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Sur Full Tilt Poker, les tables de cash-game 'High Stakes' marquent un peu le pas ces derniers
jours. Mais Gus Hansen continue à creuser ses pertes, après un début
d'année plein de promesses.
In
Deutschland melden sich immer mehr Opfer sexueller Übergriffe von
Geistlichen. Mittlerweile haben die Bistümer mehr als 250 Verdachtsfälle von Berlin bis
Regensburg registriert. SPIEGEL ONLINE dokumentiert die angezeigten Taten.
Bien peu de temps après l'annonce du départ de Bill Roper, Cryptic nous
présente le nouveau Producteur Exécutif de Champions Online : Shannon "Poz"
Posniewski sous la forme d'un questions/réponses pour nous aider à...
A l'approche de la coupe du monde, de nombreux éditeurs souhaitent sortir leur jeu mettant
à l'honneur le sport le plus populaire au monde : le football. Gameloft, l'éditeur le
plus prolifique sur DSiWare n'est pas en reste, et après une édition 2009 de Real
Football, l'éditeur récidive avec Real Football 2010.
Mais que vaut cette simulation de football sur notre célèbre console aux 2 écrans
? C'est ce que nous allons voir dans les lignes qui suivent.
Real Football 2010 vous propose donc de participer à de grandes compétitions de
football. Pour 800 Nintendo Points, Gameloft semble nous avoir gâté et le jeu semble
très complet.
Entrons directement dans le vif du sujet en évoquant les différents modes de jeu. Bien
entendu comme dans tout bon jeu de sport que se respecte vous pourrez jouer en multijoueurs en
wifi local. Et oui désolé mais pas de mode online pour ce coup ci.
Par contre Gameloft se rattrape pour ce qui est du mode 1 joueur. En effet vous pourrez
participer à un match amical ou à un tournoi. Dans ce dernier mode il vous sera
proposé de disputer une coupe (coupe internationale, européenne en club, coupe d'Europe
avec une équipe nationale, coupe d'Asie, coupe d'Amérique ou d'Afrique), ou à une
ligue et ainsi remporter un des plus grands championnat Européen ( Français, Anglais,
Allemand, Espagnol et Italien). Vous pouvez même participer à un championnat du monde
des clubs. Voilà donc un programme très chargé. Le choix des équipes est tout
aussi garni, car si on compte les 5 championnats nationaux composés de 20 clubs ajouté
au 60 pays des différents continents, vous n'aurez que l'embarras du choix. Cerise sur le
gâteau les noms des joueurs sont respectés. Vous pourrez donc avec bonheur jouer avec
Niang, Henry, Ronaldo, Rooney ..etc
Une fois votre mode de jeu et votre équipe choisie, direction le terrain...enfin presque car
tout un tas de paramétrages s'offre de nouveau à vous. Tout d'abord la tenue de votre
équipe (tenue à domicile ou à l'extérieur), le choix des joueurs en fonction
de leur santé du moment, et bien sûr la tactique de jeu. Vous voulez une équipe
plus offensive ou défensive, en 4-3-3 en 4-4-2, bref toutes les tactiques sont possibles et
vous pourrez en plus choisir l'emplacement exact de chacun des joueurs sur le terrain. L'aspect
gestion d'équipe est donc très poussé. Une fois la partie lancé il vous est
toujours possible de modifier les aspects tactiques et ce sans arrêter la partie. Tout ceci
se gère depuis l'écran tactile. Très facile de repositionner un joueur avec le
stylet.
Le gameplay est très riche et relativement agréable. Deux types de contrôle vos
sont proposés. Vous pourrez jouer de façon classique en utilisant la croix
multidirectionnelle et les boutons ou utiliser l'écran tactile. Le jeu au bouton et à
la croix répond bien mais le mal au doigts se fait rapidement sentir. Quand au mode de
contrôle via l'écran tactile et au stylet, celui-ci demande un peu de pratique pour le
maitriser totalement mais celui-ci a le mérite d'exister.
Visuellement le jeu est assez réussi et il ne faut pas oublier que l'on joue sur une machine
relativement faible techniquement et que Real Football 2010 est un titre DSiWare donc de taille
plus modeste.
