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Posts for Kim Crijns
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DEC
2011
Spanish novelist quits writing books due to illegal copies
The newspaper The Guardian reports the award-winning Spanish writer Lucía Etxebarria will no longer be publishing books for a long time, because she is upset about the fact that readers have illegally copied her books.The author says more copies of her latest book "The Silences of Content” have been downloaded illegally than sold. Furthermore Etxebarria would earn so little, she is...27
DEC
2011
BlackBerry music service launched in the Netherlands
Blackberry maker RIM launched the music service BBM Music in the Netherlands. BBM stands for BlackBerry Messenger and can be found in the "BlackBerry App World".In order to launch the music service, RIM made licensing agreements with Universal, Sony, Warner and EMI.With BBM Music, BlackBerry users can listen to music online and offline and share the music with (BlackBerry) friends....21
DEC
2011
American sentenced to one year in prison for uploading X-Men movie
The American Gilberto Sanchez is sentenced to one year in prison, for uploading an unfinished copy of the movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, one month before its theatrical release without consent of the copyright holders, the film company 20th Century Fox. The computer of the uploader will also be supervised and will contain some restrictions. The judge described his actions as "extremely...20
DEC
2011