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UCLA tuition riots: 14 arrested, 1 tasered
The full headline is, ‘32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered).’ It’s on GooTube and, “It’s just insane, here,” says the voiceover. “About 30 students stormed UCLA’s Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California’s Board of Regents today,” says the Los Angeles Times , going on »»» Updated at 8:39 a.m.: The UC Regents have started to meet, and hundreds of students have surrounded the building, protesting the proposed fee hike. Students who spent the night were sprawled outside Campbell Hall in sleeping bags. They carried posters and signs that read, “Don’t take our education away” and “Don’t privatize, democratize.” Many wore bandannas over their faces.
Continue reading »Hollywood DRM plan: put a Soc in it
p2pnet news view DRM | P2P | Movies :- The Hollywood studios want the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to allow them to start using selectable output control ( Soc ) DRM consumer control technology. Soon-to-be-gone MPAA boss Dan Glickman says the anti-piracy effort is “the option” for people “to enjoy movies in a more timely fashion”. “If the FCC agrees, the MPAA and the movie studios it represents (Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal, Disney, and Warner Brothers) would be able to ‘turn off’ any output plug they choose, like those on the back of consumer electronics devices of an entertainment system, during special video-on-demand movies on cable television,” said Public Knowledge last year.
Continue reading »Newspapers continue downhill slide
In much the same way the corporate entertainment industry has lost its relevancy thanks to P2P communications, the downhill slide of the US press corps(e) continues as newspapers are forced to give way to online scribes, the vast majority of them ordinary people. “The Audit Bureau of Circulatations reported today that the average weekday circulation of the nearly 400 daily papers that reported sales slid 10.6% between April and September compared to the same six-month period in 2008,” says the Los Angeles Times , going on, “That was bigger than the 7.1% decline recorded during the previous six months.” Of America’s five biggest dailies, the Wall Street Journal, “displaced USA Today as the nation’s largest daily, notching a slim 0.6% gain in subscribers to reach slightly more than 2 million,” says the story, continung: “USA Today’s circulation fell 17% to 1.9 million as the Gannett Co. paper, which gets many of its sales at hotels and airports, was hit by the slump in travel.
Continue reading »Associated Press online Polanski balls-up
In a major screw-up, the Associated Press ran internal notes about the arrest of film director Roman Polanski instead of a story. “The document details an exchange of messages between reporters about Mr Polanski, who was held in Switzerland and faces extradition to the US,” says the BBC . The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office wants Polanski extradited from Switzerland to face charges that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl three decades ago.
Continue reading »20th century Fux says No! to Redbox
For many people, Redbox is movie central. It’s convenient. And cheap.
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