Borribles: fine, dark English kids' trilogy

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Dark Horse Comics Classic Trilogy
Mini-Series Cover Gallery

Dark Horse Comics Classic Trilogy
Mini-Series Cover Gallery 12/18/2003 11:46 AM
Our trip through the Dark Horse Comics timeline continues today with stories that feature characters from the Classic Trilogy's Rebellion era. Beginning with Vader's Quest to find the identity of the person who destroyed the Death Star, to Princess Leia's undercover mission in River of Chaos, to Mara Jade adjusting to life after being the Emperor's Hand, these tales continue the saga of these favorite characters from the Classic Trilogy.

UK institutes ridiculously difficult
English-proficiency test for
English-speaking immigrants

UK institutes ridiculously difficult
English-proficiency test for
English-speaking immigrants 08/22/2004 07:30 AM
Cory Doctorow: Immigrants to the UK from English-speaking countries such as Canada and Australia must pass an English proficiency test in order to gain UK citizenship. The test is apparently very stringent:

According to one report two Australians, including a knight who has lived in Britain for 44 years and a writer with a degree in English, have been rejected under the new rules.

Link (via Fark)

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) :
Daily News in English About Korea

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) :
Daily News in English About Korea 07/13/2004 08:23 AM
3 Megapixel cameratelefoon .. chosun

english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200407/200407110024.html
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Dark Horse Comics Star Wars: Dark
Forces Cover Gallery

Dark Horse Comics Star Wars: Dark
Forces Cover Gallery 12/13/2003 08:45 PM
Our Dark Horse Comics cover gallery is updated today with the Dark Forces series of graphic story albums. Not merely a comic book-style adaptation of Kyle Katarn's adventures in the video game series of the same name, this series of novella-length prose-story books by William C. Dietz features illustrations by Dean Williams, Ezra Tucker and Dave Dorman. An Expanded Universe must-have series!

New 'PM For Kids' DVDs/VHS

New 'PM For Kids' DVDs/VHS 07/09/2004 01:11 PM
Popular Mechanics Jul 9 2004 5:13PM GMT

Here's One for Your Library's Kids'
Page!

Here's One for Your Library's Kids'
Page! 05/20/2004 11:36 PM

Watch Out, Boogers

"Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy! Every time I sit down to peruse MeFi I hear "there goes daddy on the blue again." Once they realized that some of their favorite flash sites came from the blue they wanted daddy to put up their favorite. Well here it is, my boys present to you Captain Underpants' battle with the Bionic Booger Boy, a gross interpretation of Galaxian. If you have young boys, check out the author's site and his books. Dave Pilkey has written a slew of incredibly funny and readable books for young kids, especially young boys." [MetaFilter]

Cut kids' TV 'to protect health'

Cut kids' TV 'to protect health' 07/15/2004 10:05 PM
Children should watch no more than two hours of TV a day to protect their future health, scientists have warned.

CNN Trilogy Poll

CNN Trilogy Poll 09/25/2004 11:36 PM
CNN.com is currently running a poll alongside a brief article on the Top 5 changes made to the trilogy DVDs. Be sure to stop on by and cast your vote! I've got to say, i'm not at all surprised (or displeased) over the results so far!

New Original Trilogy RTS

New Original Trilogy RTS 01/03/2005 05:54 PM
The latest issue of the British "PC Zone" magazine brings news of a totally new real-time strategy set immediately prior to A New Hope. Head over to TheForce.net for more reportage.

Kids' antidepressant use declines
(USATODAY.com)

Kids' antidepressant use declines
(USATODAY.com) 02/01/2005 08:28 PM
USATODAY.com - Massive publicity about antidepressants causing suicidal behavior in children is prompting more parents and doctors to hesitate longer or "just say no" to giving kids the pills, suggest new prescription records and interviews with doctors.

