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...result, doubly disgusted reports from abroad frequently contained condemnations similar to the Times of London's description of Sarkozy as a "bitchy little princess". Spain's ABC said Sarkozy's behavior confirmed frequent complaints in France that his "superiority complex has no limits." By midday Friday, the global coverage of Libération's report had come full circle, with French media like the daily Le Monde running stories about "The Arrogant Sarkozy Fingered By the International Press...
...Except there is. Use the ubiquitous search engine, and "you will be able to link to some infringing material," says Struan Robertson, a technology lawyer at London law firm Pinsent Masons. "But the vast majority of what's on the service is not infringing. That's an important thing for courts." Like Kazaa, another file-sharing site punished in the courts in recent years, the Pirate Bay works slightly differently. The site has "relatively few legitimate uses, but a huge number of unlawful" ones, says Robertson...
...infringement; doing nothing would send out the wrong message entirely. But those companies also know that legal action alone isn't going to strangle piracy. "The end of this year will be the 10-year anniversary for music industry legal suits against file sharing networks," points out Mark Mulligan, London-based analyst at Forrester Research. "Throughout that time, file sharing has grown, and grown and grown." The shutdown of Napster in 2001 didn't prevent Kazaa becoming even larger; and Kazaa's subsequent demise has hardly hindered the Pirate Bay. By the time courts catch up with unlawful services, user...
...Paris, a woman pushed through the crowd to kiss America's first black President. In London, the public celebrated how Barack Obama charmed a rare smile out of Queen Elizabeth II. In Istanbul, a fan claimed that the American head of state was a symbolic leader of Turkey. But right on the U.S. doorstep in Mexico City, Obama was surrounded by no throngs but only thousands of federal police and soldiers, including snipers overlooking the paths of his bulletproof limousine. Machine gun crews were stationed in front of his hotel...
...pictures of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's London visit...