Gameloft signe là avec Real Football 2010 un bon petit jeu de foot très complet,
agréable à jouer et très réussi visuellement. Si vous aimez les jeu de foot
et que vous ne voulez pas dépenser beaucoup d'argent sur un jeu cartouche, Real Football
2010 devrait vous satisfaire. Les 800 Nintendo Points nécessaire au téléchargement
du jeu seront rapidement amortis. Par contre si ce genre de jeu n'est pas votre tasse de
thé, le titre de Gameloft n'arrivera probablement pas à vous convaincre à vous
mettre au foot.
I've never bought DLC for a game before, but probably will get the new gta content
whats better space wise for install, the DLC direct from MS or the dvd which is currently selling
preorder on play for £14.99
Does anyone know if the dvd would just 'add' to the existing install or does it install a whole new
15gb of data, I guess its not a major issue but i'm still curious how it works, i've been trying to
find out online how the dvd works since I know it will work standalone and I can't seem to find any
info on it.
Papst Benedikt XVI. hat sich zu dem jahrzehntelangen Kindesmissbrauch in katholischen Heimen
und Schulen in Irland geäußert. Er entschuldigt sich bei den Opfern
und verlangt öffentliche Schuldeingeständnisse von den Tätern. SPIEGEL ONLINE
dokumentiert Auszüge aus dem Hirtenbrief.
Universal Music Group (UMG) is embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts yet to boost U.S. CD
sales, with the test of a new pricing structure designed to sell most new releases by current
artists at $10 or less at retail. The major's "Velocity" pricing program responds to
the continuing plunge in CD sales, taking aim at brick-and-mortar retail stores that have scaled
back on floor space dedicated to music. The pricing adjustments will also bring CD prices more in
line with what consumers pay for digital albums at online retailers like iTunes and Amazon.
"We think it will really bring new life into the physical format," Universal Music Group
Distribution chairman/CEO Jim Urie says.
Mp3tag is an editor for metadata of common audio formats (eg. ID3, Vorbis Comments, APE, MP4, TAK
Loseless). It can rename files based on the tag information, replace characters or words from
tags and filenames, import/export tag information, create playlists and more. The program
supports online freedb database lookups for selected files, allowing you to automatically gather
proper tag information for select files or CDs.
Cserial is a comprehensive resource that will let you find serial keys ranging far and wide. The
database can be browsed alphabetically, and you can always see the most recent searches on the main
page. In that way, you can learn about these applications and games that are generating the most
interest online, and start hunting a copy of these.
Yes, this is quite belated. I’ll explain why in a subsequent post.
linux.conf.au this year was in
Wellington, New Zealand. It just keeps getting better! It’s always great meeting people you
otherwise only know online. I was especially impressed by the OLPC NZ team.
Immediately following linux.conf.au, I jumped on a plane to Christchurch to embark on a week-long
tour of
the South Island. Long story short, it was the time of my life! I made some amazing friends. I
also saw and did incredible things, including:
awe-inspiring views of glaciers, glacially-formed landscapes, turquoise-coloured rivers and
lakes, beautiful skies and more
helihike: a helicopter
trip onto a glacier, then hiking on it
a night on a boat on Milford Sound, probably the most beautiful place on Earth
every extreme activity I could get my hands on, including:
I think what surprised me most was how adventurous I can be when I’m not in my
‘natural habitat’. I’m not normally a thrillseeker at all, but in NZ I made the
decision to take a holiday from myself as well as from work and home. I even made a
concerted effort to not touch computers at all. My phone was offline for most of the trip (I was
using it as a camera). I never thought that being cut-off could feel so liberating.
Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the
Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games:
[Photo by
exothermic] GDC 2010 has come and gone, but
many of the discussions I had with various developers, publishers, attorneys and other great
attendees have actually left me with some curious issues to explore with you here on LGJ.
The first such issue is one that actually relates to the long-known (but always fuzzy) area of the
law that deals with multi-level marketing systems, the more legitimate cousin of what are commonly
known as "pyramid schemes." These are the
slightly more legitimate looking cousin of the Ponzi scheme (most recently in the news because of
Madoff), but nonetheless create a
"business model" doomed to fail. Accordingly, there are statutes in nearly all 50 states and in
many countries barring these types of arrangements.
