If anyone from @twitter legal is reading - I'd like confirm that I am contesting any subpoenas - I do not consent. My lawyer will call.
The Phantom Chords - Unreleased album
6 hours ago
Saturday, 8 January 2011
SoundCloud: The New Content Identification System
"Starting in the last few weeks we’ve turned on an automatic content identification system, similar to those used on other major media sharing sites. The system is used primarily for identifying audio that rightsholders have requested to be taken off SoundCloud. This is good news because it makes it easier for artists, labels and other content owners to control how the content they’ve created is available. And when you upload your own audio to SoundCloud, we can find out more quickly if somebody is uploading a copy to their own page without your permission.
For the vast majority of SoundCloud users, there won’t be any changes. You can keep on creating, recording and uploading original content (and any audio that you have the rights to upload) without any interruption. But we’ve already received some questions about this, so we wanted to give everyone the heads up.
In cases where users upload audio that is owned by rightsholders who have requested a takedown, we are hiding the upload entirely and sending an e-mail to explain the situation and give the user options for next steps. If you receive one of these e-mails and feel that the upload was flagged in error, because you actually have permission to upload the audio, there’s a simple dispute process. We’ll review the dispute, unhide the upload, and it will appear in your profile again with all stats and comments intact."
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@birgittaj Birgitta Jónsdóttir
department of justice are requesting twitter to provide the info - i got 10 days to stop it via legal process before twitter hands it over.
Feds Subpoena Twitter Seeking Information on Ex-WikiLeaks Volunteer
2012 Australian of the Year Awards
As foreshadowed after missing out in the 2011 Awards selection process, Assange has now been formally re-nominated for the 2012 Australian of the Year Awards.
The nomination was made on 8 January 2011. The nomination reference is: 2012-1318.
You may use this reference number to submit supporting materials which you deem appropriate, before 31 August 2011, to the National Australia Day Council at: awardsinfo@australiaday.org.au
Germans back in for Babel
Skysports.com understands Hoffenheim are trying to lure Ryan Babel away from Liverpool.The Bundesliga side have held a long-term interest in Babel and have made moves to sign the Dutchman in the last two transfer windows.
Babel's future at Liverpool has again been the subject of conjecture with the 24-year-old failing to establish himself in Roy Hodgson's plans.
The former Ajax man has made just one Premier League start this season and Liverpool are thought to be open to offers for Babel.
Birmingham are also keen on Babel and are believed to have had a loan bid rejected for the forward.
Hoffenheim are thought to be ready to make a bid to sign Babel on a permanent basis as doubts surround the future of Demba Ba.
Any move for Babel depends on Liverpool being able to bring in a replacement as Hodgson does not want to leave himself short of options with the under-fire Reds boss already lacking strength in-depth in attack.
@'Sky'
Cloud Flipper
Cloud Flipper is a free service which which converts a SoundCloud group or profile page into an RSS XML feed. The resulting URL (the Cloud Flipper URL + your SoundCloud URL) is then available to be subscribed to directly into your RSS feed reader of choice for podcast delivery.
Cloud Flipper
Cloud Flipper
Friday, 7 January 2011
Heroes
I can remember
Standing
By the wall
And the guns
Shot above our heads
And we kissed
As though nothing could fall
And the shame
Was on the other side
Oh we can beat them
For ever and ever
Then we can be Heroes
Just for one day
Illustration: (the ever wonderful) 'exiledsurfer'
Algeria youths riot for second night
Algerian youths have rioted for a second night across the capital, Algiers, and in several other cities.
The riots have been linked to rising food prices, housing shortages, and wider social and political grievances.A BBC correspondent says Algiers has emptied out in the late afternoon over the last two days, before rioters take to the streets, clashing with police.
The riots follow a period of rare unrest in neighbouring Tunisia, which has led to at least three deaths.
The BBC's Mohamed Arezki Himeur reports from Algiers that there has been sporadic rioting in Algeria since the new year, when the price of many food products increased sharply.
But the protests have intensified since Wednesday, our correspondent says.
Political frustration They also spread to Bab el-Oued, a working class neighbourhood of symbolic importance. It was at the centre of the protest movement in 1988, at the beginning of a period of unrest that led to an Islamist insurgency in the 1990s.
