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Submission + - Holllywood Trying to Starve Canadian Pirates

KenAndCorey writes: "From an article on the CTV News web site, Warner Brothers has decided it won't be giving Canadians previews of its summer blockbusters.

Citing a failure by the government of Canada to make illegal the recording of movies directly from the screen by camcorder, the studio will not issue advance screenings of such audience pleasers like "Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix" and "Ocean's 13."
This is total crap, as we already know that the Canadian Movie Piracy Claim is Mostly Fiction. But as is the norm in Canada, we try to make it sound like it's not as bad as it may first appear. Douglas Frith of the Canadian Motion Pictures Distributors Association says,

We're not looking at the individuals who go in for fun to camcord a film in a theatre. It's organized crime. People are going in, they get paid between $5,000 to $7,000 for a very good copy of a film."
Well, not yet, anyway."
Movies

Submission + - Warner Bros. bans previews in Canada

Shambly writes: In an article by the cbc Warner Bros announces that it will cancel all previews of Movies in Canada citing its reason it says "Recently, the U.S. International Intellectual Property Alliance put Canada on a watchlist of countries it believes responsible for illegal filming and copying of movies. The group alleged that the recording, movie and software industries lose $225 million a year due to illegal trafficking in Canada."
Spam

Submission + - 'Major' Anti-Spam Lawsuit to Be Filed in Virginia

Rick Zeman writes: "According to the Washington Post, a John Doe suit will be filed in U.S. District Court Thursday in spam-unfriendly Alexandria, Virginia on behalf of Project Honey Pot seeking the identity of individuals responsible for harvesting millions of e-mail addresses on behalf of spammers.
From the article: 'The company is filing the suit on behalf of some 20,000 people who use its anti-spam tool. Web site owners use the project's free software to generate pages that feature unique "spam trap" e-mail addresses each time those pages are visited. The software then records the Internet address of the visitor and the date and time of the visit. Because those addresses are never used to sign up for e-mail lists, the software can help investigators draw connections between harvesters and spammers if an address generated by a spam trap or "honey pot" later receives junk e-mail.'"
Businesses

Submission + - Carbon Credit Fraud

WED Fan writes: "As mentioned, the carbon credit industry is quickly falling into disrepute. The Financial Times conducted an investigation and found some very disturbing things.

Companies and individuals rushing to go green have been spending millions on "carbon credit" projects that yield few if any environmental benefits.
A Financial Times investigation has uncovered widespread failings in the new markets for greenhouse gases, suggesting some organisations are paying for emissions reductions that do not take place.


This is a shell game that will kill the environmental movement with the general public if the movement doesn't clean themselves up, quickly."

Feed Microwave Your Kitchen Sponge To Keep It Clean (sciencedaily.com)

Every kitchen has at some time or another been home to a sponge, that oh-so-versatile cleaning tool. It wipes up messes on countertops and absorbs liquid droplets quickly. Best of all, it's reusable. Now researchers can tell you two easy ways to keep it clean.
The Media

Submission + - Jack Thompsons Blames Microsoft for VT Shooting

strwrsxprt writes: Jack Thompson is leeching off of the coverage of the latest school shooting tragedy at Virgina Tech, once again blaming violent videogames for all of America's problems. His latest directed attack is against Microsoft with an open letter addressed to Bill Gates. Game Almighty has obtained a copy of the letter, but here's a quick sample:
"Mr. Gates, your company is potentially legally liable the harm done at Virginia Tech. Your game, a killing simulator, according to the news that used to be in the Post, trained him to enjoy killing and how to kill. You knew five years ago that your on-line game, Counterstrike, so clearly figured in the massacre by a student in Erfurt that the event and the game impacted the race for Chancellor in Germany at the time!"
Media

Submission + - Linux in the Indy 500

dmf writes: Tux 500 Our goal is simple: we want to collect community donations to enter a Linux sponsored car in the 2007 Indianapolis 500. We need your help! If less than 1% of the Linux community donates $1, this will happen... will you do your part?
Movies

Submission + - 5 Years for a movie?

Thrawn01 writes: "A good friend of mine has just been convicted of seeding Star Wars episode III and is facing up to 5 years of jail time

I do not condone his actions and agree he should be punished but 5 Years in a federal prison for sharing a 35$ movie with no personal financial gain? Drug dealers that "SELL" drugs get 5 years in prison. So I ask the slashdot community. Why should my friend who has no financial gain from sharing the copyrighted material suffer the same sentence as a drug dealer? Why such a high price for giving away a movie? What is a reasonable penalty for seeding copyrighted material? How can I help my friend and get this law changed?

Thanks."
Space

Submission + - Star Trek-style shields for the Space Station?

EnderGT writes: "Scientists hope to mimic the magnetic field which protects the Earth to protect astronauts from radiation. They argue that magnetic shields could be deployed around spacecraft and on the surfaces of planets to deflect harmful energised particles."
Security

Submission + - Libido Reduction Methods and Techniques?

An anonymous reader writes: Underutilized libido is a big problem for many attached males, especially those on slashdot. Women no longer need men to gather and hunt and have evolved away from the need to satisfy their partners. To cope, I now run 6 miles per day, took up the guitar, and added a part-time job... I get to sleep faster, but it doesn't take the edge off while I'm awake, and nobody wants to waste hour after hour on traditional methods. I'd seriously considering faking depression just to get antidepressants for the promise of a significantly reduced drive. Has anybody had luck finding ways to kill off this incessant biological drive that provides no benefit for the oppressed modern man?
The Internet

Submission + - Why are websites still forcing people to use IE?

DragonTHC writes: "I just visited movielink's website for research. Their site has a nice message saying, "Sorry, but in order to enjoy the Movielink service you must use Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher) or Mozilla/Firefox with an IE Tab Extension (IE installation required)." While allowing the IETab firefox extension is somewhat progressive, why do companies still force people to use Internet Explorer? Surely the site should work just fine in Firefox? With steady gains in market share by firefox, you would think that webmasters would get the hint. How about any /. users who are webmasters, what are your reasons for forcing IE?"
Microsoft

Submission + - MS releases Media Player Firefox plugin

SilentChris writes: Microsoft today released a new Media Player plugin for Firefox. According to MS's Port 25 blog it's backwards compatible to Windows Media Player 6.4. The plugins are Windows XP and Vista only, but if you have to watch WMV video (CNN.com anyone?) at least it's less likely to crash your browser.

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