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...trio behind ThePirateBay.org could face prison if convicted on charges that amount to aiding and abetting copyright infringement on a massive scale. The most serious charge - complicity in the production of copyrighted material - was dropped earlier this week for lack of evidence, but the trio still could walk the plank, should prosecutors prevail. If they lose the criminal case, they could owe nearly $10 million sought in the civil action being heard simultaneously in the Stockholm courtroom...
...sound that is at once harmonious and overwhelming. Just when the threshold is near, it comes back down, daring you to listen again.The longer songs on the album, such as “Iris Unveiled” and “Halcyon Days” are symphonic in scale. “Iris Unveiled,” for example, starts with an upbeat, in-your-face crescendo into a catchy riff, accompanied by lyrics of literally Biblical magnitude: “I have made you in my likeness and I will make you a keeper of my Garden...
...chief patron—there is little about the film that aspires to an insightful portrayal of actual events. Instead, viewers are subjected to skeletal dramatic summary of the first voyage of Ibn Battuta, a Berber from 12th-century Tangiers, whose journal chronicles a lifetime of travel the scale of which outstrips the expeditions of Marco Polo three times over. Neibaur’s film covers Ibn’s departure from Tangiers, his travels across Africa and the Middle East, and his arrival at the Kaaba. The rumor of promise in telling a story like this is quickly squashed...
Rising pay on Wall Street was the biggest single contributor to the shift. "This was all market-oriented," says Kaplan. "Part of the reason you saw such a big increase in pay over time was just an increase in scale." The sums of money managed and size of transactions arranged by Wall Street grew exponentially, starting in the 1980s. So did profits and pay. You can argue that CEO compensation is a rigged game, but on Wall Street, lavish pay packages have never been restricted to the top of the executive ladder. Top-performing investment bankers and traders were paid...
...these issues are likely to be examined by the royal commission, which is expected to start public hearings in May. John Brumby, Victoria's premier, says the inquiry should leave "no stone unturned. Every bit of information is to be on the table." But a tragedy of this scale will not be easily explained. Says Robbins: "I personally am never going to get over losing my parents and people will never get over losing a loved one. But I think knowing that they didn't die in vain and things have changed is what will be important...