The riots are widely seen as drawing on deep frustrations with the ruling elite and a lack of political freedom, as well as more immediate concerns about the cost of living, housing, and jobs.
During the riots this week, youths have ransacked shops, lit tyres in the street, and hurled stones at police.
Security forces responded with tear gas and high-pressure hoses.
Rioting has also been reported in cities including Constantine, Oran, and Bejaia.
The demonstrations in Tunisia began after a man set fire to himself on 17 December in the Sidi Bouzid region to protest against the police confiscating fruit and vegetables that he was selling without a permit.
Protests are rare in Tunisia, where there are tight controls aimed at preventing dissent.
As in Algeria, the unrest has been linked to frustrations with the president and the ruling elite, as well as to concerns over jobs and living costs.
@'BBC'
إطلاق الرصاص على العزل في تونسTunisia Sidi Bouzid
إطلاق الرصاص الحي على المتظاهرين العزل من قبل زبانية نظام عميل إسرائيل المدعو زين العابدين بن علي زوج مصففة الشعر ليلى الطرابلسي
Illustration:'exiledsurfer'
Jamie xx in the mix for Benjii B
Jamie XX – In The Mix for Benji B, January 5 2011 (ge.tt)
Tracklist after the jump.
Timmy Thomas — Why Can’t We Live Together
Zomby — Tarantula
Jamie Woon — Night Air – Becoming Real Remix
Koreless — M.T.I.
James Blake — I Mind
Cassie — Must Be Love – Jacques Greene’s Marriage Proposal Mix
Mount Kimbie — Before I Move Off
Rui Da Silva — Touch Me – Chopped and Screwed
DJ Choko — Stealth Drums
Jamie xx — Far Nearer – The Knife Bootleg
Beach House — 10 Mile Stereo
Crazy Cousinz — Inflation – Chopped and Screwed
Tanya Stephens — Can’t Touch Me No More
Dj A B — Darbuka
Harmonic 313 — Problem 7
Lumidee — Never Leave You
Adele — Rolling In The Deep – Jamie XX Shuffle
Gil Scott Heron and Jamie XX — One Take
@'Disco Belle'
Bradley Manning: The Forgotten Man
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A lot of attention has been given to Julian Assange of late, but another significant figure in the Wikileaks story is Bradley Manning -- the young American army officer who's alleged to have leaked the sensitive information to Wikileaks. Manning was arrested in May 2010 and is being held in maximum security isolation. If found guilty Manning could spend more than 50 years in jail.
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@'ABC'
Iron And Wine (Live @npr's First Listen)
Back in 2002, Iron and Wine was a "band" in name only — a vehicle for the whispered acoustic bedroom recordings of a college film professor named Sam Beam. Beam's rustic musings sang of death and damnation, love and redemption, while packing a surprising degree of momentum and narrative thrust into what only sounded like gentle folk songs.
If it weren't for Beam's softly engaging croon, the Iron and Wine of the forthcoming Kiss Each Other Clean wouldn't always be recognizable to Beam fans from eight or nine years ago. For one thing, he's evolved into a full-fledged bandleader, following 2007's engagingly springy The Shepherd's Dog with a sound that feels fuzzier, even dirtier. The opening seconds of Kiss Each Other Clean sound like no preceding Iron & Wine record — "Walking Far From Home" swaps out the clean acoustic guitars for layers of fuzz and subtly processed vocals — though the album feels like a natural extension of its marvelous predecessor, and even lets rays of sunlight peek in during songs like "Tree by the River."
Like The Shepherd's Dog, Kiss Each Other Clean showcases Iron and Wine's subtly exploratory, even meandering side. But fans of the group needn't wait until the album's Jan. 25 release date to hear the new innovations for themselves: Wednesday afternoon, Beam and his bandmates appeared on WNYC's Soundcheck to announce a surprise live performance of the new album at The Greene Space in New York City that night — a concert you can now watch in its entirety or download as an mp3.
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The protest movement needs to expand now from the people who dodged our taxes to the people who stole our taxes: the banks & their bonuses
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