Irish Internet provider Eircom has agreed to a settlement with the four major record companies—EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony—that will have the ISP shutting down users who are downloading music illegally from the Internet. Under the agreement, record companies will supply Eircom with the IP addresses of users they believe are illegally distributing music via P2P applications or other services; Eircom will give the users two warnings, and if the actions persist, shut down the accounts.
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Phoning When High – Because He Can
In a real “Can you hear me now?” moment, a climber has claimed an unlikely world record – for making a cell phone call from the summit of Everest. Rod Baber, a British mountaineer, phoned home on Monday, May 21, stood at the top of the north face of the 29,000 foot mountain, the tallest in the world, to claim his unassailable record.
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