Minnesota Court Awards RIAA $1.92M for Theft of 24 Songs
Court is adjourned in the high-profile RIAA case against Jammie Thomas-Rasset for the download of two-dozen songs: a Minnesota jury awarded the Recording Industry Association of America $1.92 million in their suit against Rasset for sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa P2P network. Rasset is ordered to pay the fine to four major labels for damage compensation.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsIraq in Fragments Director Detained in Iran
James Longley, the American director of Iraq in Fragments, was detained in Iran by security forces after he taped an Iranian citizen criticizing the government’s handling of anti-election protests. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPaste's EU/Iran World Leaders' Playlists
It's a portentous week for the democratic process. The European Union's elections last weekend significantly shifted their electoral maps, and today's Iranian presidential election is a heated showdown between firebrand conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the reform-minded Mir-Hossein Mousavi. In between those long days of campaigning, these movers and shakers must have found some time to unwind with a little music. Here's our take on what might be queued up in their iPods right now:... read more
Found in: Blogs, PlaylistThe Digital TV Transition: Three Conspiracy Theories
As you (hopefully) know, the long-awaited and once-delayed transition from analog to digital television broadcasting is finally happening... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesStephen Colbert Kicks off "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando"
It's said that truth hurts, but nothing hurts quite as good as a healthy dose of truthiness from the man who coined the phrase: Messr. Stephen Colbert. And really, truthiness can't be contained by trifling things like national boundaries or large bodies of water, which is exactly why, starting tonight, Colbert will be crossing the Atlantic to kick off his first-ever USO tour: "Operation Iraqi Stephen: Going Commando."... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsHBO plans movie about 2008 presidential election
HBO already owns the most-anticipated documentary about the 2008 election, but the network has also optioned film rights to the book Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime, due out early next year. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsU.N. hosts Battlestar Galactica retrospective
Tonight, the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica will air its series finale after six years, four seasons and an epic trek across the galaxy. Yes, one of the decade's best science fiction television shows is coming to an end, but not before being given a proper sendoff: The United Nation's department of Public Information and SciFi recently hosted a retrospective on the show at the U.N.'s headquarters in New York City. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsShepard Fairey files lawsuit against the Associated Press
Looks like we've got a classic copyright infringement battle our hands, as a new lawsuit emerges from the tangled web of campaign posters, press photos and red, white and blue.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBill Ayers set to publish graphic-novel memoir
Bill Ayers' name became common coin during the 2008 presidential election, with Barack Obama's campaign railroaded into answering questions on his tenuous connection to the radical leftist-turned-university professor. The grim specter of this TERRORIST MENTOR dominated the political narrative for a month, and then Tina Fey turned in the defining role of her career. Ayers, clearly operating on the maxim that any publicity is good publicity, has decided to use the last of his 15 minutes to greenlight a graphic-novel adapatation of his 1993 memoir To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsDigital television transition delayed until June 12
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 264-158 Wednesday to delay the switch from analog to digital TV broadcasting until June 12 of this year. The Obama administration and several top Democrats asked for the postponement, citing a Nielsen study that reveals millions of people aren't ready for the transition yet. Six percent of households are "not at all ready," and another nine percent are only "partially ready." ... read more
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