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Associated Press Clamps Down on Blogs
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| A weekend incident involving The Drudge Retort and multiple Associated Press
| articles has created a lot of drama between the media giant and the
| exponentially growing blogosphere.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007115.html
Blogger arrests hit record high
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| More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or
| criticising governments, says a report.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7456357.stm
Legal Battle Over Narnia Domain Name
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| A Scottish father has become entangled in a legal battle with the estate of
| author C.S. Lewis after purchasing a Narnia Internet domain name for his
| 10-year-old son as a birthday present.
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| Richard and Gillian Saville-Smith, of Edinburgh, paid $140 to buy the domain
| name Narnia.mobi from the Internet registration company Fasthosts in 2006 so
| their son could use it as an email address.
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| The C.S. Lewis Company, owner of the author's estate requested they return
| the domain name but the family refused. The family then received a 128-page
| legal complaint filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization
| (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/06/16/legal-battle-over-narnia-domain-name
Related:
Yahoo!, Microsoft ink web pact with Chinese government
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| Microsoft and Yahoo! have signed a pact with the Chinese government
| that "encourages" the big name web players to record the identities of
| bloggers and censor content. So says Reporters Without Borders, an
| organization that fights for journalistic rights across the globe.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/yahoo_and_microsoft_ink_chinese_blogging_pact/
Chinese Internet dissident committed to mental hospital
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| "It is not acceptable that Chinese authorities use such methods to silence
| citizens who have merely peacefully voiced their opinions", expressed the
| organisation in an announcement. Apparently authorities have not abandoned
| the practice of punishing those who have exposed the abuse of power and
| defied censorship by compulsorily committing them to mental institutions.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/94864/from/rss09
The Land of "Nothing for free"
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| I was down there to give a talk on "Open Source Business Models"
| for a conference. Also represented were entertainment industry
| lawyers, "Big Telecom" management, and a smattering of software
| people. Microsoft was there of course. You can't hold a church
| fete with "Open Source" on the banner these days without Microsoft
| turning up and requesting representation. At least we also had
| Bruce Perens on our side to help make up the balance. The venue
| eas an unbelievably expensive hotel. Even though I was on
| expenses I balked at asking the company to pay for a room
| there and found something cheaper (not by much) a few miles
| down the road.
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http://samba.org/samba/news/articles/low_point/column11.html
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