the government has put the kibosh on this “blue light special.”
Broadcast flag rears vile head, bars viewer from recording Ars Technica
Is the broadcast flag rearing its ugly head yet again over a show about a California motorcycle gang trying to keep the lid on cops, druggies, and “corporate developers”? One Ars reader had his analog hole unwillingly plugged when he tried to record Sons of Anarchy last week. [Also see p2pnet's Mickey Mouse and the Social Darwinists]
CRTC reviewing its oversight of basic telecom services CBC
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, a consumer watchdog, says it plans to argue that high-speed internet should be considered a basic service.
Canadian ISOHunt submits views on copyright to the gov Econsultations IsoHunts-Facebook-Page
Today is the last day in the Canadian copyright consultation process. This is my letter to government. Dear Ministers, I write to you as a Canadian citizen, and as founder of isoHunt Inc., operator of a major internet search engine which copyright reform will deeply affect…. [Note: the deadline is now extended till Tuesday of this week to submit your views.]
Vietnamese order to block Facebook, VietTalk 24 and others, 27 Aug 2009 WikiLeaks
Government letter sent to Vietnamese internet companies requesting the blocking of several popular internet sites, including Facebook.com and VietTalk24.com. According to multiple media reports, during August several Vietnamese bloggers were arrested after criticising Chinese investments in Vietnam. This blocking order may be related to containing political discourse following those arrests.
[After 10-days in jail for blogging] Freed Vietnamese blogger agrees to stop writing CTV
A woman who was jailed after writing a blog critical of the Vietnamese government said Monday that she agreed to stop blogging as a condition of her release. It`s time for me to put an end to this blog, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh said in a handwritten statement posted on her website Monday, following her release over the weekend. I came to blogging as an adventure in the world of information, but every game comes to an end.
Got That New iPod Nano? You Might Risk Arrest In Massachusetts TechDirt
Slashdot points us to a story about a guy who was arrested in a dispute-gone-wrong with a car repair shop, but the really odd part is that beyond disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, the guy was charged with both unlawful wiretapping and possessing a device for wiretapping. Wiretapping? In a dispute involving a mechanic? Apparently the guy had a simple Olympus digital voice recorder in his pocket, which was on during his argument with the repair shop.
What information is personally identifiable? EFF
Gender, ZIP code, and birth date feel anonymous, but Prof. Sweeney was able to identify Governor Weld through them for two reasons. First, each of these facts about an individual (or other kinds of facts we might not usually think of as identifying) independently narrows down the population, so much so that the combination of (gender, ZIP code, birthdate) was unique for about 87% of the U.S. population. If you live in the United States, there`s an 87% chance that you don`t share all three of these attributes with any other U.S. resident. Second,
IPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering SlashDot
The newest iPhone 3.1 update intentionally removed tethering functionality from all phones operating in networks that are not Apple partners. This is not limited to hacked or jailbroken phones, but also includes expensive officially supported factory unlocked phones. To make the problem worse Apple has made it impossible to downgrade back to working 3.0 version for iPhone 3GS phones.
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