But why is this relevant to gaming at all? The advent of the referral model picked up by many
social and online games is the potential problem area, and while the model itself may not suffer
the same faults as a traditional pyramid scheme, it could nonetheless violate the laws in that
area. After all, those laws don't contemplate digital goods, which can suffer no scarcity and
basically no cost to product.
Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the
Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games:
[Photo by
exothermic] GDC 2010 has come and gone, but
many of the discussions I had with various developers, publishers, attorneys and other great
attendees have actually left me with some curious issues to explore with you here on LGJ.
The first such issue is one that actually relates to the long-known (but always fuzzy) area of the
law that deals with multi-level marketing systems, the more legitimate cousin of what are commonly
known as "pyramid schemes." These are the
slightly more legitimate looking cousin of the Ponzi scheme (most recently in the news because of
Madoff), but nonetheless create a
"business model" doomed to fail. Accordingly, there are statutes in nearly all 50 states and in
many countries barring these types of arrangements.
But why is this relevant to gaming at all? The advent of the referral model picked up by many
social and online games is the potential problem area, and while the model itself may not suffer
the same faults as a traditional pyramid scheme, it could nonetheless violate the laws in that
area. After all, those laws don't contemplate digital goods, which can suffer no scarcity and
basically no cost to product.
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Amidst talk of an aging society and a depleting demographic dividend, appeals for a
reconsideration of China’s One-Child Policy were voiced during the annual meetings of the
National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference
held Mar. 3 to 14.
Zhang Yin, China’s wealthiest woman and member of the Chinese People’s Political
Consultative Conference, called for a “gradual release” from the 30 year-old policy,
with a three to five year trial period allowing some the right to have a second child before the
nation as a whole.
In an interview with Southern Weekend
Zhang said she was one among many who voiced concern over China’s low birth rate and the
consequences of an aging society.
(photo/Don Weinland)
In an open letter
issued by the Communist Party’s central committee in September of 1980, the One-Child
Policy was suggested in order to relieve the demographic tensions of runaway birth
rates. The letter states that after 30 years of state controlled family planning,
“different demographic policies can be adopted.”
As the policy completes its 30 year course, the future of family planning has become a topic for
debate. Â Despite a long tradition of large families in China, online opinion
concerning a possible “Two-Child Policy” is mixed.
Blogger You Xin sees the
One-Child Policy as inseparable from China’s long-term growth and conservation of
resources.
Family planning is a fundamental policy in my country. Population control for a long
period of time in the future must be carried out with force. In the face of daily
increasing shortages of resources, only population control on a suitable scale will prevent
extreme per capita resource shortages. Only then can the people’s quality of
living be raised.
You Xin says China’s demographic dividend, the world’s largest group of labor-aged
workers largely responsible for powering the country’s manufacturing engine, has not helped
develop a white-collared job market suitable for university graduates.
Why can’t university students find a job? It’s certainly not because we
can’t find work, but because we can’t find suitable work. Students, as
intellectuals, of course aren’t willing to go into manufacturing ... As the economy
develops further, [China] can follow the example of developed countries and transfer
manufacturing on a large scale to other poorer countries.
Blogger ‘Grassroots
Public Servant’ disagrees, saying growth in the manufacturing work force is essential
to China’s future and may influence the passing of a “Two-Child Policy” sooner
than later.
If China’s economy recovers relatively quickly, dramatically increasing theÂ
laborer shortage even more than the last few years, this may expedite the passing of
the Two-Child Policy nationally. A major limitation to China’s future growth
will certainly be labor power, especially shortages in the supply of low-level labor.
Blogger Wan Yu, who calls herself a basic
level family planning officer, says the One-Child Policy was adopted to meet the economic
challenges caused by the Cultural Revolution, which ended in 1976 and resulted in widespread
unemployment. She says the policy was directed toward one generation of citizens and
should be reviewed.
A deterioration of tradition family relationships is one of many problems Wan Yu cites with the
continuation of the One-Child Policy.
I once heard a music store playing a children’s song that went like this: “My
dad’s brother is my uncle. My mom’s sister is my aunt...” When I
first heard it I thought it was unbelievable and couldn’t help but sigh. If
generations of single children continue, the traditional family relationships of these families
will become a historical artifact. Children will know [these names] from
children’s songs only. Their social relationships will be extremely different
from ours.
