David Kravets over at Threat Level brings attention to the fact that the RIAA has not taken any actions action Harvard University. The post raises the questions of whether Harvard students simply do not illegally download as much as other university students, or is the RIAA hesitant to go after Harvard.
From Threat Level:
Harvard, however, seems [...]
May 7, 2008
May 7, 2008
In a first for a major music performer, rock band Nine Inch Nails is giving away their new album “Slip” for free on their website.
From the International Herald Tribune:
In a post on the band’s Web site, www.nin.com, the band’s leader, Trent Reznor, said, “Thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years - [...]
May 6, 2008
A new law in Malaysia would force women who travel abroad to carry letters from parents or employers to prove that they are traveling for legitimate business and not working as “mules”.
From the AFP:
The proposal comes as 119 Malaysians, 90 per cent of whom are women, have been imprisoned worldwide on drug-related charges with the [...]
May 6, 2008
The New York Times reports on the US immigration detention process and the lack of transparency involved.
From the NY Times:
As the country debates stricter enforcement of immigration laws, thousands of people who are not American citizens are being locked up for days, months or years while the government decides whether to deport them. Some have [...]
May 6, 2008
The movie industry in India is losing about $1 billion to pirated movies in the United States.
From The Economic Times:
WASHINGTON: Pirates are robbing Bollywood of a billion dollars in revenue annually in the US, says veteran Indian filmmaker Bobby Bedi, lamenting that “the face of the Indian films pirate is Indian”.
“The home video market in [...]
May 5, 2008
The Associated Press has an interesting story about the discretion US Border Patrol Agents maintain when dealing with immigration violations.
From the AP (via Yahoo News):
Josefa Gonzalez Loya has sneaked across the Mexican border at least 128 times in the past eight years. And each time, the Border Patrol has been nice enough to give her [...]
May 5, 2008
Rice smuggling has increased in Asia over the last several months as the price of grains around the world increase.
From Forbes:
Smuggling is occurring across Asia due to price disparities between major grain-producing countries, where domestic prices are being kept artificially low, and the region’s major importers.
Indonesia, a major rice producer that curtailed exports last month, [...]
May 5, 2008
From the AP (via IHT):
Hundreds of reptiles including some endangered species were rescued from traffickers and released into their natural habitat in Cambodia, a conservation group said Thursday.
Twelve endangered yellow-headed temple turtles were among the nearly 300 reptiles — weighing a total of 925 pounds — that authorities confiscated this week in Cambodia’s northwestern Battambang [...]
May 2, 2008
Children between the ages of 13 to 15 were rescued in China after authorities found then working in factories after they were kidnapped and forced to work.
From the International Herald Tribune:
China said Wednesday that it was investigating whether hundreds or perhaps thousands of children from poor areas in the southwest part of the country had [...]
May 2, 2008
The violence in Mexico between drug cartel and federal troops shows no signs of easing.
Last week, a shootout in the border town of Tijuana once again demonstrated the violence that is occurring on a daily basis.
From the AP (via the Washing Post):
Even in Mexico’s most violent city, jaded residents feel caught in the crossfire between [...]
