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German Internet users cries foul over Google news law
Germany’s Internet community, gathered at the world’s biggest high-tech fair, was up in arms Thursday at a draft law forcing Google and other similar sites to pay media firms for content.
“This draft is completely backward,” fumed Bernhard Rohleder, director general of Bitkom, the German federation representing high-tech industries.
“We understand that media firms are looking for new ways to make money” when pitted against the Internet and free press, but a new tax “cannot be a substitute for developing genuine strategies for the digital era,” he added.
The draft legislation, dubbed the “lex Google” as it targets mainly… Continue reading
Internet muscles in on world's biggest IT fair
Internet players are set to make a big splash at the world’s biggest IT fair opening in Germany Monday, likely to widen the event’s appeal from a traditional devotion to pure technology.
While CeBIT, held in Hanover, tends to focus on the business side of technology, it has been overshadowed recently by the gadget wizardry unveiled at other showcases in Las Vegas, Berlin or Barcelona.
“It’s not the attendance figures that count but the contracts which are signed,” Reinhold Umminger, vice-president of CeBIT’s organising company, stressed, ahead of the March 6-9 fair in the northern German city.… Continue reading
No sexy girls please, China tells online game fair (Reuters)
SHANGHAI (Reuters Life!) – Hemlines are a little longer at this year’s annual on the internet gaming fair in Shanghai, as companies take to heart a government directive against “vulgarity,” a Chinese newspaper reported on Friday.
The ChinaJoy Expo, an annual on the internet game showcase, is nicely-acknowledged for its “spicy girls” who dress up in hot pants and bras to dance and pose at company booths.
But a current government crackdown on “vulgarity” in the on the web games sector is forcing the girls to cover up, the Shanghai Every day stated.
“The length of my dress is longer… Continue reading
Will A Monetized Video Game Review Blog Fall Under “fair Use”?
Hi, I’m planning on starting a video game blog in which I would review, preview an post basic info on games, products, events and things like news in the gaming community.
Now my question is: since I am using this for review preview and comment, would this fall under the “fair use” doctrine even if I were to use google adsense and affiliate marketing?
As long as I only show images that are not in original size or are scanned from the actual product and write my own information, would this be protected under fair use or the “de minimis rule”?
