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We need a privacy bill of rights

May 22, 2008 5:27am

Trying to enforce a right to data-privacy is as useful as trying to enforce copyrights. It's not impossible anymore.

Amazon MP3 store to go global

January 27, 2008 3:09pm

Let's just hope that we international customers will be able to buy everything that's available in the US store. Right now many albums appear weeks later, or not at all, in Europe. That's why imports are relatively common. But with downloadable content this wouldn't be possible anymore for most people outside the US. While you can easily buy a CD from Amazon.com and ship it to Europe, you can only buy a MP3 if you have a US billing address.

Fan-Made Indiana Jones Flying Wing LEGO; Swastikas on Toys

January 4, 2008 7:17am

Swastikas on toys are potentially not worth the trouble for Lego: swastikas are illegal in Brazil, Germany and Austria (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#Germany). The swastika has not been edited out of the German version of the movies though, I guess this use counts as 'reporting about historical events'.

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