Parents fret over kids' 3G Web surfing

Parents fret over kids' 3G Web surfing 05/06/2004 04:09 PM
PC Pro May 6 2004 7:51PM GMT

Kids' craphoundery compromised by
commercialism

Kids' craphoundery compromised by
commercialism 01/02/2004 05:58 AM
Fiona Romeo writes about a BBC program about children and collecting, and the way that the commercialization of collectibles has changed the experience of collecting for kids.

Finkel argued that the commercialisation of collecting, through products like Pokémon cards, has devalued the experience: "What's really exciting about collecting is looking for things that you can't find when you want them. All you need to find [mass market collectibles] is the money. The real thrill is lost."

And, that these products might be branded as 'limited edition' or 'rare' but this is manipulated rather than spontaneous. I noticed this recently in Forbidden Planet, which has lucky-dip style vending machines for pocket-money priced toys, and trading cards on the counter. Reading both the pitches and disclaimers reminded me more of gambling than collecting.

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CDC - GHO - Kids' Page - Disease Cards

CDC - GHO - Kids' Page - Disease Cards 07/07/2004 04:43 AM
collectible infectious disease trading cards .. Hepatitis B

cdc.gov/global/cards.htm
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Playing with Kids' Search Engines

Playing with Kids' Search Engines 04/06/2005 07:37 PM

Is "Barney" destroying my kids' brains?

Is "Barney" destroying my kids' brains? 05/07/2004 07:47 AM
A few weeks ago, a study connected TV watching to ADHD. But the findings have been blown way out of proportion.

Kids' Obesity May Be Worse Than Thought
(AP)

Kids' Obesity May Be Worse Than Thought
(AP) 06/03/2004 03:43 PM
AP - Forty percent of public schoolchildren in Arkansas are overweight, and nearly one in four is obese, a sign that obesity among children nationwide is probably far worse than health officials had thought.

Kids' space books through the decades

Kids' space books through the decades 12/22/2004 01:30 AM
Mark Frauenfelder: Great directory of kids' books about space and space exploration from 1950s to 1970s. (Image shown here from The Big Book of Space). Link (Thanks Armand!)

Original Trilogy Monopoly

Original Trilogy Monopoly 05/10/2004 06:06 AM
Ever hankered for Yoda's Hut? Or maybe you'd like to own a chunk of Mos Eisley or the Throne Room from the Death Star. If you answer yes to any of these then click through.

Possible Individual Trilogy DVD Covers

Possible Individual Trilogy DVD Covers 06/17/2004 07:27 PM
Starwars.se has posted an interesting image of what could be the individual movie DVD covers in the Trilogy box set. The site reports that the image comes from a Swedish DVD catalogue. Hit the link above to check it out.

Original Trilogy Checklist

Original Trilogy Checklist 05/12/2004 09:54 PM
The Original Trilogy Collection is coming this fall, and the official site has a list of what we can expect in this assortment. Click here for the full details. Not much new revealed, but worth checking out anyway. With 37 figures listed, I've updated our own OTC Checklist with the new figures.

EverQuest Trilogy Trial

EverQuest Trilogy Trial 07/08/2004 05:30 PM

Is It Illegal To Listen In On Your Kids'
Phone Calls?

Is It Illegal To Listen In On Your Kids'
Phone Calls? 12/22/2004 01:16 AM
As various internet service providers and third party software firms are pushing software on parents that lets them eavesdrop on their kids' surfing habits, parents might want to be aware of a recent court ruling up in Washington state. The ruling didn't focus on the internet, but found that a mother who listened in on her daughter's phone call broke wiretap laws. The article, written for a Connecticut newspaper, then goes on to discuss whether or not the same ruling would apply in that state -- and it's a bit tricky. Part of the rationale for the ruling in Washington is that state wiretap laws require both parties to agree to be recorded. Connecticut (and most other states) only have a one person requirement -- but in the case where a parent is eavesdropping, the question then becomes whether or not they, as a legal guardian, have the right to give the consent to be wiretapped for their kid. Of course, this is just one of the many reasons why kids get mobile phones. However, with internet access, a similar question arises, but not many seem to have dealt with it. It's likely that similar cases will start to show up when people feel their privacy is violated by their parents spying on their online activities. Of course, some might point out that talking to your kids and trying to build a trusting relationship (not always easy, of course) might be a better way to keep them out of trouble than spying on them.

