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If you thought that wearing fur was outdated - what with all those green movements and animal
rights activists who put this cruel sense of fashion in its right place with the likes of
Cruella de Vil - fashionista's say,
think again.
Last month the fashion world went literally “wild” in
New York, Paris and Milan during the unveiling of their fall collection. They had models
strutting the catwalk in so much fur, it was scary enough to make animal rights activists and
environmentalists jump out of their skins.
In this era of global warming and dwindling animal species, one would think that we humans would
come to our senses and rethink our actions. Not so, it seems, as there is a whole other world out
there - the fashion industry of the west - whose endorsement and use of fur and exotic animal
products simply encourages the mass slaughter of many endangered species.
A dealer's bounty at the Quartzite annual show for art and crafts. Image by Flickr user
cobalt123. Used under a Creative Commons License
To name a few, the Chiru or Tibetan
antelope, whose underbelly fur is used to make “Shatoosh” the world's most expensive shawls, also known
as “shawls of death”. It takes 3 dead antelopes, to make one shawl, so fine it can
fit through a finger ring, and each one can cost between $5000 to $20,000 in the
international market. Even babies, and mother's who have just delivered, are not spared.
According to WWF,
the population of this species has declined by over 50 percent in the last 20 years and the
Tibetan Plateau Project says
that it was the fashion-driven demand for Shatoosh in the U.S that resulted in as many as 20,000
antelopes being slaughtered. It is alarming to know that the animal could become extinct in the
next three years at this rate.
In a blog run by Uma and
Hurree called Animal Rights India, they argue how farming of Chiru's - like Eider ducks
in Iceland for eider (as an alternative), will not make a difference to the dwindling numbers.
But hello: Eider ducks are now a protected species, and farmers in iceland use a technique of
collecting the down without harming the bird. And no, it is not possible to obtain the shahtoosh
wool without killing the chiru.
They go on to say:
It's impossible to justify killing three beautiful wild animals every time you want to push a
length of shawl through a ring, blah blah. And to farm them just to kill them for shawls?
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
– which controls the trade in endangered species products –
has completely banned international trade in Tibetan antelope products (including Shahtoosh). It
is illegal to import Shahtoosh into many countries, including the USA (ironically, Shahtoosh
products are so popular in the US fashion industry). Unfortunately, despite such laws being in
place, the Shahtoosh trade is going on in full swing. This is because it is not enough to have
laws. There must also be a strong public protest across the board against every person who is by
any means related to the Shahtoosh trade. There should be a widespread public sensitization
campaign to educate the common people.
Bloggers in the west, however, were giving this some thought and debated:
1. People eat rabbits at restaurants. These rabbits have been killed to provide ‘dinner'
for people like us (I would like to point out that I have never eaten rabbit and by ‘us' I
mean people who eat in restaurants). Why is it right that rabbits can feature on a menu in a
restaurant but wrong to wear a fur coat? These rabbits inevitably are skinned in preparation to
be cooked - what else should we do with the fur?
2. Is it more acceptable if the coat is Vintage? Why?
3. Is rabbit fur better/worse than Mink? Some argue that rabbit fur is not as bad because rabbits
are not in danger of becoming extinct, unlike mink which is. Then again, people keep rabbits as
pets so is it more cruel to wear rabbit than mink?
4. If a fur coat is hanging on a rail at a store and one customer refuses to buy it, somebody
else will…
5. Should role models such as Kate Moss be seen wearing fur? Kate's style is copied by millions
of girls (and women) - is she giving a bad impression?
To which Denise replied:
1. I would personally be more likely to wear rather than eat rabbit. The eating of it seems less
acceptable somehow.
2.Vintage coats have been around for a while and should be recycled - which I'm definitely
into.
3. Mink are feral creatures and even though their fur is more desirable, mink are not aiming for
extinction, so why not wear it?
4. Agreed.
5. I don't mind fur being worn by anyone, and Kate Moss is just showing that this is acceptable.
Too many people are on the “fur is bad” bandwagon. I bet most of these people eat
meat and wear leather, so what's the difference?
