Business Matters: Millions and Millions of Take Down Notices ...

Business Matters: Millions and Millions of Take Down Notices Served, But To What Effect?

Business Matters: Are Takedown Requests More Hobby Than Solution?
-- The numbers behind infringement takedown notices are staggering yet piracy continues unabated. Putting in a lot of work for little payoff is something a hobbyist does on weekends. But should the same effort/payoff ratio exist when it comes to piracy?

A new Annual Report 2011-2012 by the UK's IP Crime Group says the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), a trade group for UK record labels, "identified and removed 4,298,729 illegally hosted digital music files in 2011." The group also identified and removed 61,232 illegally UK-hosted digital music files. The Publishers Association has to date issued over 200,000 takedown notices to over 5,200 infringing domains and has a removal success rate of around 90%.

But the 2012 numbers will blow away last year's numbers. The report says the BPI has "already passed that figure [4,298,729] this year and are likely to be in excess of 12 million for 2012."

Takedown numbers are similarly huge in the U.S., judging from numbers available at the Google Transparency Report. In the last month alone, nearly 1,600 copyright owners have asked Google to remove over 2.5 million URLs from 26,277 specific domains from its Google Search listings. RIAA member labels' requests account for 393,796 of those 2.5 million URLs named in takedown requests. These numbers from Google don't include takedown requests from Google's YouTube or Blogger services, nor do they cover takedown requests sent to other sites that index download links or host files without permission.

People tend to look at these numbers in a couple different ways. One perspective is to see the DMCA (in America) and other legal mechanisms working as intended. This view considers a digital service provider to be an unbiased third party that is occasionally and unknowingly used by people for illegal purposes (hosting copyrighted content without permission). As such, takedown notices constitute the first direct knowledge these services have of single cases of infringement. Google said it removed 97% of search results specified in requests it received between July and December 2011. That's proof of the system working, right?

But there's another point of view that wonders why rights holders must continue to play whack-a-mole - at considerable expense of money and other resources - as digital service providers live up to their scant legal obligations. I've seen numerous emails sent by Sam Rosenthal of Projekt Records to various sites that link to music released by his label. Many of the emails included lists of songs that were uploaded after a previous takedown notice has resulted in their removal. "Please note that there are no guarantees that new similar torrents will not be indexed by our software," one service noted in an email reply. "It is YOUR responsibility to monitor it and alert us of alleged copyright infringement, as per DMCA regulations."

Some artists and labels, reluctant to play the role of the heavy, used to say things like, "Well, I'd rather people steal my music than not listen to it at all." That sentiment was far more understandable before YouTube and other services provided would-be listeners with ample legal listening options. The sentiment still exists, but I am getting the impression its less common these days. Piracy used to be somebody else's problem. These days it seems like everyone's problem.
( IPO.gov.uk)

ReDigi's Debt: Not Necessarily A Big Deal
-- ReDigi, a startup that sells used MP3s at its website, has raised $763,000 of debt, according to a new SEC filing. It's clear from some of the online reaction that people think it's a big deal that a young company fighting a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by EMI is taking on debt. But debt is not necessarily a big deal.

Debt is not uncommon and doesn't have to be undesirable. Take on some debt and you'll have to pay back the debt along with interest. But take venture capital money and you'll have to give up a share of the company. That's why entrepreneurs tend rank venture capital last on the list of money you should take. Personal savings, money from friends and family and debt are better options than taking venture capital money in exchange for equity is at or near the bottom.

Check out this list from a hilarious and insightful post by entrepreneur/investor/author James Altucher: "In order," he writes, "here is the easiest cash you can get for your business: Customers, borrow against receivables, borrow against your house, friends and family, angels, venture capitalists, the public. Note that the VCs are near the end. Maybe you never need them. Why does everyone chase big-time VCs all the time? Do you really need $10 million in the bank. You just started!" Read the entire post. It's great.