for review: a history of MJ's kids'
names

for review: a history of MJ's kids'
names 07/20/2004 06:26 PM
now that he'll have seven kids, all he needs is a bass player to start his own band!

Our Kids' GBP3,000 High-Tech Bedrooms

Our Kids' GBP3,000 High-Tech Bedrooms 12/04/2003 01:10 PM
Sky News Dec 4 2003 12:14PM ET

CNN.com - Jackson hosts kids' party -
Dec 19, 2004

CNN.com - Jackson hosts kids' party -
Dec 19, 2004 12/19/2004 03:52 PM
CNN.com - Jackson hosts 200 kids at Neverland party .. should be kicked in the butt

cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/18/jackson.party.ap/index.html
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Coloring books stifle kids' creativity?

Coloring books stifle kids' creativity? 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

At a dinner party last night hosted by an artist her daughters shared tales of the severity of their upbringing.  No sugared cereal.  No gun toys.  No coloring books because they stifle creativity; kids should draw freehand.  It was just like our family, I responded!  We were always envious of our cousins who got to eat Fruit Loops and enjoyed coloring books to their hearts' content.

How did the experiment work out in our family?  My cousin Douglas, raised on a steady diet of coloring books, got his first full-time job at Walt Disney as a character animator.  His credits include Scar in the Lion King, the Hunchback in Hunchback of Notre Dame, etc.  I, by contrast, used the superior drawing skills and creativity acquired in a coloring book-free childhood to become... a computer programmer.

[Where is Doug now you might ask?  He would be working at Disney still if the executives had not looted $2 billion from the company into their personal checking accounts when the economy was booming.  As soon as the economy stopped booming, however, the executives were shocked--shocked!--to discover how depleted the corporate checking account was.  So they said "We can't afford to do animation in Los Angeles anymore" and shut down the studio founded by Walt Disney himself in 1923.  Doug moved up north to Pixar.]

Study Links Kids' Obesity to Watching TV
(AP)

Study Links Kids' Obesity to Watching TV
(AP) 07/15/2004 06:39 PM
AP - Children who watch more than two hours of television a night seem to be at higher risk of becoming smokers or being fat, out of shape or having high cholesterol as adults, according to a new study.

'Spy kids' to target game sellers

'Spy kids' to target game sellers 08/09/2004 12:50 PM
Trading standards chiefs in north-east England recruit youngsters in a crackdown on sellers of violent computer games.

Whiz kids' blunders blacken IPO's eye

Whiz kids' blunders blacken IPO's eye 08/19/2004 01:50 AM
USA Today Aug 19 2004 6:06AM GMT

Kids' Corner: Website Usability for
Children

Kids' Corner: Website Usability for
Children 07/06/2002 01:01 AM

EP III: Mayhew Also Signed For Sequel
Trilogy?

EP III: Mayhew Also Signed For Sequel
Trilogy? 01/16/2004 11:05 AM
Big big rumor! Rumblings of new directors and returning cast . . .

Original Trilogy Collection From Hasbro

Original Trilogy Collection From Hasbro 02/13/2004 09:18 AM
Hasbro's Republic News has big news today. They are officially announcing the Original Trilogy Collection, retro-style packaged figures with cool black and silver card backers. Similarly, there are going to be 12" figures with similar retro-styled packaging. Read all about it at the link above.

Can't Wait For The Original Trilogy
DVDs?