But there is a difference as Barry Williams responded to a thread: Wearing Fur is not
immoral on www.helium.com
If we go around killing cattle for leather, alligators for shoes, deer for chamois and see
nothing morally wrong in that , why it is immoral to wear fur. What I see as immoral is the
killing of animals simply for the fur alone. It really is such a waste, isn't it? Apart from the
leather we obtain from cattle not much of the animal is wasted. Beef cattle supply our meat.
There are a multitude of arguments out there, but in the meantime the
Humane Society for the United States, says that Canada will slaughter 388, 200 harp, grey and
hooded seals this year, an increase of 50,000 from 2009. This, because of the overall demand for
fur. The site of the Fur Council of Canada shows styles and celebrities modelling various furs in
what it describes as a fashion trend of 2010.
And unfortunately in the U.S, and much of the west, where Global Fashion trends are set, laws
don't seem to be enough to curb their greed. According to the International Fur Trade Federation Blog:
..the shift in the attitude towards fur can be attributed to “changes within the fur trade,
such as the introduction of the new Origin Assured initiative, which guarantees that fur bearing
the label comes from a country with animal welfare regulations”. This shows that the fur
trade efforts and initiatives to challenge the outdated ideas of our industry have been noticed.
We are a transparent and well-regulated industry that supports high animal welfare standards and
we welcome the confidence and support shown by the fashion designers as well as the European
Commission, who recently recognised the importance of the Origin Assured label.
Fashion designers who have been courted by Furriers say they are “confident using fur after
examining the chain of production and finding it humane. But could this confidence be based on a
lack of investigation or knowledge? According to an endangered species
handbook :
The New York luxury department store, Bergdorf Goodman, advertised shahtoosh in 1995 as a
“royal and rare” fabric, making incorrect statements about the wool having been
obtained from the Mountain Ibex goat of Tibet which “sheds its down undercoat by scratching
itself against low trees and bushes” from where it is gathered by local shepherds (Schaller
1998)
And if the clubbing of baby seals and mass
slaughtering of Chiras,
mothers and babies, is “humane” then its sad to think of what
“humane” means anymore, and what we are willing to condone in the name of
“Fashion”.
Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to
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Liz writes:
I'd like to install an outdoor wired (or wireless) low light stationary camera outside my
residence - I'd like it to annunciate to a mirror sort of similar to the rear view mirror camera
that only activates once the vehicle is in reverse. Is there a way to develop a mirror capable of
switching to the camera on cue by using a light switch or something along those lines? The
"mirror" would be located adjacent to my front door and framed aesthetically as it's primary role
would essentially be a mirror until you needed to access the camera. Thank you in advance for
giving us a heads up!
Oh, that sounds like a fun project! You can't really buy a mirror that can be turned on or off
(at least to my knowledge). Instead, what you want is a 'one-way' or half-silvered mirror. These
are the kind of mirror that you might see featured in a movie about an interrogation room, where
observers can hide in an an adjacent room and look through.
The mirror doesn't really only allow light to pass in one direction, though. Instead, it has a
fine metal coating on it that reflects one half of the light that goes through it, and lets the
other half pass through as if it were a regular pane of glass. The trick is that the secret
observation room is kept much darker than the investigation room, so that any light that does
make it the wrong way through the mirror is overpowered by the reflection from the main room. If
the observers mistakenly turned on their lights (or lit a cigarette), the people in the
investigation room would be able to see them!
If you build a little cabinet to hide the display for your camera, and put a piece of one-way
mirror glass over the front, then I think you will get the effect that you want. To be able to
see the feed from the camera, just turn on the display, and it will instantly visible. Look for
TV mirror glass- it's a product designed to do exactly what you are looking for. I was able to
find a few manufacturers that are selling small sample sizes for ~$20, which should be more than
adequate for a small camera monitor. Good luck with your project!
A police investigation continued Thursday into a Catholic abuse scandal in Brazil, which erupted
last week when a network aired a video that it said showed a priest having sex with a 19-year-old
altar boy.
A police investigation continued Thursday into a Catholic abuse scandal in Brazil, which erupted
last week when a network aired a video that it said showed a priest having sex with a 19-year-old
altar boy.
A police investigation continued Thursday into a Catholic abuse scandal in Brazil, which erupted
last week when a network aired a video that it said showed a priest having sex with a 19-year-old
altar boy.
A police investigation continued Thursday into a Catholic abuse scandal in Brazil, which erupted
last week when a network aired a video that it said showed a priest having sex with a 19-year-old
altar boy.
