Rights-holders bear brunt of costs of chasing pirates BBC
Rights-holders will bear the brunt of the costs for tackling copyright infringers, the UK government has said. The music and film industry will pay three-quarters of the costs of pursuing net pirates, with internet service providers paying the remaining quarter. ISPA, which represents UK ISPs, said it was “disappointed” that it had to share the costs of implementing the controversial legislation. The crackdown will see letters sent to those suspected of being net pirates. The government also revealed that there will be no fee charged to consumers who want to appeal against the notifications. It added a caveat though – if it receives large numbers of “unnecessary appeals” it reserves the right to introduce a “small fee” down the line.

How IP Enforcement Can Be Used To Suppress Dissent Michael Geist
The NY Times ran a bombshell article over the weekend in which it reported that Russia has been using the pre-text of intellectual property enforcement to seize computers from NGO groups involved in advocacy and dissent. The article notes that the authorities have been receiving active assistance from Microsoft, which had been delivering statements describing the company as a victim and asking for criminal charges against the NGO groups. While human rights groups had been pressing Microsoft to address the issue for months, it only responded yesterday after the article’s publication. The company now says it will offer free blanket licences for its products to NGOs to prevent actions under the guise of IP enforcement. It will also establish a new legal assistance program to assist NGOs who need to respond to enforcement actions.

Steve Jobs Stopped at Japan Airport Over Ninja Stars, SPA! Magazine Says Bloomberg News
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs said he’ll never return to Japan after officials at an airport barred him from taking Ninja throwing stars aboard his private plane, SPA! magazine reported in its latest issue. A security scan at Kansai International Airport, near Osaka, detected the weapons inside the executive’s carry-on luggage in July as he was returning home to the U.S. from a family vacation in Kyoto, the Japanese magazine reported, citing unidentified officials at the airport and the transportation ministry.

Stephen Fry autobiography is ‘publishing first’ Telegraph
‘The Fry Chronicles’, Stephen Fry’s new autobiography, has been launched simultaneously as an ebook, hardback novel and iPhone app The enhanced ebook version of Stephen Fry’s autobiography, The Fry Chronicles, features additional videos and photos Fry, who is well known for his love of technology, has embraced multiplatform publishing for his new book, The Fry Chronicles, which documents his life from his time at university to his first experiences of acting.

I barracked Obama Sun
A Brit teen who sent an email to the White House calling President Obama a “p***k” has been banned from America FOR LIFE. The furious FBI asked local cops to tell college student Luke Angel, 17, his drunken insult was “unacceptable”. Luke yesterday admitted he fired off a single email criticising the US Government after seeing a TV programme about 9/11. He said: “I don’t remember exactly what I wrote as I was drunk. But I think I called Barack Obama a p***k. It was silly – the sort of thing you do when you’re a teenager and have had a few.” Luke, of Silsoe, Beds, said it was “a bit extreme” for the FBI to act. He added: “The police came and took my picture and told me I was banned from America forever. I don’t really care but my parents aren’t very happy.”

3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution New York Times
Businesses in the South Park district of San Francisco generally sell either Web technology or sandwiches and burritos. Bespoke Innovations plans to sell designer body parts. Charles Overy, founder of LGM, with a model of a resort in Vail, Colo. ‘We used to take two months to build $100,000 models,’ he said, adding that now they cost about $2,000. The company is using advances in a technology known as 3-D printing to create prosthetic limb casings wrapped in embroidered leather, shimmering metal or whatever else someone might want Scott Summit, a co-founder of Bespoke, and his partner, an orthopedic surgeon, are set to open a studio this fall where they will sell the limb coverings and experiment with printing entire customized limbs that could cost a tenth of comparable artificial limbs made using traditional methods. And they will be dishwasher-safe, too.

Left Party employs stripper at election party The Local
Left Party supporters were treated to a female stripper at an open meeting in Järna near Stockholm over the weekend, causing several members of the crowd to storm out in disgust. The stripper, who performs under the stage name Miss Cookie, is reported to have stripped down to all but her panties – with the party’s logo disguising her nipples. But the show, entitled “Rock the arse off the right”, did not please everyone in attendance with several leaving in protest. The choice of entertainment was however defended by Södertälje councillor Staffan Norberg.

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