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Submission + - IFPI tries to link Pirate Bay to right-wing groups

Submitted by

Jared

on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @01:20PM

Jared writes: "Record exec takes The Pirate Bay to task, actually making the incredulous claim to Tobias Andersson that perhaps it was never really "about the music, " that the real "...aim was to reach young people," and spread the right-wing ideology of an employer who helped out The Pirate Bay early on."

Submission + - Latest MS updates reset default browser

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @11:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: I have installed the latest round of Microsoft critical updates (http://update.microsoft.com) to a couple of computers, and in both case the default browser was changed from Firefox to IE. That doesn't seem like a critical update...

Submission + - Scientology critic Keith Henson extradited

Submitted by

muldrake

on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @09:25PM

muldrake writes: "Engineer, writer, and Scientology critic Keith Henson has been extradited from Arizona to Riverside County, California, following his arrest in February. Henson had fled to Canada following his conviction for "interfering with a religion" in 2001 for his pickets and Usenet posts criticizing the Church of Scientology, returning to Arizona after his asylum claims were denied."

Submission + - Movie Screenings Cancelled in Canada

Submitted by David on Tuesday May 08, 2007 @12:47PM

David writes: Promotional screenings of Warner Brothers' movies have been pulled in Canada in an attempt to combat "rampant" piracy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6634173.s tm

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