Blogger Shui Lian
disagrees with the idea that a “Two-Child Policy” will permanently solve
China’s demographic problems and argues that higher birth rates will continue the cycle of
China’s once-endemic overpopulation problems.
If two-child policy thinking becomes a reality, and we can have more children in order to take
care of the elderly, then who will they rely on to take care of them when they grow
old? This will not only artificially increase the costs of care for the elderly but
will increase every household’s burden for caring for them. It is purely a
contradiction in logic.
Results from China’s sixth national census point to the possibility of an easing in family
planning policy. Southern
Weekend reports that conditions that were once described as “population
pressures” are now being called “advantages in human resources”.Â
What was once called “population control” has now been dubbed “population
development”, the article says.
Publication Date: 2010 Mar 17 PMID: 20236947Authors: Ballester, P. J. - Mitchell, J. B.Journal:
BioinformaticsMOTIVATION: Accurately predicting the binding affinities of large sets of diverse
protein-ligand complexes is an extremely challenging task. The scoring functions that attempt such
computational prediction are essential for analysing the outputs of Molecular Docking, which is in
turn an important technique for drug discovery, chemical biology and structural biology. Each
scoring function assumes a predetermined theory-inspired functional form for the relationship
between the variables that characterise the complex, which also include parameters fitted to
experimental or simulation data, and its predicted binding affinity. The inherent problem of this
rigid approach is that it leads to poor predictivity for those complexes that do not conform to the
modelling assumptions. Moreover, resampling strategies, such as cross-validation or bootstrapping,
are still not systematically used to guard against the overfitting of calibration data in parameter
estimation for scoring functions. RESULTS: We propose a novel scoring function (RF-Score) that
circumvents the need for problematic modelling assumptions via non-parametric machine learning. In
particular, Random Forest was used to implicitly capture binding effects that are hard to model
explicitly. RF-Score is compared with the state of the art on the demanding PDBbind benchmark.
Results show that RF-Score is a very competitive scoring function. Importantly, RF-Score's
performance was shown to improve dramatically with training set size and hence the future
availability of more high quality structural and interaction data is expected to lead to improved
versions of RF-Score. CONTACT: pedro.ballester@ebi.ac.uk; jbom@st-andrews.ac.uk SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION: Additional experiments, codes implementing RF-Score and usage instructions enabling
the reproducibility of all results are available at Bioinformatics online.post to:
CiteULike
It came by UPS from Tigerdirect today. Had to flash the bios to get it run properly with the 4 way
evga bios. Also got a $250 credit with Tigerdirect since they have a 30 day price guarantee. I
bought it for $1400 cdn and they dropped it to $1129 hours after I bought it. Something for you
tigerdirect buyers out there. The only thing that sucks is that you have to call your order in
instead of online to redeem the credit. No biggie though. BTW, what's the best cpu benchmark out
there? I really want to see what this baby has got.
Hugh Pickens writes "Nick Bilton has an interesting interview with Christopher Poole, known online
as 'Moot,' founder 4chan, a jumble of content, hosting anything from pictures of cute kittens to
wildly disturbing images and language. Poole, now 22, started 4chan when he was 15 after he
discovered a Japanese image-board Web forum called 2chan dedicated to anime. 'The code for 2chan
was publicly available and I took it and translated it from Japanese to English using tools online
and I threw it up on the Web and sent it out to 20 people,' says Poole. 'I wanted to keep with the
2chan naming and the URL for 3chan was taken at the time so I just jumped to the next number.'
Although 4chan gets 8.2 million unique visitors every month, 600 million page loads per month, and
800,000 new posts a day, Poole is working on a new project to reimagine what an image board should
be today using the current technologies available."
Hugh Pickens writes "Nick Bilton has an interesting interview with Christopher Poole, known online
as 'Moot,' founder 4chan, a jumble of content, hosting anything from pictures of cute kittens to
wildly disturbing images and language. Poole, now 22, started 4chan when he was 15 after he
discovered a Japanese image-board Web forum called 2chan dedicated to anime. 'The code for 2chan
was publicly available and I took it and translated it from Japanese to English using tools online
and I threw it up on the Web and sent it out to 20 people,' says Poole. 'I wanted to keep with the
2chan naming and the URL for 3chan was taken at the time so I just jumped to the next number.'
