nettime.org - 12/5/2008
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To : Nettime-l Subject : Call for support: Pirates of the Amazon, taken down by Amazon.com From : Florian Cramer Date : Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:31:58 +0100 Mail-followup-to : Florian Cramer , Nettime-l
torrentfreak.com - 12/3/2008
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torrentfreak.com —
Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is under
attack by online pirates. An addon for the Firefox...
browser called ‘Pirates of the Amazon’ makes it possible to shop at the Amazon store but leave without paying a dime. Instead, ...
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Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon
guardian.co.uk - 12/8/2008
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guardian.co.uk —
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is reviewing its
decision to list as "child pornography" the image on...
one version of the album "Virgin Killer" by the rock band The Scorpions hosted on Wikipedia – and might yet add Amazon US to its list of ...
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Wikipedia row escalates as internet watchdog considers ...
aws.amazon.com - 12/3/2008
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aws.amazon.com —
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for work
that requires human intelligence. The Mechanical Turk web service...
enables companies to programmatically access this marketplace and a diverse, on-demand workforce. Developers can leverage this service ...
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
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Pirates of the Amazon Abandon Ship
Bits —
... under United States copyright law. John added: “The project struck quite some nerve; it surprised us that most people did not seem to get the humor and absurdity of it.” Florian Cramer, the course director of the Media Design program at Piet Zwart, wrote further about the project Friday on ...
Bits: Pirates of the Amazon Abandon Ship
NYT > Technology —
... under United States copyright law. John added: “The project struck quite some nerve; it surprised us that most people did not seem to get the humor and absurdity of it.” Florian Cramer, the course director of the Media Design program at Piet Zwart, wrote further about the project Friday on ...
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