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One Laptop Per Child Organization Cannot be Trusted!
crimeIn early 2007 I ran a series of events that raised money for OLPC. We were successful in raising enough money for 5 OLPC laptops pairs to be purchased.
I ordered 2 units first, followed with 3 more several weeks later. During the long delivery time I was in the middle of a house move, I informed and received confirmation from the OLPC Admin that the first 2 units ordered had their shipping address updated.
MPAA says your guilty if they say your Guilty!
crimeImagine you get a letter in the mail demanding $100,000 for having 20 movies in your shared folder that is tied to your P2P application. Imagine if you have no choice but to pay that demand letter.
Time Warner Cut Access to Usenet
crimeWell first it was bandwidth limitations now they are going to shutdown access to Usenet on their service. It is to early to tell if this is going to affect third party usenet services.
This is simply shocking and while many people have not a clue what usenet is, many rely on the service to participate in over 100,000 discussion groups.
Teroristic threat
assault | crime | law | law enforcement stubs | terrorismOverview
- a teroristic threat is a form of assault which is defined as a declaraiton of intent to commit a crime of violence against another with the intent of threatening a person, building, faciility, or public or private habitat. >
Comcast hires people to sit in seats during FCC Hearing
crimeComcast was involved in FCC hearings in which the FCC attempted to get to the bottom of their P2P traffic shaping that has caused P2P users on Comcast to have their outbound traffic delayed.
Their were representatives from organizations at the hearing as well that were speaking on behalf of consumer rights. The public was allowed to attend these hearings as well.
The RIAA wants to Litigate "Fair Use" away -- A Gross Injustice!
crimeIn the past 20+ years I have probably purchased 1000 CD’s. When I was a DJ I purchased 12-inch singles for club tracks. All told I probably have 1500, 12-inch singles, not to mention at least 2000 individual tracks of music since the advent of the Internet.
T-Mobile Blocking Twitter SMS
crimeWell this is going to turn into a firestorm of unbelievable proportions. With T-Mobile blocking Twitter SMS they have just turned a significant number of bloggers an twitter users into their arch enemy. I predict within several day T-Mobile will have no choice but to reverse course on this.
Comcast Customers Should Protest
crimeThankfully I do not live in a area serviced by Comcast. Sadly though many of you do, and some of you have no choice to use an alternative carrier as Comcast has a monopoly in some areas that they serve.
Viacom hit Video creator with Copyright Infringement on his own Video
crimeThis is simply amazing. A guy creates a video, puts in on You Tube. VH-1 who’s parent company is Viacom takes the video off YouTube and plays it in on of their shows without permission. Then the video creator grabs the segment from VH-1 and puts in back on YouTube with commentary inter-spliced.