Former senior tax manager says tax-avoidance schemes amounted to false accounting
A former employee of Lloyds Banking Group has accused the bank of artificially inflating its
profits by almost £1bn through the use of aggressive tax-avoidance schemes and exotic
"Lehman- style" offshore deals which he said amounted to false accounting.
The former senior tax manager at the bank told an employment tribunal Lloyds was involved in
running battles with Revenue & Customs after it embarked on a hostile relationship with the
tax authority over multimillion-pound corporation tax bills while involved in extensive
manipulation of the way it accounted for unpaid taxes.
Between 2005 and 2007, he said, the bank insisted that finance staff devise ever more elaborate
ways to depress a growing tax bill, many of them involving the now collapsed Lehman Brothers and
the discredited financial products division of AIG, the American insurer that cost the US
government $80bn to rescue. By 2007, the bank was excluding more than £900m of potential
tax in its accounts, allowing it to inflate profits by the same amount.
Lloyds, which is now 41% owned by the taxpayer following its government-backed takeover of HBOS
two years ago, denied the charges, which it said were investigated and found to be "without
merit". The bank said: "Lloyds Banking Group strongly believes it complies with all of its
obligations under tax law, both in the UK and overseas. We will vigorously defend any claims that
suggest otherwise."
But the bank's former head of tax compliance, Andrew Constantine, told the employment tribunal
that Lloyds refused to listen to staff who voiced concerns about the tactics adopted by the
finance department, or institute reforms that would put its finances on a legal footing.
For three years he made representations to board members that the tax planning adopted by the
bank was unethical and amounted to false accounting. He also warned that a breakdown in the
relationship with HMRC would damage the bank and lead to even higher tax bills.
His testimony echoes claims by Paul Moore, the former head of group regulatory risk at HBOS, who
alleged he had repeatedly been threatened after claiming internally that the bank's lending
policies posed "a serious risk to financial stability and consumer protection".
Constantine, 54, was made redundant last September in a move he said was driven by the desire to
silence a whistleblower. He said his early retirement also contravened laws on age
discrimination.
Lloyds was accused by MPs on the Treasury select committee of bending the rules to maximise
profits, which also resulted in large bonuses for executive directors.
Lloyds Banking Group's chief executive, Eric Daniels, who is the only surviving chief executive
of a taxpayer-owned bank, told the committee: "I would tell you that we do not do anything other
than adhere to the spirit and letter of the law."
Constantine, who has since become head of tax at the FTSE 100 insurance group Aviva, said it was
a longstanding aim of the Lloyds board to limit its tax charge, but it was only in 2006 that the
use of artificial vehicles to hide potential liabilities began to make a significant impact.
"If the finance director wanted a new tax figure their staff worked to that figure and they
delivered it too," he said. "The tail was wagging the dog in that the need to hit the bank's
effective tax rate forecasts was driving the business."
Lloyds said it did not dispute that Constantine told senior executives of his deep misgivings. It
said: "Mr Constantine's allegations about the Group's tax planning were fully investigated and
found to be without merit. The Group maintains an open and transparent dialogue with HM Revenue
& Customs. We have made adequate provisions for all our tax liabilities.
"Like any organisation, we will seek to reduce tax impact where it is practical and appropriate
but we always comply with all aspects of tax regulations in all the jurisdictions within which we
operate."
Are you tired of hearing about Toyotarecalls and safety concerns? If that's the case, we must
regrettably inform you that there's an update to note on a
previously reported issue, this one potentially affecting some 1.2 million Corolla and Matrix models from 2005, 2006 and 2007. This issue concerns
a possible defect that may cause affected vehicles to stall due to a failure in the engine's
electronic control unit. At this time, Reuters reports, this is not a recall, just an
investigation.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration first began investigating the problem back in
November of last year, and up to that point, the government agency had received 26 such complaints.
Apparently, there's no rhyme or reason as to when the cars will stall out, and it can happen at any
speed, even at a steady cruise on the highway or through an intersection.
According to a letter sent as a response to a query from NHTSA, Toyota is suggesting that this
particular issue doesn't create "an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety," calling the problem
more of an inconvenience to owners. NHTSA says Toyota even issued a bulletin back in September of
2007 to dealers outlining a fix to replace the ECU with an improved model.