Can't Wait For The Original Trilogy
DVDs? 09/06/2004 05:55 PM
I'm betting this auction for the much anticipated Original Trilogy DVD set due out September 21 won't last long on eBay. eBay Original Trilogy In Hand.

Star Wars Trilogy DVD Sales Kit

Star Wars Trilogy DVD Sales Kit 06/19/2004 07:44 AM
We've been sent the Star Wars trilogy dvd sales kit, which includes the packaging for the individual Trilogy DVDs. Click on the thumbnails above to check it out!

"Star Wars Trilogy - 2004 DVD Changes"

"Star Wars Trilogy - 2004 DVD Changes" 09/12/2004 08:58 AM

Classic Trilogy Scholastic Books

Classic Trilogy Scholastic Books 06/21/2004 09:52 PM
Scholastic Books will be bringing new junior novelizations out this fall, each written by Ryder Windham. Written with a fresh perspective, these new adaptations will shed new light on the Classic Trilogy, now that the Prequel Trilogy facts are now known. in addition, the The Complete Star Wars Trilogy Scrapbook by Mark Cotta Vaz will be re-released. All books will sport new wraparound covers and will be released in October. Click here for the complete report.

George Lucas Speaks on Trilogy Changes

George Lucas Speaks on Trilogy Changes 09/17/2004 11:52 AM

DVD release for Star Wars trilogy

DVD release for Star Wars trilogy 02/11/2004 09:32 AM
The original three Star Wars movies are to be released on DVD for the first time in September.

Wal-Mart Exclusive Trilogy Set Info

Wal-Mart Exclusive Trilogy Set Info 09/14/2004 05:54 AM
Kentucky Joe chimes in with new info for those waiting for these great collectible three packs . . .
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"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..."

"Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it..." 12/31/2004 10:23 AM

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it.

Loki Torrent - Torrent Search, Torrent
Download, You name it, we've got it. 12/30/2004 11:53 AM
fights back .. lokittorrent .. Loki Torrent

lokitorrent.com
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ALL MULTIPLE P2P NETWORK FILE SHARING
SOFTWARE ARE NOT THE SAME: TrustyFiles
2.2 update adds Bit Torrent access and
delivers the fastest and most results
and download sources with 100% native
code.

ALL MULTIPLE P2P NETWORK FILE SHARING
SOFTWARE ARE NOT THE SAME: TrustyFiles
2.2 update adds Bit Torrent access and
delivers the fastest and most results
and download sources with 100% native
code. 06/07/2004 02:37 AM
RazorPop, Inc. announced the release of TrustyFiles 2.2 Personal File Sharing software at http://www.TrustyFiles.com. The performance-driven update cements TrustyFile’s position as the leader in Multi-P2P network software. TrustyFiles 2.2 features 100% native code and adds Bit Torrent network support. TrustyFiles continues to be FREE with NO spyware and NO additional bundled software. [PRWEB Jun 7, 2004]

Torrent 0.61

Torrent 0.61 01/27/2004 02:58 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

My first torrent

My first torrent 07/30/2004 03:00 AM

Thanks to Jim and Ado for setting up the BitTorrent tracker. Here is a torrent for Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture talk in Helsinki that I blogged about earlier.

UPDATE: Please standby. It doesn't seem to be working.

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Torrent Zip

Torrent Zip 03/31/2005 11:44 PM
The project is live!

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV

Torrentocracy = RSS + Bit Torrent + Your
TV 06/21/2004 07:41 AM

Battle Torrent

Battle Torrent 08/11/2004 09:45 AM

Thanks to Dave over at Scripting News for the link. The already easy process of downloading files via BitTorrent has just gotten easier. [Downhill Battle]

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent

Sri Lankan hip-hop mix: torrent 03/17/2005 03:55 AM
Xeni Jardin: Boing Boing reader Lucas Emery says,

Your big article on M.I.A over the weekend reminded me that I had downloaded a mix mp3 shortly after the Tsunami disaster comprised exclusivly of Sri Lankan hip-hop. I can't remember where I originally found the mix (boomselection, maybe?) so I just made a .torrent. 58.4 Meg mp3 mix by Dr. Auratheft.

