Monthly Archives: August 2011

 

GardaĆ­ are investigating an armed robbery and a fire at The Players Lounge in Fairview, Dublin.

A gang of four men, one armed with a handgun, entered the premises shortly after 2am and tied up the manager.

They took a substantial amount of cash from the safe. A fire then broke out.

It is not clear whether it was accidental however gardaĆ­ are treating it as suspicious.


Armed Robbery, Fire At Dublin Pub (RTE)

(Photocall Ireland)

HADOPI, the French agency that disconnects French Internet users for alleged copyright infrigement conducted a study on media purchasing habits earlier this year. It concluded that the biggest unauthorized downloaders are also the biggest customers for legitimate media. That is to say, pirates are also heavy legal consumers.

This isn’t exactly groundbreaking news. Every other report conducted on the same subject has come to the same conclusion. HADOPI has been attempting to downplay its findings but Joe Karaganis from SSRC reformatted the results to make them clear.

Cue new, reasoned thinking from the copyright police?

Don’t hold your breath.

Another Day, Another Study That Says ‘Pirates’ Are The Best Customers… This Time From HADOPI (TechDirt)

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Haunting Images taken during the last 24 hours at IFO 1 refugee camp in Dadaab on the Kenyan/Somalian border in Africa, where Goal and other agencies are working.

Thousands of men women and children are trying to flee the famine in Somalia, caused by the worst drought in 60 years.

(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)