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The final judgement against Pirate Bay (file sharing/torrent site) revealed today.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... WU20090417

It's one of the highest amounts of money for damaging activity in the history of swedish courts.
One of the guys making fun of it in the swedish evening post and says that he would rather burn everything he owns
rather then pay this kind of money for the industry.
"We can't and we won't pay" they said.

AnDrOiD wrote:My was geared towards Jon's story.

That's not my story, I pasted it from SKY news

Man Charged Over Factory Riot

A man from Southampton has been charged after starting a miniature riot at the factory he worked. The incident happened on Marchl 9th after collegues complained to the factory management that Mr Sparky, long term employee of Duracell, had been seen smuggling batteries out of the factory. Once confronted, an argument broke out leading to confruntations with other members of factory staff.

Stuart Sparky was fined £575 for damges and sentanced for three months on theft, assault and battery.

Don't give up your day job

Ya gotta laugh

Velodynamic wrote:The final judgement against Pirate Bay (file sharing/torrent site) revealed today.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... WU20090417

It's one of the highest amounts of money for damaging activity in the history of swedish courts.
One of the guys making fun of it in the swedish evening post and says that he would rather burn everything he owns
rather then pay this kind of money for the industry.
"We can't and we won't pay" they said.

Without commenting on the legality or morality of file-sharing, I would like to express the considered opinion that the recording industry's actions over the past 2 decades or more have brought this perceived "loss of revenue" on themselves. The record companies should have been on board with downloadable music from the very start, rather than drive it underground.

This from todays SKY news. This is terrible, Im certainly going to loose a lot of sleep over this. (welcome back to the real world)


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The fortunes of some of Britain's top pop stars have been badly hit by the economic downturn, it has been revealed.


Sir Elton John, Sir Tom Jones and Robbie Williams are among the worst hit - losing around a quarter of their personal wealth over the past year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.

Sir Elton's fortune has been slashed by 26%, from £238m to £175m, while Former Take That star Williams has lost £25m, to be left with £80m.

Sir Tom's fortune now stands at £130m - down 24% after falls in the value of his properties and investments.

Falling property and share values have also wiped £60m off Sir Paul McCartney's wealth - a drop of 12%. He is now worth £440m.

Ian Coxon, who edited the list, said stars who relied on investments for their wealth had been the hardest hit.

"Robbie Williams is run as a business, and there has been a profit fall in 2007, so that's had a knock-on effect, and he's not been doing so much recently," he said.

However, it seems those involved in TV talent shows are bucking the trend with the continued success of The X-Factor helping to boost Simon Cowell's fortune by £8m to £120m - an increase of 7%.

TV talent shows have also helped Lord Lloyd-Webber climb 49 places to become Britain's 52nd richest person despite the value of his wealth remaining at £750m.

Also featuring in the Music Top 50 is Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer.

Her wealth rose by 29% to £75m in the last 12 months on the back of the huge success of the film starring Meryl Streep and the worldwide interest in the Abba musical.

In the world of sport, Formula One driver Jenson Button is in pole position.

The winner of the season's first two Grand Prix is worth £40m and tops the table for richest sportsmen aged 30 and under.

And last year's F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has boosted his wealth by a massive 67% to £25m.

:: The 2009 Sunday Times Rich List of the UK's 1,000 richest individuals and families will be published on April 26.

Oh damn, they lost a few million pounds, so now they only have eighty thousand billions pounds left! What a disaster
Say hello to the life of a common citizen.

I know. I mean, how on earth is Sir Elton John going to live on just £170 million.

I can't get it. Poor Elton, how many suits he could have bought from the millions amount he lost.

Last I heard Elton played a number of shows in Las Vegas.

"Hairdresser builds model out of hair"

"A Chinese hairdresser has created an incredibly detailed model of a Beijing landmark (the Tian'anmen Gate Tower
in Tian'anmen Square) out of hair collected in his shop."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3294829.html

I hope it's not some Mr Tung related nor that it's JMJ's hair, but there you have it...

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