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Submission + - Can regular people order takedowns?

Submitted by slapdfsckr
slapdfsckr writes: Can a regular person order a takedown of site content? What is a takedown anyway? Is it just a threat? I ask because recently I found out that my company launched a pirate ship full of lawers at a popular social networking site to remove content from a disgruntled employee. I didn't notice anything outstandingly damaging about these comments, however they didn't exactly paint a pretty picture and I can understand why certian people would be rather upset. The point is that the content was removed, the account seems quite inactive and for all I know this guy is no longer employeed. Whatever. My concern is how fast and seemingly easy it was to have the content removed. So I query: If I read some defamatory comments about myself on someones blog, can I order them to take it off or do I need the backing of a well paid legal team?
Books

Journal SPAM: Dune 5

Journal by stoolpigeon
The other day I finished reading Frank Herbert's Dune. I read it at least once a year. I'm not sure how many times I've read it but it has to be up there a bit.

Feed Blood DNA Can Be Early Predictor Of Liver Cancer (sciencedaily.com)

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Researchers have discovered a means for early detection of liver cancer. Using DNA isolated from serum samples as a baseline biomarker, the scientists examined changes in certain tumor suppressor genes that have been associated with the development of liver carcinomas. This is the first study to prospectively examine potential biomarkers for early detection of liver cancer in high-risk populations.
Music

Submission + - RIAA and $9 billion spent on ringtones

Submitted by Jared
Jared writes: A detail that seems hidden in all the fuss over declining music sales by the RIAA and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), is the fact that people bought over $9 billion USD worth of ringtones worldwide last year. That's right, $9 billion USD! This is about a 41% increase over last year and is expected to hit about $32 billion USD by the year 2010. http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8635/Why+doesn't+the+ RIAA+talk+about+the+%249+billion+USD+in+ringtone+s ales%3F
Music

Submission + - Friendly Fire:free song based on cockpit recording

Submitted by
johnlunney
johnlunney writes: "Friendly Fire release page British soldier Lance Corporal of Horse Matty Hull, aged 25, was killed when US A-10 "tankbuster" pilots opened fire on a UK convoy in southern Iraq in 2003. A cockpit video of the incident was withheld by the US authorities but then leaked to the public by the Sun newspaper. I took the audio segment of this recording and built a song around it."
Television

Submission + - BBC signs video deal with Youtube

Submitted by LordSnooty
LordSnooty writes: The BBC reports on a deal they've signed with Youtube that paves the way for BBC 'channels' on the video-sharing website. From the article: "Three YouTube channels — one for news and two for entertainment — will showcase short clips of BBC content. The BBC hopes that the deal will help it reach YouTube's monthly audience of more than 70 million users and drive extra traffic to its own website. The corporation will also get a share of the advertising revenue generated by traffic to the new YouTube channels." Here's the best bit: "[The BBC's director of Future Media and Technology] Ashley Highfield said the BBC would not be hunting down all BBC-copyrighted clips already uploaded by YouTube members — although it would reserve the right to swap poor quality clips with the real thing, or to have content removed that infringed other people's copyright. 'We don't want to be overzealous, a lot of the material on YouTube is good promotional content for us'." For a long time the BBC and Highfield have held a pragmatic view of the use of the Internet and media content, long may it continue.
Television

Submission + - BBC Strike YouTube Deal

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The BBC has struck a content deal with YouTube, the web's most popular video sharing website, owned by Google.

Three YouTube channels — one for news and two for entertainment — will showcase short clips of BBC content.

Plus as an added bonus the BBC says it won't hunt down user uploaded BBC clips and even offers to swap poor quality clips with the real thing!
The Internet

Visualizing Searches Over Time 56

Posted by CowboyNeal from the half-past-chat dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Chris Harrison has built a visualization that explores what people are doing online over time. He explains, 'Search engines are the gateway to the internet for most people, and so search queries provide insight into what people are doing and thinking. In order to examine millions of search queries, I built a simple, cyclical, clock-like visualization that displays the top search terms over a 24-hour period.' Interesting to see that the masses online have fairly coherent and consistent search behaviors. He also investigates the notorious AOL dataset."
Google

Submission + - BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal

Submitted by
twofish
twofish writes: "Google's YouTube video site will soon be showing content from the BBC in a deal announced today. Content will include adverts, clips from popular programs and news items. The deal is likely to be controversial, particularly since the BBC is paid for by a compulsory tax system (the license fee) rather than through advertising or subscription"

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