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Danish Anti-Piracy Group Busts Pirate Bay Uploader
Accused of uploading screener copy of Danish flic “Sorte Kugler” (Black Balls) to the Swedish BitTorrent tracker site. Danish anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen has raided the home of a Danish main in his 20s over accusations that he illegally uploaded a screener copy of the Danish flic “Sorte Kugler” (Black Balls) to Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay. “ It is a very big case.
Continue reading »Cellphones don’t cause cancer: report
If you’re worried that cellphone use can lead to cancer, worry no more – if you believe a new Danish Cancer Society study, that is. A project which ran for almost 30 years surveyed cancers reported among 16 million adults in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and “found no related, observable change in the incidence of cases up until 2003,” says the Guardian , going on: “Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the research covers a more recent period than previous studies. It suggests that if there is any risk from regular use of mobile phones, it would take more than five to 10 years for the tumours to appear.” The study covered 59,984 brain tumour cases diagnosed between 1974 and 2003, but “The only well-established risk factors — ionizing radiation and rare hereditary syndromes — account for a small proportion of brain tumour cases,” it found.
Continue reading »Anti-Piracy Group To DRM Breaker: OK To Break The Law
Danish copyfighter Henrik Anderson has a dilemma. Although the laws in his country allow him to copy DVDs for his own personal use, they forbid him to remove the DRM in order to do so. Wanting to have this legal contradiction dealt with by his government, he confessed to anti-piracy group Antipiratgruppen that he had illegally broken the DRM on a hundred movies and TV shows.
Continue reading »Anti-Piracy Group Refuses Bait, DRM Breaker Goes To Police
At the end of October, a Danish citizen took drastic action to draw attention to some restrictive and seemingly contradictory copyright legislation. Henrik Anderson told TorrentFreak that in order to force his government’s hand on laws which allow him to copy DVDs for his own personal use, but forbid him to remove the DRM in order to do so, he decided to turn himself in. Henrik informed the Danish anti-piracy outfit Antipiratgruppen that he had broken the DRM on more than one hundred legally-purchased DVD movies and TV shows for use on his home media center, an act forbidden – but seemingly also allowed – under Danish laws , both detailed below; 12.–(1) Anyone is entitled to make or have made, for private purposes, single copies of works which have been made public if this is not done for commercial purposes.
Continue reading »Chemically induced sex shifts
Kids of tomorrow are apparently in serious danger of gender-bending caused by chemical poisoning. “Denmark has unveiled official research showing that two-year-old children are at risk from a bewildering array of gender-bending chemicals in such everyday items as waterproof clothes, rubber boots, bed linen, food, sunscreen lotion, and moisturizing cream,” says a Slashdot post, going on »»» A picture is emerging of ubiquitous chemical contamination driving down sperm counts and feminizing male children all over the developed world. Research at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University found that boys whose mothers were exposed to PCBs and dioxins were more likely to play with dolls and tea sets and dress up in female clothes.
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