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Alex Leslie - Jan 30, 08:04 AM
French campaign to abolish piracy caught pirating
The French agency tasked with enforcing strict anti-piracy regulations has been left severely embarrassed after the revelation that its logo contains pirated material.
The Hadopi agency unveiled its new logo at a ceremony presided over by French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand, who said that the agency “finally had a face”.
However, within hours Hadopi was forced to withdraw and rework the logo after it emerged that it had used a font owned by none other than France Telecom.
Church holds blessing for mobile phones
A British church held an unusual ceremony when a vicar blessed the mobile phones of workers in the City of London financial district. The special service on Monday at the St. Lawrence Jewry church, which dates back to 1136, was attended by around 80 people who held their phones and other gadgets in the air while vicar David Parrott blessed them. The idea came from a historic tradition where workers would bring the tools of their trade such as ploughs to be blessed on the first Monday after people return to work following Christmas.
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