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Thursday, 1 July 2010
Israel's 1.5 Million Starving Prisoners
This "adjustment", as the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed it, is aimed solely at damage limitation. With Israel responsible for killing nine civilians aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla three weeks ago, the world has finally begun to wonder what purpose the siege serves. Did those nine really need to die to stop coriander, chocolate and children's toys from reaching Gaza? And, as Israel awaits other flotillas, will more need to be executed to enforce the policy?
HERE
Other articles by Jonathon Cook
The World remains increasingly silent over living conditions in Palestine, as Human Rights violations continue to oppress the daily lives of all Palestinians. What a hue and outcry would these conditions raise if the people oppressed were Israelis, reports of a return to the Days Of Auschwitz and the "Nutritional Experiments" of the Nazis would be in every turn of phrase, instead we hear nothing of the cruel and inhumane tragedy that is the daily lives of the Palestinians, instead we are constantly reminded of the suffering that occurred in World War 2, and yet in this "modern" age, we cannot see the flagrant torture of the Palestinian people by the government of Israel. As human beings they should know better, as a people who have experienced "Nutritional Experiments" in the past they should not want to wish or be part of such gross inhumanity again. The pernicious destruction of the Palestinian economy only serves to further the daily injustices of life in Palestine, the inaction of global leaders in the face of continuing Israeli intransigence to provide humane living conditions for Palestine must be addressed. As has been done in the past with South Africa's apartheid regime so should be done internationally in regard to Israel's religiously based apartheid regime, a full and total Boycott of Israel. Boycott Israel Now.....beeden
The incredible story behind the Kop
BBC Sport's Mark Lawrenson visits Spion Kop in South Africa to find out why Liverpool's famous terrace bears the same name.
Guided by local historian Raymond Heron he unfolds a remarkable story that features Winston Churchill, Ghandi and the brave sacrifice of many.
HERE
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
About bloody time...
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has been landed with a copyright infringement lawsuit with regards the band's song 'Dazed & Confused'.
The origins of the 1969 Led Zepp track have long been debated, because of its links to an earlier song by folk singer Jake Holmes. It is generally accepted, I think, that Page did start with a copy of Holmes track when he started work devising 'Dazed & Confused', initially as a Yardbirds project, and later for Led Zepp.
By the time Page had finished devising the song, and Led Zepp had recorded it, everyone involved seemed to think the guitarist had created a new piece of work in which a new copyright existed, ie a copyright owned by Page not Holmes. The song was registered with US collecting society ASCAP as a new song penned by Page.
Nevertheless, musos have debated whether Led Zepp had, in fact, recorded a new song or, rather, covered Holmes' folk original, for years. The debate has resulted in a particularly active Wikipedia entry for the song, with different contributors taking different viewpoints on the relationship between the Holmes song and the Page song.
Anyway, forty years later Holmes, for some unknown reason, has suddenly decided Page did, in fact, nick his song back in 1968, and in doing so infringed his copyright. And, according to TMZ, he has filed an infringement lawsuit against the Led Zepp guitar man.
The fact Holmes has waited forty years to take legal action shouldn't, in theory, damage his case, though it will mean that if he wins he will only be able to claim some or all of the revenues generated by the Led Zepp song from the last three years.
Page is yet to respond.
Jake Holmes - Dazed and Confused
XLR8R Podcast: Moby's Old School Rave Mix
01 Messiah "Temple of Dreams" (Kickin)
02 Mentasm "I Need Release"
03 Altern8 "Frequency" (Network)
04 N-Joi "Mindflux" (RCA)
05 Ragga Twins "Hooligan 69" (Shut Up and Dance)
06 Awesome 3 "Don't Go" (City Beat)
07 Moby "Next is the E" (Instinct)
08 Hyper Go Go "High" (Hooj Choons)
09 Fierce Ruling Diva "You Gotta Believe" (React)
10 Bizarre Inc. "Playing With Knives" (Vinyl Solution)
11 Messiah "Xeroxed"
12 Dream Frequency "Feel So Real" (City Beat)
02 Mentasm "I Need Release"
03 Altern8 "Frequency" (Network)
04 N-Joi "Mindflux" (RCA)
05 Ragga Twins "Hooligan 69" (Shut Up and Dance)
06 Awesome 3 "Don't Go" (City Beat)
07 Moby "Next is the E" (Instinct)
08 Hyper Go Go "High" (Hooj Choons)
09 Fierce Ruling Diva "You Gotta Believe" (React)
10 Bizarre Inc. "Playing With Knives" (Vinyl Solution)
11 Messiah "Xeroxed"
12 Dream Frequency "Feel So Real" (City Beat)
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