April 17, 2007
This is How We Catch You Downloading
All over Europe thousands of people are being threatened with court action for allegedly sharing games like Dream Pinball 3D on P2P networks. Now, documents obtained by TorrentFreak show details of the anti-piracy company’s techniques for identifying alleged file-sharers on the internet and the gathering of claimed ‘forensic quality’ evidence for use in court cases.
Piracy Investigators Infiltrate Private Torrent Sites
In March, TorrentFreak published an article which aimed to answer the question ‘Are Private BitTorrent Trackers Safe?’ Now, an internet piracy investigator has admitted that his organisation has successfully infiltrated private BitTorrent trackers and is actively collecting information.
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April 17, 2007
The daily getTRIO.com newsletter brings word of an intriguing film:
Church of the Apparition is a documentary with a simple concept: we watch people’s reactions and listen to their comments as they listen to music on headphones.
Not much to write home about. But wait: this is actually a pretty amazing movie. Director Paul Festa sets it up so that we see and hear some talking/listening heads, mostly in tight shots. We don’t know what they’re listening to and we don’t even know who most of them are. All we get for the first half of the movie is their extraordinary range of reactions: morbid, funny, perplexed, enthralled, sarcastic, annoyed, awed, meditative.
During the second half of the hour-long film, we get to hear some of the music and we learn at the end who the listeners are — no way are we going to include spoilers here. In all, an absorbing and exhilarating film about the power of music.
The DVD is available for purchase on the website.
Of course, I bring you screensnaps from the trailer!
Apparition of the Eternal Church film website
Apparition of the Eternal Church film trailer (QuickTime)
Previously in this blog:
People Go To Movies To, Uh, Learn Things?
It’s The People, Stupid!
Movies You Must See And I Guarantee You Haven’t!
Could Anyone Say This About You?
David Bamford Reviews Another Movie!
Reference: SF/Sci-Fi TV, Movies
The Kids Are All Fucked Up
Heather The Hot: Did This Movie Warp Her?
Reference: Finding Local Movies With Google
Funny Trailer. Go See.
David Bamford Does The Math On The Number 23 Movie
Reference: Obscure DVDs For Rent/Sale
Note To Self: See This Movie
Where I Live, Most People Want To Be Al Pacino’s Scarface
Just Popped In To Say Alex Cox Is A God!! Kneel!
Note To Myself: Get This Movie!
The Joy Of Silent Film
One Of These Days I Will See This
Help Out Someone Being Crushed By MammothMedia!
More Movies I Haven’t But Now Want To See
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April 17, 2007
Feces-Filled Home With 300 Cats Inspected 5 Years Ago
A hazmat team tested the air quality and the ammonia level was at 31 parts per million, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. The lethal level is 20 parts per million.
And:
Officials said the house was in deplorable condition with animal feces 2 to 3 inches deep throughout it.
Quoted from photo slideshow.
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