That’s a lot of purple. #nyu #commencement #graduation #Yankee Stadium (Taken with instagram)
The documentary I made for my senior thesis at New York University.
The recent thaw of Burma is one of the most celebrated stories of the year. But not all of Burma’s exiles are convinced of genuine change within their homeland.
Copyright Suit Against Tumblr May Affect All Photo Sharing Sites
Back in 2006, a pornography publishing company named Perfect 10 attempted to sue Google over copyright infringement, claiming that the thumbnails displayed on Google’s image search did not fall under “fair use.” Ultimately, the Supreme Court wouldn’t even hear the case, allowing the ruling that thumbnails are fair use to stand and handing Perfect 10 yet another loss (they’ve sustained many in this area).Now, however, Perfect 10 is at it again and this time they might win. This suit is against the blogging/sharing platform Tumblr, claiming that the website ignored six separate take-down notices and that Tumblr employees knowingly posted infringing content. The major concern with this lawsuit is that if the courts rule in Perfect 10′s favor, the repercussions for all sharing platforms (read: Pinterest, Twitpic, etc.) could big; essentially opening up a potential pandora’s box of copyright infringement cases.
A trial date hasn’t been set yet, nor has Tumblr responded in any form or fashion regarding the case, but this is one that everybody should follow closely — especially since Tumblr could drag users into the fray very easily. Back in 2006 Google had a strong case for why its thumbnails were fair use, but Tumblr won’t have it nearly as easy.
(via Photo District News & Petapixel)
The odds that Tumblr employees uploaded porn as a way to convince people to join the site are slim to nil — you need evidence to make a claim like that, and the filing doesn’t have any. Also, as TechDirt notes, Perfect 10 seemingly goes out of its way to make its DMCA notices impossible to respond to, by filing them in cumbersome ways — ways which, by the way, courts have blocked in the past. That said, though, this is a story to keep an eye on.
Production Bible. And, she’s done. (Taken with instagram)
“Maurice Sendak, the children’s author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” dies in Danbury, Conn., reportedly of complications from a stroke. He was 83.
Full Story: http://nbcnews.to/JbuAxO | Photo: AP”
Via NBC News
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Arizona bans funding of Planned Parenthood
(CNN) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a bill that will prevent abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving public funds in most cases, her office said.
“This is a common sense law that tightens existing state regulations and closes loopholes in order to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to fund abortions, whether directly or indirectly,” the governor said in a statement.
“By signing this measure into law, I stand with the majority of Americans who oppose the use of taxpayer funds for abortion,” Brewer said.
Kansas, North Carolina and Texas have enacted similar legislation, while Indiana, New Jersey and Wisconsin have used their budget processes to bar funding for abortion providers, according to her office.
Before Brewer signed the bill into law, the political arm of Planned Parenthood Arizona slammed the measure, which it says will put the health of thousands at risk.
Besides operating clinics where abortions are performed, Planned Parenthood provides a range of health services including cancer screenings, birth control, vaccinations, sexual health education and health counseling.
“Many in the legislature will never know what it’s like to feel a lump in their breast and have to worry about the cost of a doctor’s visit,” said Bryan Howard, president and chief executive of Planned Parenthood Arizona.
“This is the reality with which many Arizona women are faced, at the hands of a legislature determined to reduce access to prevention care while pursuing its ideological political agenda,” he said.
Foggy day in the neighborhood makes the Empire State Building disappear. (Taken with instagram)
#StrawberryFest amazingness (Taken with instagram)
Apple ‘Avoiding Billions In Global Taxes,’ Report Claims
Gadget giant Apple is avoiding billions of dollars in taxes by setting up small offices around the world to collect and invest the company’s profits, according to The New York Times.
Saturday’s report said an office in Reno, Nevada, where the corporate tax rate is zero, was one of many that the California-based technology giant uses to legally sidestep state income taxes on some of its gains.
California’s corporate tax rate is 8.84 percent.
Record sales of iPhones and iPad tablet computers, particularly in China and other parts of Asia, saw Apple report last week that it made a $39.2 billion profit in the quarter ended March 31.
The Times quoted Apple executives who said the Reno office and others in Ireland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, the British Virgin Islands and other low-tax places were among the legal methods the company was using to reduce its global tax bill.
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