…a grade report from the Fall 2002 semester had been unwittingly placed by a now-retired faculty member into a file that was accessible via the Internet. The report included the Social Security number and grade information on the more than 21,000 students (at all campuses) who attended Miami that fall.
Miami University: Documents and Policies
Students get [...]
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Lawsuit: Workers from California, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nicaragua,Swaziland Denied Basic Rights; Cites Massive, Systematic Wage, Hour Violatio – Yahoo! News
Its pretty incredible that these attorneys were able to muster up such a large multi-national base of plantiffs for this case. Its an interesting shift in Labor law. I’ll be interested in seeing how this case [...]
So many things already wrong with that whole situation down in New Orleans. Why does the media have to add to it?
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The world’s major record labels, represented by the Recording Industry Association of America, have filed more than 14,000 such lawsuits since September 2003.
Daaaaaaamn.
Internet News Article | Reuters.com
Those clowns just don’t stop I guess.
on the day after sobering lessons from Katrina
This is yet another reminder as to why our government and society is failing. the constant need to cut corners and line corporate pockets instead of developing a strong efficient social infrastructure has shown its hideous face. looks like itll take a lot of state of the [...]
99 cents a song was okay. Not good, but not bad either. Still don’t have everything you need though. And now they want to do different prices based on popularity?
Apple, Digital Music’s Angel, Earns Record Industry’s Scorn – New York Times
Such greed.
Shady customer retention department got busted. Always giving away free hours in the hopes that you’ll forget to cancel and fork out the 23 bucks.
AOL agrees to customer service reform | Tech News on ZDNet
And without Nacho Steele, its just not worth it.
“It’s not organized crime families, as in ‘the mob,’” admits Bradley Buckles, head of the RIAA’s anti-piracy unit and former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “But large groups engaged in organized criminal activity are involved.”
Basically 1 guy sells the bootlegs, and 1 guy makes them. Really organized there.
Wired News: [...]
Mark Chamberlain
So DC wants the gallery to not show this-sent some letter. Batman’s gay-so what? News flash batman isnt a real person, comic companies suck.
Im not Gay but Batman is!. . . .& Robin too!
BBC news Gallery Article about this
In the blue corner we have:
Welcome to the new WalmartWatch.com
In the red corner:
Wal-Mart Facts
Maybe I’m just pessimistic and too lazy to read through either of these sites, but I don’t think a company can be as large and profitable as Wal-Mart without being grossly unethical.
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