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Censorship

Submission + - All Danish ISP Block Access To Allofmp3

Aloriel writes: All Danish ISP are blocking the access to Allofmp3 as a result of "a recent court ruling to a civil lawsuit which the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) brought against the Danish ISP, Tele2, demanding the cessation of customer access to Allofmp3.com". The decision is suppossed to be carried out all over the European Union "even though the Danish Ministry of Culture has declared the Russian site legal for Danish citizens to use". So far Sweeden refuse to take the same way.
Power

Submission + - The Biggest Solar Park To Be Installed In Spain

Aloriel writes: A solar park capable of supply 23.2 megawatts will be constructed in Extremadura, one of the poorest regions of Spain. The park will become the biggest, with as the actual one is in Leipzig (Germany) and can supply up to 5 MW of energy. It will have an extension of 65 hectares and have more than 120,000 solar modules. Extremadura became world-known by adopting open source software.
United States

Submission + - Creationism Museum to be Opened Next Summer

Aloriel writes: The first Creationism museum will open next summer near Ohio-Kentucky's border line. The first museum in the world whose contents are completely fake, and as many of we think (and know) it's beliefs. One of it's biggest problems is gonna be how to explain dinosaurs and hominids, but of course they'll find an answer for that, if not in the bible, somewhere else.
Patents

Submission + - Spanish newsgroup registers the word "blog"

Aloriel writes: At the spanish office of patents and brands has been registered the word "BLOG" with number of expedient #M 2715026. Right now the word is popular in spain since we usually don't translate it. The word has been registered in two classes web pages and events which means a wide area such as all related with internet, communications and all kind of events. The group Sogecable is the owner of one of the most important newspapers in Spain, El País, a TV channel, also takes part on the digital television (Digital+) and has a radio station. Source: ojobuscador (spanish).

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