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Trump pressured two canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News. | |
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Suspect Donald Santacroce, 65, waited to police to arrive to the scene and allegedly said he'd keep robbing banks until he was sent to federal prison. | |
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It’s even worse than it looks. | |
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More than 100 MPs have been suspended from parliament in move the the opposition calls ‘a complete purge’. | |
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Ken Fritz spent decades making the best stereo system he could from scratch. What happened to it when he passed? | |
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Scientists in California make a significant step in what could one day be an important solution to the global climate crisis, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels. | |
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The model is a massive part of the AI-ecosystem, used by Stable Diffusion and other major generative AI products. The removal follows discoveries made by Stanford researchers, who found thousands instances of suspected child sexual abuse material in the dataset. | |
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European countries struck a key deal on Wednesday to overhaul their joint migration system, making a patchwork of compromises aimed at allaying mounting pressure from ascendant far-right political parties across the continent.
The plan, named the European Union migration and asylum pact, was the result of three years of negotiations. With anti-migrant sentiment rising and driving a shift to the right in Europe and beyond, negotiators were under pressure to finalize the agreement ahead of elections this summer across the bloc’s 27 nations.
The agreement aims to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers and to limit entry of migrants into the bloc. It also seeks to give governments a greater sense of control over their borders while bolstering the E.U.’s role in migration management — treating it as a European issue, not just a national one. | |
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Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing. | |
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At last, this was the year he lost some patience. | |
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Donald Trump said Tuesday at a rally in Waterloo, Iowa, that undocumented migrants are “destroying the blood of our country” — the latest anti-immigrant comments from the former president in the sprint to the Iowa caucuses — and pushed backon recent criticism that his rhetoric has echoed Adolf Hitler, telling a crowd in Iowa that he’s never read “Mein Kampf” or any book for that matter. | |
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A fan fiction writer has been sued by the estate of JRR Tolkien for copyright after publishing his own sequel to The Lord of the Rings.
US-based author Demetrious Polychron published a book called The Fellowship of the King in 2022.
He dubbed it "the pitch-perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings."
The court ruled that Polychron must stop distributing copies of the book and destroy all physical and electronic copies.
'Frivolous' lawsuit
In April 2023 Polychron attempted to sue the Tolkein estate and Amazon, claiming the TV series, Rings of Power, infringed the copyright in his book.
The case was dismissed after the judge ruled that Polychron's own book was infringing on Amazon's prequel that was released in September 2022.
The Rings of Power dazzling but slow, say critics
The Tolkien Estate then filed a separate lawsuit against Polychron for an injunction to stop The Fellowship of the King from being further distributed.
On Thursday Judge Steven V Wilson called the lawsuit "frivolous and unreasonably filed" and granted the permanent injunction, preventing him from selling his book and any other planned sequels, of which there were six.
The court also awarded lawyer's fees totalling $134,000 (£106,000) to the Tolkien Estate and Amazon in connection with Polychron's lawsuit.
The estate's UK solicitor, Steven Maier of Maier Blackburn, said: "This is an important success for the Tolkien Estate, which will not permit unauthorised authors and publishers to monetise JRR Tolkien's much-loved works in this way.
"This case involved a serious infringement of The Lord of the Rings copyright, undertaken on a commercial basis, and the estate hopes that the award of a permanent injunction and attorneys' fees will be sufficient to dissuade others who may have similar intentions."
Earlier this year it was confirmed by Warner Bros that more Lord of the Rings films are on the way over the next few years.
Work on the second series of Amazon's TV show began in October.
The BBC has tried to contact Demetrious Polychron for comment. | |
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The Houthis would only halt their attacks if Israel’s “crimes in Gaza stop and food, medicines and fuel are allowed to reach its besieged population”, al-Bukhaiti said. | |
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Workers making $17 an hour not impressed by holiday offer from company that just tripled profits to $9.9bn | |
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A panel of judges has said that big power companies cannot be held liable for failure to provide electricity during the 2021 blackout. The reason is Texas’ deregulated energy market. | |
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The campaign to reelect the extremely old man dragged down by inflation and war and trailing his criminally indicted opponent is going great. | |
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Trump pressured two canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News.
