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The SEC, Like Everyone Else, Didn’t Believe Citi’s Financial Statements
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Every once in a while I almost write “I don’t envy big bank CEOs,” and then I consider my own finances and the mood passes. But it does seem hard, no? The job is basically that you run around all day looking at horrible messes R… Continue reading
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DailyDirt: Big Data On Kid Development
Long term studies of children are expensive, but the data collected may be invaluable — especially if wide-ranging policies are based on them. The amount of data Facebook is collecting on kids may be massive, but it’ll probably only be data mined for … Continue reading
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News.com Picks Best Of Mobile World Congress, But Leaves You Wondering Which CBS Lawsuit Partner They Didn’t Review
Mobile World Congress, the big trade show for mobile devices, just wrapped up. It’s become sort of the go-to place for mobile device makers to announce their new products (even though two of the bigger Android developers, Samsung and HTC, decided to d… Continue reading
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UK Lets The Recording Industry Decide What Websites To Censor
Having already kicked down the internet censorship door by ordering that ISPs block access to The Pirate Bay, the UK’s High Court has expanded the list of sites to block based on complaints from BPI about which sites it believes are responsible for pir… Continue reading
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Vatican Deletes All Of Pope Benedict’s Tweets
It was just a couple months ago that Pope Benedict began tweeting to great fanfare and attention. He quickly had well over a million followers. Of course, as you may have heard, the Pope decided to become the first Pope in about 600 years to retire. … Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty To Some Charges: Reveals That Major Newspapers Ignored His Offer To Leak Collateral Murder Video
As he made clear last year, Bradley Manning has now pled guilty to 10 of the lesser charges brought against him, while pleading not guilty to 12 charges, including the more serious charges of “aiding the enemy” and that he leaked the info to Wikileaks … Continue reading
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Japanese Law Enforcement Uses New Copyright Law To Arrest 27 File Sharers
Last year, we noted that Japan had put in place ridiculously draconian copyright laws that criminalized unauthorized downloads, DVD backups and even watching infringing YouTube videos in some cases. And, of course, what good is a law if it’s not used?… Continue reading
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YouTube’s ContentID Trolls: Claim Copyright On Lots Of Gameplay Videos, Hope No One Complains, Collect Free Money
Odd things have been happening over at Youtube this month, affecting gamers uploading “Let’s Play” videos. Well, not so much “odd” as “annoying” and “clearly abusive of Youtube’s copyright notification system.”
Early in February, the name “Agora Aggr… Continue reading
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Is It ‘Fair’ That Baauer Gets The Proceeds From Harlem Shake Videos, Despite Having Little To Do With Meme Popularity?
Last week, we wrote about some of the copyright issues around the whole “Harlem Shake” meme (and, yes, we know it’s not the “real” Harlem Shake, so don’t even bother commenting about that). However, a few days ago, I was talking to an old friend who a… Continue reading
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Game Of Thrones Director: I’m 100% Opposed To The Piracy I Just Said Helps My Show Survive
You know, sometimes content creators can be really confusing. Take Game Of Thrones director David Petrarca, for instance. Remember early last year when we mentioned that the show was on track to become the most pirated television show of 2012? And how … Continue reading
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