For what it's worth, we'd wager that electronic gremlins are the very last thing Toyota wants the
public to hear about right about now in the wake of recalling some 8.5 million vehicles so far this
year, most of which were to address potential mechanical problems with the accelerator pedal and
ill-fitting floor mats that can cause cases of unintended acceleration. The automaker has
repeatedly ruled out electronic problems as the cause of its sudden acceleration issues.
Las Vegas Now: I-Team: DOJ Serves
Subpoenas in Senator Ensign Investigation — LAS VEGAS —
Nevada Senator John Ensign is in the crosshairs of a Department of Justice criminal
investigation. — The criminal probe stems from a romantic affair Ensign had
with the wife of his key staffer and close friend …
Established in 1998, Agava is one of Russia’s top 5 web hosting companies employing around
300 people. Last night, police investigators arrived at a datacenter where Agava has some of its
operations.
The investigators had a self-awarded warrant which allowed them to conduct a search in order to
retrieve evidence located on servers used by Agava client iFolder.ru, a large file-hosting
service and Russia’s 51st most-visited site
The police had been working on an investigation into an individual who used iFolder to upload
child pornography a while ago. The person was caught by the police, but investigators wanted to
search to see if he had uploaded more
material.
Agava employees offered their full co-operation in assisting them to find the data in question.
However, the police turned down the offer and insisted they were going to seize all of
Agava’s servers, more than 100 in total, and waited for several hours for a vehicle to come
and collect them.
In the end the mass seizure did not take place but police did cut the power and seal them all
off. Some of those affected are Agava’s primary DNS servers, but fortunately their
secondary units were unaffected.
“Agava considers this unprecedented event as putting in jeopardy and dimming the future of
every business in RuNet,” said the company in an announcement. “We are determined to
challenge and overcome the excessive and destructive actions we encountered, to protect our
customer’s interests. We thank our clients in advance for their patience, and for media and
other support they provide us with.”
Even though the police have stated they have no problem with iFolder continuing its operations,
the investigation has rendered the site completely non-operational. On a normal day, 180,000
people upload or download from the service resulting in 1.5 million pageviews. Total users per
month is around 4.3m.
This action against iFolder follows the unilateral
decision to seize the domain name of Russia’s biggest torrent site, Torrents.ru.
Irish police have arrested Sean FitzPatrick, the former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, as part of a
fraud investigation regarded as vital to Ireland’s efforts to win back investor
confidence.
A spate of suicides at France Télécom has left the telecommunications company facing
legal action after a prosecutor opened a manslaughter investigation in connection with the death of
a technician in eastern France.
An advert for an IT professional "preferably of Indian origin" is being investigated after
complaints were made to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission....
Scientists say there is clear evidence that the high levels of silicon found in the anthrax used in
the 2001 letter attacks came not from anything added to "weaponize" the anthrax spores but from the
culture in which the spores were grown. So why did the mailed anthrax have such a high proportion
of spores with a silicon signature in comparison to most other anthrax samples?
In an extension of our recent investigation into energy efficiency, Kingston dropped in some of its
latest LoVo DDR3 memory that can run at just 1.2-1.25V. How much power does it save and is it a
significant difference? We check to find out.
The U.S. Postal Service temporarily blocked the mailing of a bulk newsletter from anti-gay group
Family Research Institute advocating against the
military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, saying the content was "obscene" and "incited
force-able resistance against the government," KKTV reports:
"Local postal officials sent the newsletter to Washington for review. Wednesday morning, the
United States Postal Service Pricing and Classifications board overruled the local interpretation
that the newsletter violated guidelines for a non-profit bulk mailing rate. FRI will now be
allowed to mail out their newsletter at a non-profit rate, which is 3 cents less than the
standard mailing rate."
Read the content of the mailing (I think it's obscene too, but not for any reasons that would get
it banned from mailing),
AFTER THE JUMP...
