Internet: AFP Suit Against Google Tests Concept of "Fair Use"

What constitutes fair use of copyrighted content on the Internet? These boundaries may be shaped by a lawsuit filed recently against Google by the French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). In the most highly publicized suit of its kind, AFP is arguing that Google wrongfully aggregated photos and story excerpts from its news sites in order to populate Google News. Now, the general mode of thinking about content on the Web has always gone something like this: "If the content is out there, and it ain't locked down (i.e., password protected), then you can link to it, aggregate it, and organize it however you want." In other words, to quote a popular open-source mantra, information wants to be free. ...

Attualitá: In Iraqi Town, Trainees Are Also Suspects

HAWIJAH, Iraq -- After midnight on a bare stretch of highway near this ramshackle town last week, Staff Sgt. Jason Hoover saw what looked like a fishing line strung across the road and ordered his Humvee to a screeching halt. ...

Attualitá: USA - Bush entsetzt über Latino-Hymne

Die US-Nationalhymne sollte nach Bushs Ansicht in Englisch gesungen werden - eine spanische Version fand nicht seinen Gefallen....

Sport: Turbine Potsdam zum dritten Mal DFB-Pokalsieger

Berlin (dpa) - Die Fußball-Frauen von Turbine Potsdam haben zum dritten Mal nacheinander den DFB-Pokal gewonnen. Der Cup-Verteidiger und Bundesliga-Tabellenführer besiegte im Berliner Olympiastadion seinen Dauerrivalen 1. FFC Frankfurt mit 2:0 (0:0). ...

Sport: Md. horse stakes Derby claim

Before his first career start in August at Colonial Downs in Virginia, Sweetnorthernsaint acted like he didn't want to race, ... ...