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Irish Domain Registry Banning Adult Domains 222

Posted by kdawson from the p.orn dept.
Karate Sid writes "An Irish adult website has blogged about the Irish domain registry banning adult domain names, including porn.ie and pornography.ie. The IEDR's reasoning is that the words 'porn' and 'pornography' are offensive and immoral. Of interest is how Sex.ie took legal action against the IEDR — and proved that neither word is offensive — yet still lost the case, as the IEDR are the highest authority in Ireland when it comes to deciding what is and isn't an offensive domain."
Internet Explorer

IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine 283

Posted by kdawson from the fruits-of-competition dept.
KermodeBear writes in to note that according to Smashing Magazine, the newest version of Internet Explorer, codenamed "Eagle Eyes," supports Firefox plugins, the Gecko and Webkit rendering engines, and has scored a 71 / 100 on the Acid3 test. The article is pretty gee-whiz, and I don't entirely believe the claims that IE's JavaScript performance will trounce the others. (And note that the current Firefox, 3.0.8, scores 71 on Acid3, and Safari 3.1.2 hits 75.) No definitive date from Microsoft, but "sources" say that an IE 8.1 beta will be released in the summer.
Education

Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities 375

Posted by timothy from the randian-villains dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Warner Music is pitching the idea of a 'music tax' for various top universities. The idea is that students would be free to file share, but the university needs to monitor and track everything, create a pool of money, hand it over to a recording industry entity that promises to distribute the proceeds fairly. In exchange, the university gets a 'covenant not to sue' from the music labels. It's not a full license, just a basic promise that they won't sue. It's also claimed that this is 'voluntary' but the Warner Music guy says that they need to include all universities and all ISPs to really make it work. It's basically a music tax, where the recording industry gets to sit back and collect money."

Comment Re:Take a lesson (Score 1) 1127

by dBecroft (#10859601) Attached to: Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users?
Less money equals less pay for their developers, which equals lower quality games. Think about it, Valve spent about $40million dollars developing this game. At $50 dollars a pop, they would have to sell at least 800,000 copies just to break even. If, as you suggest, the software price is reduced, then they have to sell more copies. If piracy continues, then the price goes up, and the piracy goes up. It's a never ending cycle. Whichever way you look at it, there will ALWAYS be cheapskates that think they shouldn't have to pay for games, and believe they have a right to steal them, just as there will always be people who believe they have a right to steal music, or movies, or a candy bar. Regards, Murdoc

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