Suspect Donald Santacroce, 65, waited to police to arrive to the scene and allegedly said he'd keep robbing banks until he was sent to federal prison.
It’s even worse than it looks.
More than 100 MPs have been suspended from parliament in move the the opposition calls ‘a complete purge’.
Ken Fritz spent decades making the best stereo system he could from scratch. What happened to it when he passed?
Scientists in California make a significant step in what could one day be an important solution to the global climate crisis, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels.
The model is a massive part of the AI-ecosystem, used by Stable Diffusion and other major generative AI products. The removal follows discoveries made by Stanford researchers, who found thousands instances of suspected child sexual abuse material in the dataset.
European countries struck a key deal on Wednesday to overhaul their joint migration system, making a patchwork of compromises aimed at allaying mounting pressure from ascendant far-right political parties across the continent.
The plan, named the European Union migration and asylum pact, was the result of three years of negotiations. With anti-migrant sentiment rising and driving a shift to the right in Europe and beyond, negotiators were under pressure to finalize the agreement ahead of elections this summer across the bloc’s 27 nations.
The agreement aims to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers and to limit entry of migrants into the bloc. It also seeks to give governments a greater sense of control over their borders while bolstering the E.U.’s role in migration management — treating it as a European issue, not just a national one.
Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.
At last, this was the year he lost some patience.
Donald Trump said Tuesday at a rally in Waterloo, Iowa, that undocumented migrants are “destroying the blood of our country” — the latest anti-immigrant comments from the former president in the sprint to the Iowa caucuses — and pushed backon recent criticism that his rhetoric has echoed Adolf Hitler, telling a crowd in Iowa that he’s never read “Mein Kampf” or any book for that matter.
A fan fiction writer has been sued by the estate of JRR Tolkien for copyright after publishing his own sequel to The Lord of the Rings.
US-based author Demetrious Polychron published a book called The Fellowship of the King in 2022.
He dubbed it "the pitch-perfect sequel to The Lord of the Rings."
The court ruled that Polychron must stop distributing copies of the book and destroy all physical and electronic copies.
'Frivolous' lawsuit
In April 2023 Polychron attempted to sue the Tolkein estate and Amazon, claiming the TV series, Rings of Power, infringed the copyright in his book.
The case was dismissed after the judge ruled that Polychron's own book was infringing on Amazon's prequel that was released in September 2022.
The Rings of Power dazzling but slow, say critics
The Tolkien Estate then filed a separate lawsuit against Polychron for an injunction to stop The Fellowship of the King from being further distributed.
On Thursday Judge Steven V Wilson called the lawsuit "frivolous and unreasonably filed" and granted the permanent injunction, preventing him from selling his book and any other planned sequels, of which there were six.
The court also awarded lawyer's fees totalling $134,000 (£106,000) to the Tolkien Estate and Amazon in connection with Polychron's lawsuit.
The estate's UK solicitor, Steven Maier of Maier Blackburn, said: "This is an important success for the Tolkien Estate, which will not permit unauthorised authors and publishers to monetise JRR Tolkien's much-loved works in this way.
"This case involved a serious infringement of The Lord of the Rings copyright, undertaken on a commercial basis, and the estate hopes that the award of a permanent injunction and attorneys' fees will be sufficient to dissuade others who may have similar intentions."
Earlier this year it was confirmed by Warner Bros that more Lord of the Rings films are on the way over the next few years.
Work on the second series of Amazon's TV show began in October.
The BBC has tried to contact Demetrious Polychron for comment.
The Houthis would only halt their attacks if Israel’s “crimes in Gaza stop and food, medicines and fuel are allowed to reach its besieged population”, al-Bukhaiti said.
Workers making $17 an hour not impressed by holiday offer from company that just tripled profits to $9.9bn
A panel of judges has said that big power companies cannot be held liable for failure to provide electricity during the 2021 blackout. The reason is Texas’ deregulated energy market.
The campaign to reelect the extremely old man dragged down by inflation and war and trailing his criminally indicted opponent is going great.