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Malaysia cracks down on bloggers
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The Malaysian government has warned it could use tough anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or the country’s king.
The move comes as one of Malaysia’s leading online commentators has been questioned by police following a complaint by the main governing party.
The new rules would allow a suspect to be detained indefinitely, without being charged or put on trial.
But officials insist the law is not intended to strangle internet freedom.
Aren’t those anti-terror laws nifty?
MP3: Women’s Chorus Sings Eerie Version of Sony/BMG EULA
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Celebrate Sony/BMG’s lawsuit against SunComm, the company that provided the
rootkitspyware that caused such a ruckus, with this oddly powerful rendition of the Sony/BMG End User License Agreement — arranged for women’s choir and recorded by Toronto recording artist Brian Joseph Davis.
iPhone Can Now Serve Web Pages, Run Python, Open Source Apps
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After the first Hello World application, hacker NerveGas and the people at #iphone-shell have built Apache, Python and other Open Source apps for the iPhone. Yes, your iPhone can now be a web server and do all sort of 1337 things.
Next up: using the built-in camera as a webcam, and setting the default document-root to your iPod-music directory so everybody can download your mp3’s.
I wonder when we’ll hear about somebody who manages to make a phone call with one.
Her Lesson
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A Pilot on Airline Security
Too long to quote, but a must read.
Cartoons
UK rejects music copyright extension
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The British government rejected a plea to extend copyright laws for sound recordings to beyond 50 years on Tuesday, prompting the music industry to accuse it of not supporting musicians and artists.
The music industry had won support from opposition politicians and a parliamentary committee in its bid for a copyright extension that would allow veterans such as Cliff Richard and Paul McCartney to carry on receiving royalties in later life.
The government would have had to push the European Commission for a change in the law but said such a move did not seem appropriate as it would not benefit the majority of performers and could lead to increased costs.
“The UK is a world-beating source of great music, so it is frustrating that on the issue of copyright term the government has shown scant respect for British artists and the UK recording industry,” John Kennedy, head of the IFPI body which represents the international recording industry, said in a statement.
On the contrary, asshole - with this move the British government shows it knows the difference between actual British artists and the parasitic middle-men in the IFPI. Now all they need to do is return it from 50 years to a reasonable length, and set a very short maximum on the amount of time artists can sign away their rights to scum like you.