Debt can be a good option when the startup has its feet on the ground and can expect to pay back the money - which may be the case with ReDigi since it doesn't pay 70% of revenue to rights holders. "Equity should be raised when a company needs a 4+ year financing horizon and when cash flows are highly volatile," wrote Tim O'Loughlin of Eastward Capital Partners, a firm that provides debt and equity financing to technology companies. "Less dilutive debt options can be considered when the business expects future cash flows or liquidity events in the two-to-three year time frame."

SoundCloud's New Look: Simpler, Social-er
-- SoundCloud has been redesigned with a new look and new features. The "Next SoundCloud," as the company is calling its new design, is simpler and more social. It will have a new, more interactive waveform with a different layout for comments that aims to reduce clutter. Profiles have been redesigned. Songs can be reposted similar to how Twitter allows a tweet to be reposted to a person's followers. Listening has been tweaked, too. Users can create a single waveform that consists of multiple songs playable in sequence. Finally, the search field has been overhauled to suggest both people and sounds and improve the relevance of results. Next SoundCloud is currently in beta and new requests will be filled at some point in the future.
( Next.SoundCloud.com)

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Socato ? Blog Archive ? US ? Early childhood education pays off ...

Posted: May 28th, 2012 | Author: admin | Filed under: US News | Comments Off

Imagine two children meeting for the first time in kindergarten. One comes out of a high-quality preschool and from an affluent home where tools such as iPads have been a part of daily life. The other comes from a family that couldn?t afford quality child care or prekindergarten, let alone the latest technological toys.

Would those two children start school on the same footing, ready to learn at grade level or above from Day One? Obviously not.

More importantly, would both of those children emerge from high school equipped with the mental agility and technological capabilities needed to progress through higher education or job training and into the workforce?

Sadly, the answer is probably no. The gap between children starting school who are ready to learn and those who are not has always been wide. Just ask any kindergarten teacher about the educational disparities they see among their students, from the child who doesn?t know the alphabet to the one who?s reading like a third-grader.

With the ubiquitous nature of technology and its emergence as an essential element in all aspects of modern-day life, the gap is about to widen into a chasm.

Too few children have access to quality early childhood education. Quality is a function, in part, of teachers who are well-trained in child development. Attracting top talent to the profession requires competitive salaries, but today?s pay scales are inadequate.

Many dedicated people make the sacrifice, but many others ? well equipped to guide children through these critical learning years and help introduce them to the power of technology ? take their talents to higher-paying fields.

As a consequence, not only children and families suffer, but so do businesses and our economy. Through age 5, children?s brains develop 90 percent of their capabilities for communication, critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork. These are the skills that employers need.

We stand at the intersection of ever-evolving devices and an onslaught of data. Even today, our workforce is unprepared, but as the early-learning gap widens, the workforce will grow bone dry of the skills needed to leverage technology to its fullest potential.

Research shows that children who lack literacy and language skills by third grade will not catch up. Children who enjoy quality early childhood education are likelier to graduate from high school, pursue higher education and earn higher lifetime salaries and benefits. They?re also less likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, commit crimes or rely on public assistance. As a result, long-term savings on crime, welfare and remedial education amount to $16 for every $1 invested in early childhood education.

An $8,000 investment at birth returns nearly $800,000 over a child?s life. Even in the short term, $1 invested in quality early childhood education returns $2.16 to the community in employment and consumer spending.

Assuring quality early learning for every child requires a tremendous commitment, but it?s an imperative. No matter how big any business gets or how efficient it is in leveraging technology and optimizing processes, it still needs people who can deal with complicated issues and solve complicated problems. The simple tasks are getting automated. That?s how humankind has evolved. Increasingly, the jobs that are available require complex skills that can only be instilled at a young age.

Pennsylvania is fortunate to have a state system of standards that helps many early education programs meet meaningful measures of quality in teaching and facilities. Many families qualify for subsidies, but these programs don?t reach nearly as many as they should.

