The Pirate Bay Trial

In case you have an interest in file sharing or internet downloads, you surely know about The Pirate Bay and the trial the had to face. If not, this is the occasion for you to learn.

The Pirate Bay trial was a joint criminal and civil prosecution in Sweden of four individuals charged for promoting the copyright infringement of others with the torrent tracking website The Pirate Bay. The criminal charges were supported by a consortium of intellectual rights holders led by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), who filed individual civil compensation claims against the owners of The Pirate Bay.

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Visit The Pirate Bay website.
Learn more about The Pirate Party from Sweeden.

Joshua Bell: Pearls Before Breakfast

"He emerged from the metro at the L'Enfant Plaza Station and positioned himself against a wall beside a trash basket...
A youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap.
From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he threw in a few dollars and pocket change, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play."

Read the complete newspaper article from washingtonpost.com.
Listen to and enjoy with the complete audio of Joshua Bell's metro performance.
Visit Joshua Bell's website.

Mankind Is No Island

TROPFEST is the world's largest short film festival. This is 2008 winner in New York, by Jason van Genderen.



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Thank you Carlos, for contributing.

Russian cover of Let It Be becomes web hit

The Beatles: Rock Band has finally been released – but it is unlikely that any of our singalong efforts will ever match this Russian cover version of Let It Be.



Read the complete article from Telegraph.co.uk