Snippets 06-10-2009

Google vs the Bay: Update

Google claimed on Friday that the removal of the Pirate Bay from searches was due to an “error”.

"Google received a (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) take-down request that erroneously listed Thepiratebay.org, and as a result, this URL was accidentally removed from the Google search index," Google said in a statement. "We are now correcting the removal, and you can expect to see Thepiratebay.org back in Google search results this afternoon."

The move seemed a little fishy, and it is hard to tell what really was going on. Is Google telling the truth, was it just an error? It would be very likely. But, with all the drama surrounding the Bay in the last year, sinister stirrings seem almost as likely.

Peter Sunde-Kolmisoppi told Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagblated that The Pirate Bay’s attorney sent a letter to both Google and the companies that are suspected of being behind the allegations and demanded that the Pirate Bay be returned to Google’s index. The Pirate Bay accused Google of censoring a competitor and of stifling free expression, the paper reported.

Fry on Channel Four talking of his fears over The Tories

I swear, that man could talk about anything, even something I hate, and I’d listen intently to him.

That utter darling Mr.Stephen Fry has been on Channel Four this evening to talk about his fears at the Tories links with a right wing polish political group.

From Channel Four News:

Comics including Stephen Fry want the Conservatives to disassociate themselves from a right-wing European parliament grouping, which they say is homophobic.

The Conservative party insists it can exert influence over the Polish Law and Justice party as members of the same pan-European group.

But the Tories have been urged to make it clear they do not support parties that are alleged to have extreme right-wing views.

Stephen Fry is one of a group of activists, which also includes comedian Eddie Izzard and the Unite union, who have written to David Cameron asking him to reconsider the Conservative party’s links with the Polish Law and Justice party. 

Watch the 6 minute clip.

Supreme Court to look into Animal Cruelty Videos

The U.S Supreme Court is to make judgments on animal cruelty videos.

They will be deciding if videos, like ones circulating on the net of women crushing small animals, will be made illegal like child pornography.

The torture of animals on video for others sexual gratification will be a tough slog to debate and investigate.

Fishing, Hunting and other animal sports may come under the same light as the sick net vids.

LINK to full story.

Zombie Warning Signs

Warning your fellow man about dangerous undead lurking in the area is a great karma booster.

That’s why we loved the following picture collection.

Interbent have a round up of some of the best zombie road signs.

Check them out.

We picked two of our favourites here.

Mr Fonnen picked this one.

Nerin picked this one.

Brizzly Testing

(i love their logo, its like pedobear is wearing the twitter birds skin!)

As some of you that use twitter to follow our site updates know, we got out hands on an activation code (thanks to Stephan Fry) to beta test Brizzly, a new twitter client.

We’ve only just started poking it with a stick, but so far it looks pretty slick. It’s basically what twitter should be.

Want to know what this Brizzly thing is all about and what it can do?

Watch the video:

And yes, Twitter-fiends, because we are testing, we do have ten activation codes. Stay tuned to see how we figure out the best way to let them go.

And finally…

We love Seth Green. He was awesome as Oz in Buffy.

His Chris Crocker impersonation was great.

But poor Seth has blown a gasket like Christian Bale.

Woah. For a small guy, Seth is freaking scary! Like most of the videos we show, this and the rest of them can be watched on our slowly growing Media Centre.

(This video is especially for Sam )