Although 4chan gets 8.2 million unique visitors every month, 600 million page loads per month, and
800,000 new posts a day, Poole is working on a new project to reimagine what an image board should
be today using the current technologies available."
MyMoney 2.0.53My Money is a high quality personal financial software written from
ground up to work with online bank statements. Simply download your transactions from bank web site
and they are automatically entered into electronic register.
By bringing all of your important financial information together in one place, My Money helps you
more efficiently organize your financial data, simplify taxes and grow your net worth.
My Money:
Instantly organizes financial records. Eliminates errors.
Categorizes expenses automatically for business, taxes, budgeting.
Eliminates Manual bookwork, simply download and import your statements from a bank website
Reconciles your bank statement for you. Actually finds and fixes mistakes
Transfers your reports into PDF, OpenDocument or Microsoft Excel formats
Works with all US and Canadian Bank statements out of the box
Works with Microsoft Money files
Works with Quicken files
My Money users enjoy high level of privacy, data security and encryption. Data files are
stored locally in a SQL compatible database. SQL shell is shipped with the software.
WHAT'S NEWBuild 2.0.53:
Fixed Reconciliation workflow issues
Accounts Manager will show Account totals and running balance
New refactoring option: Copy Payee into Memo
Updated OFX Connection Settings for American Express
INVEST:
Fixed commision/fee logic on BUY transactions
Added manual price updates for securities
Added Quote normalizer for automatic pence->pound conversions
Positions could be moved between porfolios on the same account
Microsoft Money generated balances will be ignored on CSV-8 formats
Fixed QIF importing issues for Accrued Interest and Bond Payments
Fixed unit and unit price precision issues in dialogs
first time ever. Happened after I forgot and left a seed on for days. I dont get the point though,
Ive bought every season of house md on dvd, retail, from best buy. Anyways, I usually just download
direct, no bittorrent, but this time i decided to go that way after seeing the seeds, never
again.
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We recently received the attached notice from NBC Universal claiming that your Internet account may
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used to reproduce and/or distribute copyrighted content without authorization to other users of an
Internet-based file-sharing network. We are forwarding this notice at the request of NBC Universal
-- please see the enclosed document.
Content providers such as NBC Universal routinely monitor file-sharing networks to determine if
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identified your AT&T account by its numeric IP address, a string of numbers identifiable by any
site from which you upload or download files. When an Internet user connects to file-sharing
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You should be aware that copyright infringement is a violation of U.S. law, and potentially
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Use Policy, which governs your use of AT&T Internet services. If infringing activity persists,
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Violations of the Acceptable Use Policy can result in termination of your AT&T service. We
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AT&T is committed to protecting your personal information and ensuring the best possible online
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Notice of Copyright Infringement
Re: Infringement of NBC Universal Properties
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Dear Sir/Madam:
I am contacting you on behalf of NBC Universal, Inc. and its affiliated companies ("NBC Universal")
regarding certain activity on your Internet account. NBC Universal owns intellectual property
rights, including exclusive rights protected under copyright law, in many motion pictures,
television programs and other audiovisual works ("NBC Universal Properties"). Based on our data, we
believe that your Internet account was recently used to reproduce and/or distribute unauthorized
copies of one or more NBC Universal Properties in violation of NBC Universal's rights. We have set
forth below the details concerning this infringement, including the title(s) in question, the IP
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appropriate circumstances.
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willful infringement. Such action may also constitute a violation of your Internet provider's Terms
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we request that you immediately: (1) cease from any further unlawful copying or distribution of NBC
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We
wanted to tell you what Spike Jonze's new web film I'm Here is all about, we really did,
and not just because it reportedly has robots in it
-- though that was certainly a major factor in the decision. But after we crossed the virtual
street to the virtual box office, we were informed that there were no seats left in the virtual
theater. Imagine that. So instead of providing our impressions here, we'll just give you the facts.
