define( 'DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4' ); define( 'DB_COLLATE', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' ); 14 April 2012 – Lost Republic

Daily Archives: 14 April 2012

South Park’s Matt Stone on how MPAA favors big studios

Israel mulls ways to penalize PA in wake of UN human rights probe

open quote Israel is considering sanctions against the Palestinian Authority after the United Nations’ Human Rights Council decided to establish an international investigative committee on the West Bank settlements.

Today, a forum of eight senior Israeli cabinet ministers is scheduled to meet in Jerusalem to discuss sanctions against the PA and representatives of the UN Human Rights Council in Israel. It is unclear whether any decisions will be made during today’s meeting.

Three members of the octet reportedly support freezing the transfer of tax revenues to the PA. According to one source, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz would back such a move. close quote (Read more)

HA! — The numbers behind the Copyright Math

MPAA: $58 billion / year losses to copyright theft???

373,000 jobs lost???

Each pirated song costs the economy: $150,000???