For instance, in Allegheny County 54 percent of children under age 5 live in families considered economically at risk ? up to 300 percent of poverty level ? but only 39 percent have access to quality early childhood programs. The gap is even wider outside Allegheny County ? 65 percent at risk but only 36 percent with access in Beaver County and 56 percent at risk but only 30 percent with access in Westmoreland County.

Even in times of economic hardship, Pennsylvania should support early childhood education and plan for growth. This is the time to close gaps in early learning to save money in the long term and assure businesses a steady stream of employees ready to meet the increasingly complex demands of the 21st-century workplace.

Audrey Russo is president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/early-childhood-education-pays-off-21st-century-skills-must-start-to-be-instilled-in-the-first-years-of-school-637270/

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Fat burning foods ? Low calorie food choices

May 28th, 2012 ?|? Published in Weight Loss Articles

Fat burning foods are those that use up more calories to digest than it actually contains.

Food such as broccoli, cabbage and green beans are just a few of the best fat burning foods available.

Even high calorie fruit such as apples, grapefruit, oranges and pineapple are fat burning foods as they use up a lot of calories when digesting them.

How to lose weight?

If you would like to lose weight then you should try and cut back on the amount of calories you consume. This will result in the stored fat being burnt for energy.

Fat burning food can help you achieve this goal as they can help fight any hunger without adding calories to your daily intake.

Fat burning drinks

There are also fat burning drinks available that can help to burn fat.

Tea and coffee are examples of fat burning drinks as they contain a large amount of caffeine.

Caffeine can cause your heart rate to rise, which in turn can raise your metabolism. A higher metabolism can help to burn off any excess calories before they are turned into fat.

Although caffeine is a good fat burner it is also addictive and can cause side effects particularly when consumed in large quantities.

Fat burning supplements

To see real fat burning results perhaps you could try a fat burning supplement such as Phen375.

It is made from clinically proven ingredients that can cause a rise in your metabolism. When looking at fat burning supplements always check the ingredients in case there is any that should be avoided.

When attempting to lose weight it is never advised to rely on a fat burning supplement. You should always try eating healthily and try a little exercise. A fat burning supplement is best used to ?supplement? your weight loss.

With a few changes to your current lifestyle and the use of a fat burning supplement like Phen375 perhaps your weight loss goals could be reached before you know it.

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Annette Insdorf: The Central Park Five Premieres in Cannes

Along with the glamor and the gushing over auteurs that dominate the Cannes Film Festival, documentaries are among this year's strongest movies in the Official Selection. In addition to Trashed -- which chronicles actor Jeremy Irons' impassioned investigation of the challenges posed by waste accumulation around the world -- audiences have been galvanized by The Central Park Five. Its focus is a miscarriage of justice in the Big Apple.

While the name of Ken Burns is a revered one in the film world, this exploration of the 1989 criminal case and its aftermath is actually co-directed by him, Sarah Burns and David McMahon. It continues Burns' commitment to understanding racial tension in America through such epic documentaries as The Civil War, Jazz and Baseball.

After a white female jogger was found raped and almost dead in Central Park, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested. All under 18, they were convicted on the basis of videotaped confessions, and became known as The Central Park Five. Donald Trump and others called for the death penalty -- despite the lack of DNA evidence, and the fact that the victim survived.

April 21, 1989 front page of the New York Daily News

When the truth was revealed 13 years later -- namely that the assailant was a serial rapist named Matias Reyes -- the five were freed after many years of prison. They filed civil lawsuits against the City of New York, the police officers and prosecutors who had worked toward their conviction. It is still unresolved after nine years.

The film originated with Burns' daughter: "I actually started this as my undergraduate senior essay ... about media representations of The Central Park Five for my American Studies degree at Yale University," Sarah Burns recalled during our interview at the American Pavilion in Cannes. "I was so taken by this case that I decided to write a book."