I'm Here is sponsored by Absolut Vodka; I'm Here is a 30-minute love story about
humanoids living in Los
Angeles. I'm Here can be viewed alongside
Facebook friends; I'm Here can only be seen by 5,000 viewers a day. I'm Here
promises a "striking online cinema experience," and we were struck by just how lifelike waiting for
tickets could be. And if you, too, can't get "in" to see it, I'm Here can satiate you
slightly with a one-minute trailer after the break.
In the last few years, there's been a push by some companies to bring back the immensely troubling
"hot news doctrine," that appears to violate everything we know about the First Amendment and
copyright law. Basically, the "hot news doctrine" says that if someone reports on a story, others
are not allowed to report on their reporting for some period of time -- on the theory that it
somehow undermines the incentive to do that original reporting. Last year, we wrote about the
very troubling
implications of allowing the hot news concept to stand. Beyond the free speech implications, it
also has the troubling quality of effectively creating a copyright on facts -- which are quite
clearly not covered by copyright. On top of that, it's not necessary in the slightest. As anyone
who is actually in the online news business knows, getting a scoop gets you traffic -- even if
others report the same thing minutes later. Being first gets you the attention. You don't need to
artificially block others from reporting the news.
Unfortunately, with various publications struggling, some have picked up on the hot news doctrine
as a way to somehow block competition. Tragically, it looks like a court has now adopted the hot
news doctrine in one case. Paul Alan
Levy alerts us to the news that a judge issuing an
injunction against TheFlyOnTheWall.com, a website that would publish summaries of Wall Street
research. The Wall Street firms said this undermined their business model -- and the court agreed.
It passed an injunction saying that TheFlyOnTheWall had to hold off publishing any news about any
Wall Street research report until either 10am (if the report is released early in the morning) or
for two hours after it's released if it comes out during the day.
These totally arbitrary restrictions are highly troubling from a free speech standpoint and seem
effectively random. This seems like yet another case of a company being upset by interference with its business model,
which should be a reason to change the business model -- not run to the courts.
But what's most troubling of all is that now all the publishers who have been salivating over the
hot news doctrine have a legal ruling to point to. Can you imagine how the world would work if you
couldn't blog about or mention a particular piece of news for a few hours because the Associated
Press got to it first? It's hard to see how this could possibly stand up to a First Amendment
analysis, and it's quite troubling that the judge found the way she did.
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Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against Google over
copyright infringement on YouTube is coming to a head, with a court battle likely to ensue
sometime this year. For now, the accusations made by both sides have been released. And they pull
no punches whatsoever.
A Brief History Lesson
Viacom Vs Google can be traced right back to May 2005 before YouTube was under the protective wing
of Google. A clip from
Paramount Pictures’ Twin Towers was uploaded to the site, and Viacom demanded to
know who the uploader was.
In October 2006 YouTube made a deal with Viacom to syndicate content. Then Google bought YouTube
for
$1.65 billion. February 2007 saw Viacom retract the previous deal and pull everything off the
site.
March 2007 saw Viacom sue Google for 63,000 counts of copyright infringement, for which it was
seeking $1 billion in damages. Google argues that YouTube is protected under the Safe Harbor provision of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act.
BetaNews
has the full timeline with many more twists and turns. But it all builds to this point when
Google and Viacom’s documents pertaining to the court case have been released. And they
make for interesting reading, to say the least.
Google’s Claims
Google claims that
Viacom wanted it both ways, continuously uploading its content to YouTube while publicly
rallying against it. Google claims Viacom uploaded roughed up versions of videos so they looked
stolen, hiring marketing agencies to do the dirty work.
Google claims that Viacom even uploaded many of the clips which it is now suing over. And
maintains that it is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as it removes videos
suspected of infringing copyrights.
Google also makes the claim
that Viacom was interested in acquiring YouTube at one point.
Viacom’s Claims
Viacom dismisses the DMCA defense as it insists YouTube is more than just a passive content host
and is therefore responsible for what videos were being uploaded to the site.
What’s more, Viacom also accuses YouTube’s founders of at the very least turning a
blind eye to copyright infringing clips, suggesting that traffic was sought by any means
necessary in order to ensure a quick sale. Viacom also claims Jawed Karim (YouTube co-founder)
himself uploaded infringing videos, using email correspondence between the founders as evidence.
