In an unexpected bout of common sense, dutch academics have agreed to release all their papers directly, thereby surpassing the normal (and expensive scientific journals): Scientists from all major Dutch universities officially launched a website on Tuesday where all their research material can be accessed for free. Interested parties can get hold of a total [...]
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Scientific Papers Want To Be Free
May 12th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Math & Science
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Dutch Goverment Wants To Pass iPod Tax
April 29th, 2005 · No Comments · Apple, Freedom & Democracy, Mobiles & Gadgets
The Register writes: A Netherlands proposed tax on MP3 players could devastate sales of hard disk players, and set up international waves over copyright legislation. The tax is being proposed by the Stichting Thuiskopie foundation, and is set to become law in the Netherlands in a few short months unless the European Commission finds a [...]
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Student Arrested For Writing Story
March 7th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy
A student at some high school in Winchester (US), has been arrested for writing a story about zombies shooting up his school. Apperantly, according to the police, writing a story like this constitutes planning a terrorist act. Excerpt: A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News [...]
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Sigarchi jailed for 14 years
February 25th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Internet, News
It looks like Mr. Sigarchi has been jailed for 14 years. This is just a travesty. I can’t believe someone can be put away just for blogging what’s on his mind. This is pitiful, just pitiful. Excerpt: An Iranian weblogger has been jailed for 14 years on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries. Arash [...]
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Free Mojtaba and Arash!
February 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Internet, Middle East
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Tecmo sues for video game hacking
February 10th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Video Games
Tecmo has sued users of an Internet message board devoted to hacking into popular games, including its “Ninja Gaiden” and “Dead or Alive,” to change their codes, the publisher said on Wednesday. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Chicago, accuses Web site administrators Mike Greiling of Eden Prairie, Minn., Will Glynn of Davie, [...]
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Wildstein List – You’ve made the list
February 6th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Security
A leaked list containing the names of some 240,000 people who allegedly spied for Poland’s former communist regime has overtaken sex as the hottest search item on the Internet in Poland, press reports has said. “This thing is huge. We have recorded around 100,000 Internet searches a day for the list, which is 10 times [...]
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(Human) troublemaker fed to the lions
February 2nd, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy
A white South African boer (famer) has apparantly fed one of his black employees to the lions. An excerpt: A WHITE farmer and two of his black employees, accused of feeding a sacked farm worker to the lions, went on trial for murder yesterday in the most racially charged case in South Africa’s recent history. [...]
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Use Lynx, go to jail
January 28th, 2005 · No Comments · Freedom & Democracy, Internet, Security
Boingboing has an article on how someone was sent to jail after using Lynx & Solaris to make a donation for tsunami victims online. Excerpt: For donating to a Tsunami appeal using Lynx on Solaris 10. BT [British Telecom] who run the donation management system misread an access log and saw hmm thats a non [...]
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Find a bug, go to jail
January 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Crime, Freedom & Democracy, Security
French security researcher Guillaume Tena, who is working at Harvard University, faces 4 months in prison after being sued by Tegam for reverse engineering its Viguard antivirus software and publishing exploit codes for a number of vulnerabilities. According to a ZDNet article, he could also be sued by Tegam for 900,000 euros in damages. An [...]
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