The result was The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding, published last year by Knopf. Ken Burns added, "All her work served as the basis for the film, and for getting the trust of the five. Taping interviews came later. Gaining their trust was critical, because they were railroaded by the media -- both in 1989 and 2002, when those who had convicted them refused to admit their mistake."

Yusef Salaam walks into court flanked by police and press

When asked how they "co-directed," Ken Burns began by admitting, "after the fact. It was going to be a film by Ken Burns and produced by the three of us. Then we realized it was an equal thing, and that David carried the lion's share of the production work. We're in the documentary business: we can't fictionalize the directorship. Like having nine Supreme Court members, it permitted a great adjudication of the millions of decisions that are made."

David MacMahon added, "75 percent of the time, the three of us agreed. And if only two out of three agreed, it permitted us to let go and move on." Sarah Burns added, "It balanced out nicely. It was never the same two people who agreed."

Why come to the Cannes Film Festival with a New York chronicle? "There's a serious American presence at the Festival," Ken Burns replied, "and serious documentaries. We're thrilled to be along for this ride. You might think of this us as PBS -- and this film will ultimately be on PBS -- but we believe in the theatrical possibilities for it too."

Korey Wise in court

The Central Park Five is not simply an investigation of how Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam gave videotaped confessions after hours of aggressive interrogation (mainly because they thought they were behind held as witnesses). Interviews with experts like New York Times reporter Jim Dwyer provide a rich context. We see brief TV news clips of other crimes, reminding us that New York City was a fearful place in 1989; in fact, he evocatively calls it a "garden of terrors."

When asked if they have a political agenda, Ken Burns reflected for a moment before replying. "I don't want to see revenge exacted on cops or prosecutors. It's a little late for that. The statute of limitations -- spiritual as well as legal -- has lapsed. These young men had their lives blown apart, their childhoods arrested and disposed of. They are now in their late 30s, still not made whole."

Yusef Salaam and the directors of The Central Park Five (L-R: David McMahon, Sarah Burns, Yusef Salaam and Ken Burns)

"Everyone has wishes for their film," he proposed. "You want to go to Cannes, to win an Oscar, to have good reviews, to have a lot of people like it ... Yes, but first and foremost, we want to see some sort of justice ... the settlement of the civil suit that is now nine years old. The boys could have a closure on the event itself. They'd have a chance -- with whatever modest settlement they would receive -- to start their life, to reset. New York can't do this soon enough."

The film raises larger questions about the justice system and media frenzy, which have continuing relevance. Especially in light of what Dwyer calls "institutional protectionism," Ken Burns concluded, "It would be foolish to say that the story is done, that we live in a post-racial society. That's what we struggle with ... to come to terms with America's original sin, which is race."

Annette Insdorf, Director of Undergraduate Film Studies at Columbia University, is the author of PHILIP KAUFMAN.

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Syria opposition urges UN action after 'massacre'

The opposition Syrian National Council has urged the UN Security Council to act urgently after claiming that regime forces "massacred" scores of civilians, including many children, in the town of Houla.

At the same time, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights accused the Arab and international communities on Saturday of being "complicit" in the killing, saying shelling that had begun on Friday had continued into the night.

The latest flare-up of violence came as Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria who brokered a repeatedly violated ceasefire last month, finalised plans to return to Damascus.

The Britain-based Observatory said the shelling had killed more than 90 people in Houla, including 25 children.

Amateur videos posted on YouTube showed horrifying images of children lying dead on a floor. Some of their corpses badly mangled, including at least one child whose head had been partly blown away.

The Observatory accused the international community of standing "silent in the face of the massacres committed by the Syrian regime."

Earlier on Saturday, SNC spokeswoman Basma Kodmani said "more than 110 people were killed (half of whom are children) by the Syrian regime's forces" in Houla. "Some of the victims were hit by heavy artillery while others, entire families, were massacred."

A report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad now control "significant" parts of some cities and there is "considerable physical destruction" across the country.