****CONTENT OF MAILING FROM ANTI-GAY FAMILY RESEARCH INSTITUTE****
Dear Supporter,
Well, a Democrat is President, and gays-in-the-military is up again for debate! This
month’s newsletter deals with this issue, as do the excerpts of the following Feb. 8 letter
from a Captain to Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:
“This letter is in response to your shocking statement last week that you advocate
homosexuals openly serving in the military services. I seriously question the wisdom of your
position... I am a retired Navy Captain... and... in my more than 31 years of active duty, I
commanded two ships, served as Executive Officer on two ships, commanded Coastal Squadron ONE
(Swift Boats) in Vietnam, and was Chief Staff Officer on an Amphibious Squadron.... I received a
Juris Doctorate from the Hastings College of Law. Like you, I encountered homosexuals throughout
my Navy career and in civilian life. Unlike you, I do not find they are more deserving than
non-homosexuals or that they constitute a viable or necessary body of troops for the defense of
our country.
“My experience is Naval... the best analogy to a ship at sea is a prison.... During my
enlisted service, homosexuals seemed to be a clumsy lot. They had a tendency to repeatedly fall
headfirst down an engine room ladder. Some were even known to trip on deck and “fall”
overboard. The crew had a way of policing themselves to eliminate homosexual advances.... It has
been my experience that if sexual favors are available aboard ship, some enterprising sailor,
petty officer, or officer will find a way to take advantage of the offer. There is usually a
senior/junior relationship in such exchanges and the senior partner will reward the junior with
preferential treatment, such as duty assignments, watches, leave, liberty, and advancement. Such
preferential treatment can’t be hidden from other crewmembers and tends to destroy the
chain of command, discipline and morale. If a Chief Petty Officer, for example, is having sexual
relations with a non-rated sailor, it will have an adverse impact on those petty officers between
the two in the chain of command.... That sexual misconduct in the Navy exists to this day is
obvious. I recall that a lesbian ring was discovered on the USS NORTON SOUND back in the late
60’s or early 70’s. At about the same time my wife, now a retired Navy Commander,...
was aware of many cases of homosexuality involving the WAVES assigned to the Barracks. I also
recall that one of the cruisers returning from the First Gulf War reported 40% of the female
crewmembers were pregnant after a six-month deployment.
“In all my years of service, I never encountered a Commanding Officer who
‘asked’ a subordinate if he was a homosexual.... In regard to
heterosexual behavior, the UCMJ also proscribes common law marriage under the heading of Unlawful
Cohabitation (with or without evidence of sexual intercourse). It sanctions adultery and
prostitution (for both the prostitute and the patron). In the case of an officer, merely
“consorting with a notorious prostitute” constitutes an offense, again even without
evidence of sexual intercourse. The problem is that common law marriage is legal in 11 states and
the District of Columbia. I don’t believe that adultery is a criminal offense in any state
today. And in my home state of Nevada, even prostitution is legal. I don’t recall you
asking Congress to legalize heterosexual sodomy, adultery, prostitution, or common law marriage.
There are many punitive articles in the UCMJ that have no relationship to the satisfactory
performance of military duties, yet you single out homosexuals for preferred treatment. Again, I
must ask ‘why?’
“The argument I hear most often expounded by the homophiles is that the
‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy deprives the military of
outstanding young men and women who want nothing more than to defend their country and that they
have the ability to operate a radar, or a gas turbine, or a gun as well as a heterosexual. That
can’t be true.... But, even if it were true, are homosexuals really worth the
administrative problems they would create by their mere existence? The Navy, today, does not
willingly accept GED holders... Minor criminal records are a bar to enlistment. Visible tattoos
and piercings are not permitted. Are these aberrations more damning than sodomy? Is it your
contention that cohabitors, adulterers, prostitutes, young men and women with tattoos, those with
only GEDs, or the obese cannot serve as well as homosexuals? If so, what is your empirical
evidence to support such an argument? If we get to pick and choose which laws we uphold, which
laws are next on the line to ignore? Carnal Knowledge? I would think a service man or woman who
has sex with a minor (Carnal Knowledge) could perform military duties as well, if not better,
than a homosexual. At least we don’t have children in combat, or in the military at large,
for them to accost....
“Have you considered the likelihood that some of the homosexuals will request sex change
procedures... Do you also advocate same-sex marriage or ‘partnerships?’
Will the homosexual’s partner be entitled to dependents’ benefits, including health
care, BAQ, military base access, and commissary and exchange privileges? Will they be entitled to
military housing? Would they be entitled to sex change procedures at government expense?
