Library urges punishment for map stealer
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A prominent dealer in antique maps who admitted stealing nearly 100 maps from libraries in the United States and Britain should be severely punished because he looted treasures that told the story of the new world and had survived catastrophic events over the centuries, the British Library said in court papers.
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Tycho:  I understand he's posting these around his neighborhood, now, and I mean real Gabe, not the jpeg Gabe like you might see sur le web. If you did find it, I wouldn't bring it back to him. The most likely scenario is that he will assume that you're the one who stole it, and your "reward" will be a savage karate style maneuver delivered to your "sack of toys."
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Masked thieves armed with a chisel stole the penis of a wooden Maori figurine, or tiki, at the entrance of a public library in northern New Zealand, police said.
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A BESPECTACLED art thief was jailed for four-and-a-half years yesterday for stealing a part of Welsh history.
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A popular English teacher has been placed on paid leave Â and faces possible criminal charges Â after a student's parents complained to police that a ninth-grade class reading list contained a book about a murderer who has sex with his victims' bodies.
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Business & money: Which? calls for offenders to be named and shamed.
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According to the Herald News Service , Police in Oslo, have caught up with a young Norwegian who posted a video of his wild car driving on YouTube , and slapped him with a fine of $1,300. "The video called ...Comment
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The executives and marketing people at Turner Broadcasting should be arrested, charged and prosecuted to the full extent of the law under the anti-terrorism statutes. Further, the FCC should immediately revoke its broadcasting license.
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A UK racism watchdog calls for a Tintin adventure to be removed from the shelves of a leading bookshop.
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And alternatives to Donkeys Letters eDonkey got its, er, ass kicked in the New York courts last week. And the RIAA owns its front page. And any visitor's IP addresses, it reckons. So, what to do, for the determined downloader?â¦
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Nobody&#39;s exactly sure why or how the FBI got warrants to take Indymedia&#39;s HDs, but their
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Irony alert: Game publisher is furious over stolen copy of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," in which players steal lots of stuff.
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A state archivist was charged Monday with stealing hundreds of artifacts Â documents representing "the heritage of all Americans," according to the history buff who found some of them on eBay Â to pay his household bills.
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Cash'n'Carrion Designer cartography from The Rockall Times
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The works can be almost impossible to sell, they can end up dumped in the strangest places, you can&#39;t trust anyone. It&#39;s enough to make a thief scream, writes Sarah Lyall.
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Prosecutors say that Pirate Bay, a file-sharing Web site, helps others violate copyright laws by linking providers of pirated songs and films with people searching for the same material.