US court orders Viacom to be given all YouTube usernames, IP addresses and viewing histories


It’s been a week in which big business concerns have really shown their claws, what with Virgin Media colluding with the BPI in sending out letters to customers threatening them with disconnection (something Virgin now says was a “mistake”) and now Viacom getting some stupid judge in the US to order Google to disclose the viewing habits of everybody in the entire world who has ever watched a video on YouTube.

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Friday, July 4th, 2008

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The sour joke that is Disability Living Allowance


I’ve had a letter rejecting me for all components of Disability Living Allowance. I now have to go back to see the nice chap at the Citizens Advice Bureau, and lodge an appeal. Again, the premise outlined in the letter seems to be that you only get it if you have no arms, no legs, cannot feed yourself, clothe yourself, or anything else. Not having a head is also helpful. People in comas on life support can’t apply, so I guess this approach saves a lot of money that can be better spent on blowing up Iraqi civilians.

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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

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