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Previously: M.I.A. is, well, MIA; and MIA for intergalactic overlord

CC Torrent Hosting

CC Torrent Hosting 12/17/2004 06:33 PM

Torrentocracy has announced a free BitTorrent hosting service for Creative Commons licensed content: Prodigem.

Download one of the beta torrents currently available. Send an email to Torrentocracy creator Gary Lerhaupt to request an upload account.

Update: Download all of the Duke Law School Arts Project Moving Image Contest finalists via one torrent at prodigem.

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2

ShiftyGames Torrent 0.8.2 05/05/2004 10:52 PM
An arcade game with colored tiles.

Bit Torrent : An Analysis

Bit Torrent : An Analysis 12/19/2004 03:10 PM
Hardy news site, The Register, recently published a detailed analysis of the file sharing protocol Bit Torrent. Bit Torrent has received attention in the main stream news after reports that it was carrying as much as 50% of all peer 2 peer (p2p) traffic, which in tern amounted to a massive 30% of all the traffic on the internet. The paper, by Dr. Johan Pouwelse, examines the protocol and looks especially at one of the largest bit-torrent hubs, Suprnova.org. He examines how just 20 moderators solve the problem of fake files, something that plagues the traditional file sharing networks like Kazaa.

Dr Powelse notes that the major problems facing hubs like suprnova are fakes and maintaining hub availability. The availability of files on bit torrent is based on a centralised system; without it, the network fails as users cannot access the trackers. Decentralising bit torrent has already begun - Suprnova have started a project called "Exeem" which apparently has 5,000 beta testers trialling it, and has an ultimate aim of taking the best of Kazaa (a decentralised network) and merging it with Bit Torrent. Decentralisation removes the issue of poor availability at the tracker end, yet0 it also provides more scope for fake files and a reduction in data integrity at the user end.

The paper concludes that bit-torrent needs to evolve to create incentives to users to seed files. Bit-torrent as a protocol is a system that’s here to stay; it enjoys more and more usage from more main stream content providers. Yes, there is a lot of illegitimate use of the protocol, but unlike Kazaa, these users should not be allowed to over shadow the usefulness to legitimate users of the bit torrent protocol.

[Update] Since this article was published, Suprnova has shutdown as a hub for torrents. Although this cannot be confirmed, the shutdown is very likely related to legal action from the Hollywood against tracker websites; earlier in the week many other sites were taken down. The effectiveness of the takedowns could be massive; the paper below notes that when on the Suprnova mirrors went offline during their monitoring period, they saw a massive reduction in the number of users downloading files through the site.

Download: The Paper (pdf) | The Register

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It's the torrent, stupid

It's the torrent, stupid 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Mark Pesce rants about the recent shutdowns of BitTorrent supersites Suprnova.org and TorrentBits.com.

Hey, Hollywood! Can you feel the future slipping through your fingers? Do you understand how badly you've screwed up? You took a perfectly serviceable situation - a nice, centralized system for the distribution of media, and, through your own greed and shortsightedness, are giving birth to a system of digital distribution that you'll never, ever be able to defeat. In your avarice and arrogance you ignored the obvious: you should have cut a deal with SuprNova.org. In partnership you could have found a way to manage the disruptive change that's already well underway. Instead, you have repeated the mistakes made by the recording industry, chapter and verse. And thus you have spelled your own doom.

It's said that the best sequels are just like the original, only bigger and louder. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for one hell of a crash. This baby is now fully out of control.

