guardian.co.uk - 12/8/2008
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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 "blocked" sites for hosting the picture. That ...
forbes.com - 12/2/2008
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forbes.com —
Digital bibliophiles may have hoped Amazon would offer
up a new e-reader before the holidays. But they...
haven't let their disappointment--or the tanking economy--put a damper on Christmas Kindle-mania. Since Amazon (nasdaq: AMZN - news - people ) ...
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Why Amazon Doesn't Need Kindle 2.0
community.zdnet.co.uk - 12/7/2008
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community.zdnet.co.uk —
The following notice has appeared on Wikipedia today
when many UK users attempt to edit content: "Wikipedia...
has been added to a Internet Watch Foundation UK website blacklist, and your Internet service provider has decided to block part of your ...
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UK ISPs switch on mass Wikipedia censorship
allthingsdistributed.com - 12/10/2008
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allthingsdistributed.com —
Starting today the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2)
supports the ability to launch instances in multiple geographically...
distinct regions. The new EU region enables users to launch instances in Europe. This addresses the requests from many our ...
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Expanding the Cloud: Amazon EC2 in Europe
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Wikipedia Blocked in U.K.--Because of 30-Year-Old LP
AppScout —
... The popular open-source encyclopedia was blocked for hosting the original art for the 1976 LP Virgin Killer. Some UK users have been blocked from editing the page, and others have been blocked from accessing the site at all, according to The Guardian. ...
A chill wind makes for a slipperier slope
GMSV —
... before figuring out what to do about blacklisting Amazon and all the other sites where the album cover can be found. * In Australia, a judge upheld the conviction of a Sydney man on charges of possessing child pornography and using his computer to access same. The material in question — ...
Is Wikipedia Filtering in U.K. Just the Beginning?
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
... , an album from German heavy metal group Scorpions, to its blacklist. This could just be the beginning, however. Why? The Guardian noted that a representative of the IWF told them that told them that the same cover art image, which apparently shows an underage girl nude, had been reported to IWF as appearing on an Amazon.com page. Sccording to Sarah Robertson, director of communications for the IWF: Robertson declined to say whether Amazon would be the next to be blocked. She confirmed that the Amazon page containing the offending cover was referred to the IWF today, but that ...
Controversial Wikipedia Ban Lifted by U.K. Watchdog Group
Today @ PC World —
... in breach of the Protection of Children Act 1978. However, the IWF Board has today (9 December 2008) considered these findings and the contextual issues involved in this specific case and, in light of the length of time the image has existed and its wide availability, the decision has been taken to remove this Web page from our list," a statement says. The group goes on to say it will not ban any other sites featuring the "Virgin Killer" cover image, putting to rest discussion of a possible censorship of Amazon , which had hosted the image on its store pages. "IWF's overriding ...
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