"There is a continuing crisis on the ground, characterised by regular violence, deteriorating humanitarian conditions, human rights violations and continued political confrontation," said the report, obtained by AFP on Friday.

The report is to be debated by the Security Council next week.

Annan brokered a six-point peace plan, which included a ceasefire that went into effect on April 12 but has been breeched daily since then.

He is to travel to Syria "soon" as he continues efforts to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, his spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said. Diplomats in Geneva said the former UN secretary general would visit Damascus early next week.

On Friday, for the first time since the uprising against Assad's regime erupted 14 months ago, army tanks rumbled through Aleppo, according to the Observatory.

It also said helicopter gunships went into action against rebels, strafing mountain villages in the Latakia area of northwestern Syria, near the Turkish border, wounding at least 20 people.

At least four policemen were killed in clashes with rebels in Kansebba, in the same area, the Observatory added.

Hours after massive anti-regime rallies across Aleppo, tanks deployed in the city, Syria's economic hub, rumbling through the Kalasse and Bustan al-Kasr neighbourhoods after thousands attended a funeral, it said.

Earlier the group reported that a young man was killed in Aleppo when troops fired with live rounds and tear gas on protesters in the city, where 12 massive anti-regime rallies took place on Friday.

"Long live Syria! Down with Assad!" demonstrators chanted at the funeral, said the watchdog.

Another four civilians were also killed by gunfire in Aleppo, it added, including two children.

The Observatory's Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP in Beirut the protests in Aleppo were the biggest in the city since the uprising started in March 2011.

In northwestern Idlib province, tens of thousands also marched in the rebel-held localities of Maaret al-Numan, Saraqe, Kafrnoubol, Hass and Sarge, Abdel Rahman said.

And in southern Daraa province, birthplace of the uprising against Assad, troops fired on demonstrators, several of whom were wounded in Inkhel as they emerged from mosques after weekly Friday prayers, the watchdog said.

Democracy activists had called for protests under the slogan: "Our next rendezvous, Damascus."

Damascus and Aleppo, initially spared the deadly violence that has hit Syria since last year, have been drawn into the crisis in recent weeks and have also been the scene of deadly suicide car bombings.

Protests were reported at dawn on Friday in at least five residential neighbourhoods of the capital in support of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA), made up largely of deserters from the regular army.

Loyalist forces fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators marching in the Midan district, the Observatory reported, saying a child was killed by sniper fire in the suburb of Irbin.

A UN panel said on Thursday that government forces were to blame for most abuses in the violence that has raged on daily despite the ceasefire supposed to take effect April 12.

More than 12,600 people have been killed in Syria in the revolt against Assad's rule, including nearly 1,500 since the UN-backed truce was to come into effect, according to Observatory figures.

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Philly Mayor, DA Join Anti-Romney Protest

By Wyatt Earp | May 24, 2012

So much for representing all the people of Philadelphia, eh, guys?

As Gov. Romney spoke this morning inside the Bluford School at 58th and Media Streets, outside, about two dozen supporters of President Obama chanted, ?Four more years.? Mayor Nutter said Romney would cut Pell Grants, let college tax credits expire, and allow student loan interest rates to double.

You mean Romney is going to cut out of control spending? Oh my stars and garters!

?If you?re going to talk about education, it?d be nice if you had an education record,? Nutter said. ?It?d be nice if you had an education platform. It?d be nice if you seemed to know something about education. You can go wherever you want to go ? that?s the beauty of America. But the man?s got no record to run on.? (H/T ? Becky)

Did the spokesperson for education just say, ?The man?s got no record to run on?? Apparently, Nutter murders grammar as often as his citizens murder each other.

For those of you not from the area, here are the facts. Philadelphia?s public schools are among the worst and most violent in the country. The school district is looking at a $218 million deficit for the coming year, and has already decided to close 40 schools, and another 6 each year until 2017. Only 25 percent of school district students make it to college. Twenty-five percent. Now please, Mayor Squidward, regale us with the fanciful tales that make up your ?education record.?

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