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Talk of the Nation: Bill Gates' Goal: Get Rid of Polio, Forever - 0 views

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    NPR-Talk of the Nation. January 31, 2011. Genre: Talk Show/ World News. Bill Gates goes onto the show to discuss the issue of polio, a disease that was thought to have been completely eliminated by vaccination. According to Bill Gates there are many countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria where polio is still an epidemic. It is his goal to eliminate this disease once and for all throughout the world. Bill Gates has invested over 400 million dollars in this process.
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From $100 to a $100,000 Lawsuit - 1 views

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    This article was issued October 27, 2010. This article was written by a frequent writer, David Kravets. It was edited by Kevin Poulsen and contributions to the article were made by Kim Zetter and Ryan Singel. This article is discussing the "loophole" that was found in order to avoid copyright infringement lawsuits. All that was needed was the small payment of $105. After paying this, if any information found on the cite that was not from the author, such as comment or a blog, the writer of the article cannot be sued. This way, the owners of the article would not be responsible for any information that they themselves do not post. This may seem quite silly, but keeping in mind the danger of being sued for copyright infringement for $150,000, this is a very necessary $150. According to the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), a website will receive complete immunity from the threat of being sued by something that was posted by a viewer. The author does not clearly show any bias towards the issue. However interpreting the language that he uses, we can infer that he agrees and supports this act. Therefore websites cannot be held responsible for what their viewers post.
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