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Kids surf sites with ‘explicit sex, violence’
p2pnet news view Alongside the ‘news’ that the Vevo movie thingy is actually an advertising machine comes another startling revelation: “Even a minimally savvy youngster can figure out how to access violent or explicitly sexual content in some virtual or Internet worlds”. So says a Federal Trade Commission survey quoted by Reuters . “In its survey of online worlds, where users create digital alter egos called avatars and interact with other users’ avatars, the commission found that seven of the worlds with the most explicit sex and violence set a minimum age of 13 and an eighth set a minimum age of 18,” says the story.
Continue reading »‘Dear Fred’, from Dick Huey
“I had a problem with part of your last post, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it until about 4 AM, when the realization finally struck me,” says Nashville entertainment lawyer Fred Wilhelms who, on behalf of his clients and unpaid artists everywhere, has been doing battle with the SoundExhange (SX), the now independent collection agency which was once part and parcel of the RIAA, with all that implies. Do former connections just fade away? In July, 2007, “an unsigned Reader’s Write accused Fred Wilhelms of having a vested interest in criticizing SoundExchange for not paying artists,” said p2pnet last month, continuing »»» The author later proved to be Dick Huey (right), one of the RIAA-appointed ‘label representatives’ on the SoundExchange board of directors.
Continue reading »Twitter – online pimp
Recently, “Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal called Craigslist ‘erotic services’ listings a ‘ blatant Internet brothel ’,” said a p2pnet post, going on: “So Craigslist said it would have ads ‘individually checked’ before they were posted, according to CNN .” Might Twitter soon be ordered to do the same? Girlie spams of one kind or another are now commonplace on the net’s most famous micro-blogging site. However, a Twitter email from addicty96 aka nevaeh says she’s following me and I can follow her over to her ‘Personal Homepage’ where we find »»» Age: 23 Woman seeking: Man Between ages: 18 and 55 Location: Duncan, British Columbia Last login: Today Relationship status: Single On the site for: Casual sex Can accommodate: Yes Can travel: Yes About me: Well since this is an adult dating site I’ll get right to the point.
Continue reading »400 DVDs per second
Will this make corporate entertainment industry executives have accidents in their pants, do you think? It’s faster than a speeding train, faster than a bullet —- a lot faster. Scientists in Bell Labs, the research arm of France’s Alcatel-Lucent , have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second.
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