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Submission + - Wikipedia UNbanned in China !

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 17, 2007 @08:33AM

An anonymous reader writes: Dear Slashdot,

Since this morning Wikipedia has been unbanned in Beijing,
Shanghai and many other cities.

So far only the English version is accessible
(en.wikipedia.org).

The other languages, chinese included, aren't
reachable at the moment but there's no more
the notorious "connection reset" error coming
from the Great Firewall of China.

Marco Polo,
Bejing,
China PRC

Submission + - Zeitgeist--The Movie (digg.com)

Submitted by BobSutan on Saturday June 16, 2007 @04:34PM

BobSutan writes: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Zeitgeist_The_Mo vie

A two hour expedition through the history of Christianity, alternative 9/11 viewpoints, and the future of the world's governments. Quite the conspiracy theory at times, but also quite informative.

The biggest benefit this video has to offer is that it challenges others to contemplate their faith in religion and government. As repeated religious and political scandals have shown in the past, questioning both is a good thing from time to time.

Submission + - Patent Lawsuit - Providing Photos via a Network

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 16, 2007 @12:03AM

An anonymous reader writes: from http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/196764-recent-pa tentcopyright-infringement-cases-filed-in-u.s.-dis trict-court

Plaintiff Peter Wolf claims he owns the rights to U.S. Patent No. 7,047,214 for "Process for Providing Event Photographs for Inspection and Distribution Via a Computer Network." The process allows photo proofs to be viewed and ordered online. He is suing Brightroom, Island Photography, Bird's Eye View, Digilabs, Printroom, SmugMug and Master Photos for infringement on the patented process.
Edward Goldstein of Houston is representing Wolf.
The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge David Folsom
Case No. 2:07-cv-00238-DF

Submission + - YouTube to Begin Using Video Fingerprinting (lawbean.com)

Submitted by

Spamicles

on Friday June 15, 2007 @11:27PM

Spamicles writes: "YouTube will begin testing video recognition technology in conjunction with Time Warner and Disney. Testing will begin next month in hopes that the software, designed to recognize copyright content in videos, will be ready to roll out later this year, the company said. Google, which now owns YouTube, had agreed to implement some kind of technology to identify copyright content on its site so it can remove pirated content or negotiate with owners for a license."

Submission + - Campus IT Policy: Confiscation and Confusion

Submitted by on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @02:22PM

An anonymous reader writes: A couple of friends of mine recently had their computers confiscated from a private computer lab (for specific students)by IT staff. This nameless university in the midwest has yet to resolve the problem. The reason the IT staff confiscated the computers was because they were connected(wired) to their network. Police became involved and now they have the computers, holding them as evidence even though they are not charged with anything. To me, this seems rather ridiculous in so many different ways (no written policy stating confiscation is allowed, etc.). Currently the IT staff is claiming that connecting the computers to the network was tampering with the network, which they say is a felony charge.

IT staff, sysadmins, students...What do you think? Is their claim legitimate, or is this an exxageration? What should be the course of action?

Store Says DRM Causes 3 of 4 Support Calls 155

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @02:07PM from the cost-shifting dept.

Carter writes "Ars Technica is reporting that Musicload, one of Europe's largest movie stores, has found that 75% of its customer support problems are caused by DRM. Users have frequent problems using the music that they have purchased, which has led Musicload to try selling independent label music without DRM. Artists choosing to abandon DRM in favor of good old-fashioned MP3 have seen 40% growth in sales since December. Good to see someone in the business both 'gets it' and is willing to do something about it."

Submission + - Do you know your rights during police encounters?

Submitted by stry_cat on Tuesday March 20, 2007 @10:25AM

stry_cat writes: Think you know your rights during police encounters? Like most Americans you probably know less than you think. FlexYourRights.org has a short quiz to see if you know what to do when you encounter the police.

I'll give you a hint, it's not like how they make it out on TV.

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