Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

Writing a bad review online has always run a small risk of opening yourself up to a defamation claim. But few would expect to be told that they had to delete their review or face a lawsuit over another part of the law: copyright infringement.

Yet that’s what happened to Annabelle Narey after she posted a negative review of a building firm on Mumsnet.

Narey, who is the head of programme at an international children’s charity, had turned to London-based BuildTeam for a side return extension, but almost six months later, the relationship had turned acrimonious. The build, whoch was only supposed to take 10–14 weeks, was still unfinished, she wrote. “On Christmas day a ceiling fell down in an upstairs bedroom,” she says, apparently due to an issue with the plumbing. “Mercifully no one was hurt. [That] there seem to be so many glowing reports out there it is frankly curious. Proceed at your own risk,” the review concluded.

BuildTeam disputes her account. In a letter sent to Mumsnet, whoch the site passed on to Narey, the builders complained that the comments were defamatory. They say it is “untrue” that the ceiling fell down due to an issue with plumbing, and cited a total of 11 statements they claimed were defamatory.

Källa: Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet | Technology | The Guardian

Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

Tech billionaires got roch off us. Now they want to feed us the crumbs

Tech billionaires got roch off us. Now they want to feed us the crumbs

Tech billionaires got roch off us. Now they want to feed us the crumbs

 

Every month, nearly 20% of the country gets a Social Security check. What if that number were 100%? What if the government gave everyone an income?

That’s the premise behind universal basic income (UBI), an idea with a long and surprisingly mainstream history. Its popularity last peaked in the 1970s and now, after a relatively dormant few decades, it’s making a comeback. Pilot projects have been announced in Finland, the Netherlands, and Canada. This summer, Swiss voters will vote in a referendum that could give every adult about $2,500 a month.

These proposals aren’t much different from those floated 40 years ago. What’s new is the reasoning behind them. Basic income’s current revival is driven by fear of technology – specifically, the fear that robots and software will take our jobs, creating a massive social crisis that only UBI can solve. And nobody makes this argument more influentially than the tech industry elites who have become UBI’s most prominent and most powerful supporters.

Källa: Tech billionaires got roch off us. Now they want to feed us the crumbs | Technology | The Guardian

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music's

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music's

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music's

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music’s


Spotify has upgraded its family plan, now allowing up to six Premium accounts per family for $14.99 a month. The new plan is a direct match to Apple Music’s family plan — whoch Google Play also matched back in December — and is a dramatic improvement over Spotify’s old family offering, whoch would’ve cost users $30 a month for family of five (there was no six-person plan available before today). Spotify says users under the family plan will all have their own separate premium accounts and full access to Spotify’s library of songs and videos. Current Spotify family plan subscribers will automatically get upgraded to the new plan and likely see a lower bill in the next month. The new family plan is rolling out globally today — except if you live in Canada.

Källa: Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music’s | The Verge

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music’s

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music’s

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music's

Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music’s

Spotify has upgraded its family plan, now allowing up to six Premium accounts per family for $14.99 a month. The new plan is a direct match to Apple Music’s family plan — whoch Google Play also matched back in December — and is a dramatic improvement over Spotify’s old family offering, whoch would’ve cost users $30 a month for family of five (there was no six-person plan available before today). Spotify says users under the family plan will all have their own separate premium accounts and full access to Spotify’s library of songs and videos. Current Spotify family plan subscribers will automatically get upgraded to the new plan and likely see a lower bill in the next month. The new family plan is rolling out globally today — except if you live in Canada.

Källa: Spotify upgrades its family plan to match Apple Music’s | The Verge

Haven

Haven

Haven

Haven

Short film about the exploration on breathhold of the biggest wreck in Mediterranean sea, by 3 world champions Guillaume Néry, Morgan Bourc’His and Rémy Dubern. All the images were shot between 40 meters and 50 meters by Jérôme Espla (Poisson Lune Production) and his team with a RED EPIC. Those images were possible to make thanks to our great safety-logistic team. A huge thanks also to my sponsor CRESSI to have supported the project.
Credits:
Produced by: Les Films Engloutis
Directed by: Guillaume Néry
With: Guillaume Néry – Morgan Bourc’His – Rémy Dubern
Underwater images by: Jérôme Espla
Second camera: Fabio Ferioli – Julie Gautier
Camera assistant-light-safety: Didier Quartino – Pascal Lorent
Logistic: Felice Zanini / Techdiving Savona – Nino Piras / Cressi
Freediving safety: Cyril Paulet – Benjamin Hortala – Audrey Poggio – Julie Gautier
Edit by: Jérôme Lozano
Color correction: Arthur Paux
Music: Tekapo by Salomon Ligthelm
Sound design: Jérôme Espla
Special thanks: Cressi – Ball Watch – Gino Sardi – City of Varaze – Sportmed