I've given up being shocked at anything.
From the UK:
A company that allegedly sold workers' personal details, including union activities, to building firms is to be prosecuted by the information watchdog.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the Consulting Association, in Droitwich, had committed a "serious breach" of the Data Protection Act.
The ICO said a secret system had been run for over 15 years to enable firms to unlawfully vet job applicants.
Unions have called on the government to outlaw "blacklisting" practices.
Around 40 construction companies who subscribed to the scheme would send lists of prospective employees to The Consulting Association, who would then warn them about potential troublemakers.
Some of the notes uncovered by an ICO raid on the association's offices included descriptions such as "ex-shop steward, definite problems", "Irish ex-Army, bad egg".
Read more here.
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Friday, March 06, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
YouTube Now Mutes Videos With Unauthorized Copyrighted Music
When corporations fight back...
Perhaps this has been going on for a while, but I’ve never noticed it before. YouTube users often create an original video using their favorite popular song as the audio. I’m afraid that they won’t be able to do that much longer, since YouTube has started muting videos that use unauthorized copyrighted music (and that pretty much means all user-created videos.)
Guess that little period of democratic creative freedom is about over, no?
Read more here.
Perhaps this has been going on for a while, but I’ve never noticed it before. YouTube users often create an original video using their favorite popular song as the audio. I’m afraid that they won’t be able to do that much longer, since YouTube has started muting videos that use unauthorized copyrighted music (and that pretty much means all user-created videos.)
Guess that little period of democratic creative freedom is about over, no?
Read more here.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Children 'bullied over brands'
We do live in a corporacracy.
Children who cannot afford or do not want to buy fashionable brands face mockery and bullying, says research from a teachers' union.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said children were under "huge pressure" to buy brands.
The teachers' survey claims children are strongly aware of brands and logos, but pay little attention to the green or ethical values of products.
Brands are more influential to children than their own friends, the study says.
Read more here.
Children who cannot afford or do not want to buy fashionable brands face mockery and bullying, says research from a teachers' union.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said children were under "huge pressure" to buy brands.
The teachers' survey claims children are strongly aware of brands and logos, but pay little attention to the green or ethical values of products.
Brands are more influential to children than their own friends, the study says.
Read more here.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Sears sues over Ryerson sign
What with Rogers pissing their name over everything they own [Rogers Centre my ass], this story doesn't surprise me:
As Ryerson University celebrates a new lecture theatre named for clothier Harry Rosen, Sears is wondering where its building is.
The department store giant is claiming that instead of getting the promised top billing on a building on the downtown campus in exchange for $10 million in donations, it's left with a lousy little plaque in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, named for a guy who forked over half that much.
Read more here.
Said Nora Loretto, president of the Ryerson Students' Union: "It's a sad day in the university sector that we have to sell off our parts to survive."
Silly student, doesn't she know who runs this city?
As Ryerson University celebrates a new lecture theatre named for clothier Harry Rosen, Sears is wondering where its building is.
The department store giant is claiming that instead of getting the promised top billing on a building on the downtown campus in exchange for $10 million in donations, it's left with a lousy little plaque in the George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, named for a guy who forked over half that much.
Read more here.
Said Nora Loretto, president of the Ryerson Students' Union: "It's a sad day in the university sector that we have to sell off our parts to survive."
Silly student, doesn't she know who runs this city?
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