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Artists Don’t Want Pirate Fans to be Disconnected
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| Last week, a group of music and other entertainment industry representatives
| urged the UK government to consider drafting legislation that would force
| ISPs to disconnect alleged pirates. This proposal now faces opposition from
| an unexpected corner as a coalition of top artists has spoken out against it,
| saying that disconnecting their fans is the wrong path to take.
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http://torrentfreak.com/artists-dont-want-pirate-fans-to-be-disconnected-090518/
A living art reborn
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| Digital technology has made music easier to make and copy, with the result
| that recorded music is about as readily available as water, and not a whole
| lot more exciting.
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| This seems like bad news, until you pick up a copy of Time Out. Then you
| realise that the live music scene is exploding, for, unable to make a living
| from records sales, more and more bands are playing live. That experience
| can't be put onto a memory card--and people are willing to pay for it, and to
| pay quite a lot. Concert attendances are at an all-time high: recordings are
| increasingly ads for live shows, and live shows have become once again the
| real thing, the unduplicable.....
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http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10784
Recent:
Creator of iconic Obama portrait arrested
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| An arraignment is scheduled on Monday. If convicted on all charges, he faces
| up to three years in jail, Kenneally said.
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| Fairey made headlines this week when The Associated Press claimed his Obama
| portrait infringed on its copyright to a photograph used for the artwork and
| that it should be compensated for its use.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE51626R20090207
Free Mathematics Books
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| Here is an alphabetical list of online mathematics books, textbooks,
| monographs, lecture notes, and other mathematics related documents freely
| available on the web. I tried to select only the works in book
| formats, "real" books that are mainly in PDF format, so many well-known
| html-based mathematics web pages and online tutorials are left out. Click
| here if you prefer a categorized directory of mathematics books. The list is
| updated almost on a daily basis, so, if you want to bookmark this page, use
| the button in the upper right corner. Here are the books:
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http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/mathematics.php
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