“While serving as Executive Officer on USS CATAMOUNT (LSD-17) in 1967, one of the Radarmen
was arrested by local police. While inventorying his personal effects a photograph of the sailor
performing fellatio on another male was discovered. The police turned the photo over to the Shore
Patrol, who forwarded it to me. During an investigation it was determined that five of the
ship’s Radarmen were involved in a male prostitution ring. They declared that while in
Radarman Class ‘A’ School at Treasure Island, their instructors
convinced them that they could augment their military pay by providing homosexual services to
gays in San Francisco. They took advantage of the opportunity presented and continued such
activity in San Diego. CATAMOUNT sailed absent several Radarmen and the Class
‘A’ School lost several instructors. Are these otherwise competent
Radarmen the type of sailors you want on your ships? I hope not!
Lawrence R. Jefferis, Captain, U. S. Navy (Ret.), Las Vegas, NV 89117
"The case came to light after the SBT network aired a video purportedly
showing an 82-year-old priest having sex with a 19-year-old altar boy who worked for him for four
years. Other young men appeared on the report saying that they, too, had been abused by Monsignor
Luiz Marques Barbosa. Also under investigation are Monsignor Raimundo Gomes, 52, and Father
Edilson Duarte, 43, for allegedly having sexual relations with boys and young men. According to a
statement from the church, the three priests are 'supposedly involved in acts (yet to be proven)
of sexual abuse.' The statement did not say whether the men admit or deny guilt. None of the
priests could be located to ask about the case, and the church would not provide contact details
for them...In its report last week, SBT showed footage of a man who looks like Barbosa having sex
with the 19-year-old. It said the footage was secretly filmed in January 2009 by a 21-year-old
man who charges Barbosa had abused him since age 12. SBT said the video was sent anonymously to
the network, and reporters went to the town of 200,000 people to investigate last month."
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine, Vol. 1, No. 3. (29 April 2009),
pp. 372-379.
Significant progress has been made in identification of genes and gene networks involved in key
biological processes. Yet, how these genes and networks are coordinated over increasing levels of
biological complexity, from cells to tissues to organs, remains unclear. To address complex
biological questions, biologists are increasingly using high-throughput tools and systems biology
approaches to examine complex biological systems at a global scale. A system is a network of
interacting and interdependent components that shape the system's unique properties. Systems
biology studies the organization of system components and their interactions, with the idea that
unique properties of that system can be observed only through study of the system as a whole. The
application of systems biology approaches to questions in plant biology has been informative. In
this review, we give examples of how systems biology is currently being used in Arabidopsis to
investigate the transcriptional networks regulating root development, the metabolic response to
stress, and the genetic regulation of metabolic variability. From these studies, we are beginning
obtain sufficient data to generate more accurate models for system function. Further investigation
of plant systems will require data gathering from specific cells and tissues, continued improvement
in metabolic technologies, and novel computational methods for data visualization and modeling. Jaimie Van Norman, Philip Benfey
Half a decade ago
‘maVen‘ was
one of the most active movie release groups on the Internet, known for distributing high quality
‘Telesync‘ versions of major blockbuster titles. In the
summer of 2006 ‘maVen’ releases suddenly halted, and it later became apparent that
the FBI had caught one of its key members.
An FBI investigation into ‘maVen’ had been running for some time and was
handed to the Canadian Police in April 2006. A few months later Geremi Adam was arrested after he
allegedly recorded the movies “How to Eat Fried Worms” and “Invincible”
at a Montreal movie theater.
They seized his laptop and other equipment and later released him, only for him to be arrested
again at another theater just a month later. According to the police, Adam had been selling
copies of movies on the Internet using the alias ‘maVen,’ which were
then re-sold on the web and the streets.
Following Adam’s arrest came a 14 month wait as the police combed computer systems and
equipment looking for evidence to convict him. The FBI had labeled him
the ‘World Leader’ in Internet piracy and his case went before court
several months later.
Today the verdict came in, and the Court sentenced
Adam to two and a half months in prison – the prosecution had demanded four. The defense
lawyer had argued for community service because Adam suffers from depression and a troubled
childhood, but despite these arguments, the Court decided to opt for a prison sentence.
As of today there are still dozens of ‘maVen’ releases available on BitTorrent,
although most of these files have no active downloaders anymore.
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