Posts by Dai Kiwi

iPhone app simulates political corruption

I must have had a bad day

...I read the headline as "iPhone stimulates political corruption"

Beeb borrows copyrighted Flickr image

Fees for use of photos in broadcasts...

If you want an idea of what the going rate is in the UK for use of a photo on TV try looking here:

http://www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/phbrorat.html

The page also has a link to reported fees that the Beeb charges others for use of their stock photos or stills in broadcasts.

I figure £75 was a good opening offer, but he probably could safely have asked for double or treble and got it without much trouble.

Also, a thankyou to the pros/semi-pros in this comments thread offering rational comments regarding use of IP.

Anonymous digs ahead of more assaults on Scientology

Bare-Faced Messiah

The CoS tried and failed to stop publication of Russell Miller's well-researched biography of Hubbard - "Bare-Faced Messiah". Miller later had the decency to make a plain-text version of the book available for free download. See:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/

Look for the gzip link about 3/4 the way down.

Also available at a bunch of other places on the net including bittorrent sites where it qualifies as one of the legitimate/legal shares.

New Zealand bolts net filtering regime into place

@ grom

Taking the comment seriously:

Brain Dead, Bad Taste & Feebles are all rated 'R16' in NZ. Black Sheep was a little more restrained and has garnered only a 'R13' rating.

The reference to horror goes back to the 1950s incarnation of the legislation - the 'Indecent Publications Act' - which was amended as a result of the horror comics scare of the time. From the 1950s to the 1990s a comic book was by definition 'likely to be attractive to children' so an adult comic book was not only a contradiction in terms, but also illegal ,regardless of whether children were the intended aufience or not.

Native-Linux music player Amarok gets major overhaul

One step forwards, two steps back

... I'll check back after 'a few releases'.