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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Forbidden knowledge
According to the BBC, a teenager has been arrested for the crime of possession of “The Anarchist’s Cookbook”, and having attempted to obtain some of the chemicals required to make some of it’s recipes. While the unlicensed manufacture and use … Continue reading
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The record industry: Killed by it’s own stupidity
Jennifer Pariser (who is Sony BMG’s chief litigator) thinks she has found the perfect scape-goat for the continued decline of the recording industy – and funnily enough it’s the same scape-goat that music execs have always blamed ever since the … Continue reading
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Alisher Usmanov meet Barbra Streisand
Justin McKeating’s article on the Usmanov censorship affair is a good read, because he highlights a simple fact apparently unknown to the sort of lawyers who specialize in making critical voices “Cease and Desist”. Freedom of speech is the one … Continue reading
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James Randi tackles Audiophiles
The worlds most famous skeptical investigator is famous for debunking celebrity charlatans like the nonsense-talking, spoon-bending mystic Uri Geller. I’m glad to say that he also has time to educate the world about entirely materialistic forms of flim-flam: this week … Continue reading
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New Nokia ads – a dig at Apple’s iPhone
These new ads from Nokia are a not to subtle dig at their new Rival’s tendency to lock up their own products to the point of uselessness. Naturally Nokia are resorting to the old-standard of guerrilla-media, the fly-post: I guess … Continue reading
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