Link (via waxy)

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns

Following up on Torrent Shutdowns 12/22/2004 01:40 AM
Slashdot Dec 21 2004 6:33PM GMT

Xcode .torrent

Xcode .torrent 08/08/2004 02:13 AM
Apple just released an update to is Xcode development tools, but Apple's content distribution network is slow and poky, and as Danny notes, it "won't let you resume downloads using wget -c." So here's a .torrent for Xcode. Link (via Oblomovka)

Bit Torrent question

Bit Torrent question 04/09/2004 10:30 PM
Bit Torrent and the ability to download everything in one click (is this the end of Direct TV, Tivo and the music business?!).

Used BitTorrent a little bit when it first came out and was a bit underwhelmed. It didn’t work, there weren’t a lot of places to find files, etc.

I decided to take another look at it when a designer friend of mine was telling me that he has the latest version of every single piece of design software on his Mac compliments of bit torrent (yes, I know it’s wrong… not the point I’m trying to make, the point is coming :-).

Part I: I installed bit torrent and immediately noticed an amazing new trend (prob. not new to all of you) of people posting dozens of albums in one RAR file for download. Huge file sizes in the 500 to 4,000 meg size range. The last season of seven seasons of Southpark, every Nirvanna album and here is another file with every Howard Stern radio show from March in one file.

In one click you grab one really well organized, clean and deep sets of files—scary.

Part II: A couple of month ago I got the Gateway Connected DVD player. For $195 it connects via WiFi to my desktop and I can hit the My Music or My Videos button on the remote control and pull up those directories on my hard drive (in the other room).

Part III: Today I moved into my new apartment in Santa Monica and was faced with the standard $100 month cable/dish bill and I’m thinking “dang, I only watch less then a half dozen TV shows and they are all here on bit torrent… maybe I should save the $1,200 a year and just download the shows and watch them via my Gateway Connected DVD player?”

The Point/Question: How soon before you’ll be able-with one click-download every prime-time TV show or last year’s top 500 CDs in one click?!

(Note: This is not a trick question, I have yet to find a file containing that much content—however, I did find a file with last weeks top 100 singles that someone put together in one nice package).

[The Digital Music Weblog]

"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB"

"Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB" 03/27/2005 10:28 AM

Grokster briefs torrent

Grokster briefs torrent 03/26/2005 05:13 AM
Cory Doctorow: Thad sez, "This is a torrent of all of the briefs submitted re: MGM v. Grokster, in the zip format provided on the U.S. Copyright Office site." Torrent Link for 74 briefs in 20.7MB

Torrent of video from DV Guide

Torrent of video from DV Guide 08/30/2004 02:55 AM

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Comrade - Bit Torrent Client

Comrade - Bit Torrent Client 06/24/2004 12:03 AM
Working.

Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users?

Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2
Users? 11/18/2003 07:54 PM

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent

Microsoft builds a better Bit Torrent 06/17/2005 03:18 PM
Researchers at Microsoft's computer science lab in Cambridge have developed a peer-to-peer filesharing system that they say overcomes the scheduling problems associated with existing distribution protocols such as Bit Torrent.

The researchers claim download times are between 20-30 per cent faster, using their network coding approach, than on systems that only code at the server, and between 200 and 300 per cent faster than distributing un-encoded information.

View: Full Article @ The Register
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Torrent Site Status

Torrent Site Status 01/07/2005 04:15 AM
Don’t download too much pr0n .. Torrent Site Status

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SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge

SP2 Bit Torrent Legal Challenge 08/11/2004 05:20 PM

Download the Windows XP Service Pack 2: The guys who were doing Microsoft a favor by pushing Service Pack 2 via Bit Torrent got slapped down by Redmond.

Microsoft sent DMCA takedown notices to our two webhosts, one of which was just linking to a torrent file on another server. We've stood up to these kinds of legal threats before (see the Grey Tuesday protests), but we decided not to bother this time, because we started this site primarily as a demonstration and to that end it's already been a huge success.

