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crush writes:
The Linux Game Tome notes that the final team to produce a fully OpenSource 3D game using the CrystalSpace engine and Blender has been chosen. The project (known as Apricot) aims to produce a cross-platform, 3D game with completely Free (CCA) graphics, music and code. An important side-effect of the project is to improve open source tools for the professional game development industry.
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crush writes:
An Irish website RateYourSolicitor.com, which aims to let clients rate and find solicitors (which is apparently a type of lawyer) has received an Irish High Court injunction to remove defamatory material about one such rated solicitor. The site is hosted by a US provider (gmax.net) who have reportedly been served notice by lawyers acting for the defamed solicitor. Reportedly (registration required) GoDaddy, as the domain name registrar, have "locked" access to the site (amusingly the records are all for a "John Smith" in the Russian Federation at "lawyercatcher@lawyer.com"!). The interesting twist to all of this is that according to the Communications Decency Act an ISP is not to be held legally liable as a publisher responsible for what their clients do. So, how can GoDaddy justify this censorship, or are registrars the weak hole in what seemed to be a system robust to censorship?
