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Submission + - 7,500 square mile floating rock shelf in the Southern Ocean (cnn.com)

EdIII writes: Sailors from New Zealand's Royal Navy found more than 7,500 square miles of the lava rock bobbing on the surface of the South Pacific Ocean, which is slightly smaller than New Jersey, but more interesting.

It has been initially determined to be from underwater volcanic eruption, possibly from Monowai.

Submission + - Music Distributor Profits from Royalty-Free and Public Domain Works (youtube.com)

dryo writes: "According to Canadian YouTuber Pedaling Prince (John Ardelli), The Orchard Music is spuriously laying claim to royalty-free music, and illegally profiting from the works of others. The YouTube content matching system is being exploited. Orchard Music gets free advertising for every YouTube video they claim matches their content. Users' dispute claims are being systematically declined by Orchard. There is no appeals process, so the alleged copyright holders are acting as judge, jury, and executioner. Add this one to the list of examples at Wired: http://www.wired.com/business/2012/02/opinion-baiodmcayoutube/"

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