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BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader

BeeTV - automatic torrent downloader 04/15/2005 10:02 AM
Prototype version released

Torrent for Windows XP Service Pack 2

Torrent for Windows XP Service Pack 2 08/09/2004 04:48 PM
Microsoft needs to distribute its new Win XP Service Pack 2 to 260 million Windows users at 75MB each. Moving a wodge that big to that many machines is too much even for the biggest software company on the planet. So the folks at Downhill Battle have seized upon this as an opportunity to prove the substantial noninfringing uses of P2P by releasing a .torrent of SP@ (complete with checksum info so that you can verify that this isn't some malware-riddled trojan, except to the extent that it is a typical piece of the Windows XP OS). Join the mesh, shoulder the load, get your medicine -- the 21st Century way. Link (via Waxy)

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror

Eyes on the Screen torrent mirror 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Cory Doctorow: Eyes on the Screen is an amazing Downhill Battle project that we blogged earlier. The idea is to get people to download the seminal documentary Eyes on the Prize, which chronicles the American civil rights movement. It's a Black History Month perrennial, but because of the prohibitive cost of clearing the copyrights to the archival footage used in the series. Once the series has been downloaded, you'd be encouraged to host a screening party for your friends and neighbors on February 8th, and ensure that the vital messages of this documentary don't fade away due to outmoded laws.

The Downhill Battle torrents for Eyes on the Prize have gone away, but there is still a mirror of them available. Please consider using the mirror to get your own copies and host a party of your own.

At 8pm on February 8th we will celebrate the struggle and triumph of the civil rights movement with screenings of Eyes on the Prize Part 1: Awakenings. Eyes on the Prize is the most renowned civil rights documentary of all time; for many people, it is how they first learned about the Civil Rights Movement (more about the film). But this film has not been available on video or television for the past 10 years simply because of expired copyright licenses. We cannot allow copyright red tape to keep this film from the public any longer. So today we are making digital versions of the film available for download. Join us in building a new mass audience for this film: organize or attend a screening in your city, town, school or home on February 8th.

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AnimeMonitor RSS (torrent) feed monitor

AnimeMonitor RSS (torrent) feed monitor 04/16/2004 10:22 AM
We're Alive!

Defense fund for Bit Torrent indexer

Defense fund for Bit Torrent indexer 12/30/2004 02:45 AM
Cory Doctorow: LokiTorrent is a BitTorrent indexing site -- like the lamented Suprnova -- that has been threatened with legal action by the MPAA for telling people where to download torrent files that allow them to download video and other large data-objects. Unlike some of the other Torrent indexers that shut down last week, LokiTorrent is mounting a legal defense. They're trying to raise a legal defense fund of $30,000, and they've made $11,500 in the first 12 hours. Link (via /.)

Outfoxed interviews available under CC
license via Bit Torrent

Outfoxed interviews available under CC
license via Bit Torrent 09/15/2004 03:51 AM

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Outfoxed Torrent (torrentocracy exclusive)

In working with Lawrence Lessig, Robert Greenwald has agreed to release the interviews within Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism under a Creative Commons non-commercial license (press release). This means that among the rights now granted, interviews balancing out the fair journalism of Fox News can freely be used as anyone sees fit. To see the full movie, you can purchase the Outfoxed DVD or check it out in theaters.

Torrentocracy (along with archive.org) has exclusive initial access to distribute these interviews in their digital form due to the work undertaken to promote a TV-connected, public domain, internet based media distribution network. The torrent file to start your Outfoxed download can be found at http://www.torrentocracy.com/files/torrents/outfoxed_intervie ws.torrent. For more information on how to use bit torrent peer-to-peer filesharing to download this, go here. If you were a Torrentocracy user, you could already be downloading Outfoxed to your television.

Here's some serious substantial non-infringing use of P2P. I bought the DVD and watched Outfoxed. Definitely worth buying the DVD, but being able to download and use the interviews from the documentary is a great contribution to the commons. It will be interesting to see how people remix this stuff.

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Borribles: fine, dark English kids' trilogy