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Submission + - OiNK BitTorrent site raided, closed (bbc.co.uk)

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Gossi
Gossi writes: "OiNK, one of the largest invitation only BitTorrent sites on the internet, has been raided by police in the UK and Amsterdam, reports the BBC. From the article — "A 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough was arrested on Tuesday morning. [..] At the same time his employer — a large multi-national company — and his father's home were also raided." Unsurprisingly, the site is now offline."
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Submission + - Palestinian Rapper Talks about Video ripping US (culturekiosque.com)

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culturevulture
culturevulture writes: "BELLY'S ACHE: PALESTINIAN RAPPER'S VIDEO 'HISTORY OF VIOLENCE' TAKES ON IRAQ WAR — To assemble his anti-war song and video "History of Violence", Palestinian-born Belly AKA Rebellyus, has led hip-hop artists from around the world: Palestinians, Lebanese, Iraqis, Ghanaians, Haitians, Jamaicans, Somalis, Anglo and French Canadians, and Americans. The article on Culturekiosque.com provides a glimpse of the background of the video, the video itself, and exclusive comments from the artist."
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Submission + - Sony upset church by using cathedral in game

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clickclickdrone
clickclickdrone writes: "Sony have fallen foul of the Church of England by using detailed images and interiors of Manchester Cathedral without their consent. The CofE claim Sony have used the images in the violent game "Resistance: Fall of Man" without their permission although Sony say all neccessary permissions were sought and granted. You can read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6739 575.stm
Whilst the Church's lists of things it wants Sony to do to make up for the alleged error does smack slightly of cashing in on events, it does serve to highlight the issues involved with the increasing use of detailed real world places in games. Photographers have to be careful selling photos of certain buildings whose owners have copyrighted the image such as the Millenium Wheel in London so do game's publishers who feature well known cities and landmarks also need to be more careful, especially when multiple agencies may have an interest in certain places and how they are presented to the public?"

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