In essence, Viacom argues that YouTube was “intentionally built
on infringement,” and deserves no leniency in court despite the measures put in place to
clean up the site since the lawsuit was issued.
Conclusions
The documents feel very much like each side is attempting to score points from the other. And
it’s almost inevitable that the case will now end up in court.
The sides have until April 30 to file opposing arguments to each other’s motions, with a
trial then set to take place later this year. And it’ll be a trial whose verdict could set
a landmark in terms of copyright owners vs. online video sites.
This week
we've got a book hot off the presses for your weekly dose of entrepreneurial reading as 37signals founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are back
with their second book in four months. Released earlier this month, Rework, a no-nonsense rethinking of how to successfully
start and run a business, comes hot on the heels of their first book Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a
successful web application, which published in November of 2009.
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This time Fried and Hansson take a more general approach to business by examining the ways that
new companies are disrupting traditional business practices and making a big splash. They cover
their entrepreneurial bases by reminding us that "no time is no excuse" and that "a business
without a path to profit isn't a business, it's a hobby," but then also elaborate on less
traditional practices that have helped them succeed.
The main theme of the book is to trim the fat and do fewer things better; simplifying every
aspect of your business and doing a smaller number of things at a higher quality is far better
than trying to do too much and a mediocre level. There were times when customers of their
products wanted more features and they refused to comply because it would slow them down and
decrease efficiency. They decry time-stealing meetings, lengthy contracts, childish office
politics and bloated inventories because they weigh down companies from reaching their full
potential.
Rework is a great read for entrepreneurs because it is very focused and
doesn't waste any time with lengthy use cases. The book itself is an example of the principals it
teaches; the quality of a written work is not based on it's length, so why should company be
judged by how many features it offers? Fried and Hansson admit that the book, which comes in at a
dense but brief 288 pages, was originally drafted to be nearly twice as long, but why say in 600
pages what you can say under 300? Another reason the book is a great read is because of the
authors' open and honest tone.
"Ever seen those weapons prisoners make out of soap, or a spoon? They make do with what they've
got," one passage humorously points out. "Now we're not saying you should go out and shank
somebody, but get creative, and you'll amazed with what you can make with just a little."
Other useful and easily digestible analogies for their unique business ideas include comparing
your company to a hot dog stand. They advise that the best way to trim down an inflated company
is to find the "epicenter" by asking yourself, "If I took this away, would what I'm selling still
exist?" The best hot dog stand doesn't worry about the decorations on the stand, or the
condiments - it worries about the hot dogs.
There are dozens of other valuable pieces of advice in Rework that are sure to inspire
any entrepreneur or small business owner. But as LeVar Burton famously said at the end of each
episode of Reading Rainbow, you don't have to take my word for it. Seth Godin, who has
authored several books on business and entrepreneurship including The Dip
which we profiled earlier this year, had nothing but high praise for Rework.
"Jason and David have broken all the rules and won. Again and again they've demonstrated that the
regular way isn't necessarily the right way," says Godin. "They just don't say it, they do it.
And they do it better than just about anyone has any right to expect."
This book is an obvious buy not only because the of the expert advice dispensed by the successful
founders of 37signals, but also because the book is an easy, quick and inexpensive read.
Personally, in a few short hours I was able to breeze through the audio version, which can be
found online for less than $10. But if you prefer reading words on a page, the Kindle version is
also $10, or a hardback copy is just $3 more at some online retailers.
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Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against Google over
copyright infringement on YouTube is coming to a head, with a court battle likely to ensue
sometime this year. For now, the accusations made by both sides have been released. And they pull
no punches whatsoever.
This week
we've got a book hot off the presses for your weekly dose of entrepreneurial reading as 
Rework is a great read for entrepreneurs because it is very focused and
doesn't waste any time with lengthy use cases. The book itself is an example of the principals it
teaches; the quality of a written work is not based on it's length, so why should company be
judged by how many features it offers? Fried and Hansson admit that the book, which comes in at a
dense but brief 288 pages, was originally drafted to be nearly twice as long, but why say in 600
pages what you can say under 300? Another reason the book is a great read is because of the
authors' open and honest tone.
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