Pirate Movie Sites

Is this the beginning of the end?
UK court judge has ruled, British Telecom block pirate Newzbin2 from broadcasting through there internet connection.
Seems this site that streams movies and the like, is doing so illegally and Hollywood companies feel violated by such sites, even though the average takings for movies in in the thousands, it is the legal principal that counts.

Captain America: The First Avenger Paramount Pictures $65,058,524 $65,058,524

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $47,422,212 $273,539,281

Friends With Benefits Screen Gems $18,622,150 $18,622,150

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Paramount Pictures $12,051,735 $325,841,185

Horrible Bosses New Line Cinema $11,884,319 $82,566,703

Zookeeper Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group $8,702,055 $59,206,255

Cars 2 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $5,655,857 $176,375,295

Winnie the Pooh Walt Disney Studios Distribution $5,162,046 $17,594,297

Bad Teacher N/A $2,610,925 $94,365,688

At the end of the summer the whys and wherefores of how this will happen,be will put in detail. In his ruling, Mr Justice Arnold stated: "In my judgment it follows that BT has actual knowledge of other persons using its service to infringe copyright: it knows that the users and operators of Newzbin 2 infringe copyright on a large scale, and in particular infringe the copyrights of the studios in large numbers of their films and television programs."

Chris Marcich, president and managing director of MPA Europe said: "This ruling from Justice Arnold is a victory for millions of people working in the UK creative industries and demonstrates that the law of the land must apply online.

"This court action was never an attack on ISPs but we do need their co-operation to deal with the Newzbin site which continually tries to evade the law and judicial sanction. Newzbin is a notorious pirate website which makes hundreds of thousands of copyrighted products available without permission and with no regard for the law."
The MPA says they will go after more ISPs.

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Virologists Working On Super Antibody

There are so many viruses out there to catch, virologist are constantly researching and studying (cause it's their job) ways to defeat the nasty ones. They are looking at a super antibody that could possibly lead to a universal vaccine.

Virologists and researchers around the world have been on a quest to develop a universal vaccine, that will attack a common denominator of all influenza that does not mutate in anyway.

Scientists isolated an antibody called F16 this targets a protein found on the surface of all influenza A viruses. After taking samples of immune cells from 100,000 patients, who had a flu vaccine or the flu.

"We've tried every subtype of influenza A and it interacts with them all, We eventually hope it can be used as a therapy by injecting the antibody to stop the infection." says Sir John Skehel MRC scientist at Mill Hill. "We eventually hope it can be used as a therapy by injecting the antibody to stop the infection."

It is a well known fact that those people who have suffered viruses develop an immunity to them, well it has also been suggested that those who have had swine flu could have developed a super immunity to other infections.


Mice that had lethal doses of the H1N1 virus, were then given the antibody two days later and survived. Professor John Oxford, a virologist at Queen Mary, University of London, said: "It's pretty good if you've got one against the whole shebang, that's a good step forward."

However it will be a few more years before the structure of the antibody can be used to make a vaccine.

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UK Getting Closer To Full Electric Car System

Electric Cars

More British citizens may consider buying an electric car, as Welcome Break service stations, on the motorways, are planning to put many recharging points in, along with the regular gas and diesel options. Power stations with solar give the best environmental option.

There are several stylish electric for sale in Brittan, now with more service stations having the battery charging available, on the motorways it is likely British folks will be purchasing them. The common complaint about electric cars is the charge time, granted most of the cars are fitted for the 13A system, (12 hours to top up the battery) but more and more have the 7 point 32A charging system which will get you going with a full charge in an hour, of course this speed comes with a higher price, the choice is paying for hotel room or faster charging.

Here is a selection of some kinds of electric vehicles available on the UK market.

Stevens is a new father and son British company, they have a ZeCar and a ZeVan.

Tazzari started in Italy in 1963, after 45 years of car building and design, have now branched out into the electric vehicle.

Tesla eclectic is attracting much attention as the Tesla Roadster is the first production electric sports car, it stops all the astigmatism of electric cars being boxy and slow, this amps up the speed to 125mph and has very good acceleration.

Nice is a branch of Lotus it stands for "No Internal Combustion Engine"  This is the Mega City, The Mega City is actually an existing petrol car made by French manufacturers Aixam.  NICE have teamed up with Aixam to produce this electrified version of the Mega City

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Is Change Coming To Cuba?

Because Cuba is a communist country, since 1959 people have not had private property, well they may have the title to their home but where not allowed to sell it for monetary gain, they are at present only allowed to pass on the homes to family members.

Now however the latest proposal at the national assembly, to up date Cuba's economic model, is to allow Cubans to sell their homes for money or to buy another house. Also big news citizens will be able to buy any car they want and sell their old car, good news for some.

Will this result in the sprouting up of car dealerships all over Cuba? Or will measures be put in place to prevent that? Could a career in real estate be the new 'it' job in country, what does this mean to the average citizen, well Cubans have been looking forward to this change for a while, even though the political party whilst recognizing the right to private property, will still control prices and tax.



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